We’ve been doing a bit of hiring at Brains on Fire lately. I love, LOVE the new faces and new energy. One recent Monday morning at our weekly team meeting, Cordell led the meeting and he asked the team to list the qualities that make a Brains on Fire teammate great? Here’s that list: Committed …
A little 🎨 for your Monday afternoon. #weareBOF PSA: Brains on Fire is very much thankful for THIS strong southern fairy. @verymerri, we loved watching your honeymoon adventures in Glacier unfold, but HOLY MALOLY we’re glad you’re back. 😘 // 📷📸: @rooftoptales Today’s goal: empower a hero💪 #wearebof // 🎨: @maddsean
What brought you to Brains on Fire? How much time do you have…? Brains on Fire has a passion for making human connections and telling stories, and I love that. Learning from and working with a group of such talented, creative, and all around good people is a dream come true. Design is supposed to …
Aloha, Monday. Our pretty maker Josh just returned from Hawaii, so we all shall live vicariously & virtually through his cerulean adventures. // 📷📸: @woodandseaco “Always be yourself, unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.” – Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice Rice is nice. And so is our lovely community manager/mothership mama, @moe__rice. #❤️🍚// 🎨: @woodandseaco Meet @apautz, …
What brought you to Brains on Fire? A combination of serendipity and a little nudge from a professor at my Alma Mater in the form of a book recommendation: “The Passion Conversation.” Fast forward two years, and I’ve just wrapped up a two-year gig with the Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship in Indianapolis. I was looking for …
Jam day isn’t jam day without a big ass cuppa. ☕️ Explore until you die. ☠ // 🎨: @hartben Because bubbles make everything better.👌
What brought you to Brains on Fire? Oddly enough, I stumbled upon Brains on Fire while insta-stalking Laura. I applied for the Social Apprentice position on a whim and instantly fell in love with the people of BoF during my interview. It’s all been a dream, really. What’s your favorite font? Avenir If you were …
Brains is on the ROAD this week! If you caught, you saw Amy, Geno and Emily conduct insight for a client in Ohio. 👻 wearebof #brainsontheroad // 📸: @rooftoptales 🎯 logo on point #wearebof // 🎨: @maddsean Hey world, meet Sydney, our bright eyed summer apprentice. She’ll be hangin’ with the community team and cutting her teeth on all things social …
I often write letters to myself. Usually in time in of stress and change. It calms me to talk to myself. And helps me set my intentions. Anyway, I found one of my letters today deep inside a folder on my desktop. (When I get a new computer Jack puts my entire desktop on a …
This week, remember: you are powerful. Practice what you preach. Make things happen. Bring your ideas to life! #carpediem On Tuesday, @brandautopsy is took over our Snapchat. It was a pretty wild day. Give us a follow (👻: wearebof) to see what else we’re up to. Humpday! You deserve a donut, do you not?! Thursday is a glorious …
Several weeks ago I had the chance to attend and speak at the Conscious Capitalism Summit in Chicago. I love this group so much. Seriously. I LOVE THEM. John Mackey with Whole Foods was one of the keynote speakers. Like me, John believes that we need to bring LOVE out the corporate closet. I don’t often …
What brought you to Brains on Fire? Fate. And Mary Susan. After spending a year in France working and traveling, I had the luxury of picking a place on the map to start life again back in the States. I moved to Greenville after having it on my radar for years, and while still being …
May the fourth be with you and stuff. \ Monday Mantra // 🎨: @ramseyman Living vicariously through G & Robbin’s Australian travels this week. // 📷📸: @genochurch OH HEY. These two are our newest community managers. Meet @rooftoptales and @mademoisellers. Andrew came to us in early April. He’s got a knack with a camera and an insatiable hunger for both baller content …
What brought you to Brains on Fire? I was lured in with promises of massages and food, but I’m staying for the opportunity to work with very talented people in a really supportive, collaborative environment. What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever written? Once I wrote about how I ate a dozen donuts (and didn’t die) …
High tea for @maryaq2‘s 60th! We love ya. 🍵🌸 Have you seen our “question of the month?” Each month as a creative exercise we doodle from a prompt, and April’s challenged us to do blind contours of one another. The results are priceless. Check out the Our Humans page to see more. #weareBOF Pardon our swag. PS today …
HBD to us! 🎉 Brains on Fire turned 18 this week, so we celebrated in style with tequila @kingofpopsgvl. Cheers to a wild ride thus far and another 18 to come. #weareBOF Today, we send off our beloved milkshake maker. @rebekahrhoden you are a talent and a half, a hand model to remember, and we will miss you. We’ve …
BRAINS ON FIRE | SPRING DIGS EDITION View this email in your browser APRIL 2016 : SPRING DIGS EDITION PARDON OUR DUST Over the past several months, The Firesphere has been undergoing a bit of a makeover. Now that the dust has settled, we’re loving our new-and-improved space. From plants to play areas to …
Last night I was talking to my “guyfriend” (silly word I know, but it’s what I call him) and he said, “It occurred to me that every time I’m with someone new, I do a better job at listening if I see myself as the interviewer.” I laughed. He writes beautiful people profiles for magazines …
Kicking ass and taking names — all day, everyday. (Feat. Emily’s weekly to-do list.) Tools of the trade. #mycreativehabit Fernsday Thursday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It’s tater time! 🍟 #TatersGonnaTate #NationalTaterDay
I recently saw a clip of Bryan Cranston (aka Walter White) in which he offered up a dose of wisdom that makes real sense. And while his insight is geared toward actors, it really applies to all of us: “You’re not going there to get a job. You’re going there to present what you do.” Which got me thinking. …
