​​​Book club #7 - Pocket full of do

​One book, two decades of anecdotes, lessons, and wisdom.

Author: Chris Do, CEO of Blind & The Futur.

Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO, and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.

He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as an advisory board member for AIGA/LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College, and Woodbury University.

He has taught Sequential design for over 15 years at ArtCenter College of Design as well as Otis College of Art and Design. Additionally, he has lectured all over the world including AIGA National Design Conference, Birmingham Design Festival, Awwwards New York/San Francisco/Amsterdam, AIGA Miami, The Design Conference Brisbane, Creative South, Digital Design Days Milan/Geneva, Lu Xun Academy Fine Art Dalian, Motion Conference Santa Fe, VMA Design Conference, MIT Boston, Bend Design Conference, Graphika Manila, Create Philippines, Rise Up Summit Cairo, RGD Design Thinkers Toronto, California Institute of the Arts, LA Art Institute, Otis College of Design, UCLA, MGLA, Cal State Los Angeles/ Northridge, Post Production World, Adobe Video World, and San Diego University.

​His firm’s work has been recognized by national and international organizations such as the Emmy’s, Clio, Effie Gold, Huffington Post, Lynda.com, Webbie, Communication Arts, London International Awards, One Show, British D&AD, AICP 20, Pictoplasma, How, 72 dpi, L.A. Weekly, Boards, Res 10, Type Director’s Club (20, 22, 23, 26), IDN, Addy Awards, BDA, Create, Stash (2, 12, 22, 24, 35, 43, 65), Creatie Augustus 2010, Motion Design, Asia Image, Brief, 365 AIGA Year In Design 26, Art Director’s Club, Motionographer, New York Festivals, B Brand, PPaper, I.D., and Print.

Mr. Do has given talks and conducted workshops on Sales, Negotiations, Value-Based Pricing, Mindset, Branding, Graphic & Motion Design, Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Management, and Client Relations.

​Chris is the author of the Pocket Full of Do,

​The business book for creatives.

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​Pocket Full of Do encapsulates over two decades of reflections and observations on entrepreneurship, creativity, philosophy, and more. You’ll get a retrospective glimpse into the life of a creative business owner, and the lessons learned along the way.

This book offers bite-sized lessons packed with business strategies and paradigm-shifting concepts. From marketing to mindset and everything in between, Chris shares all that he’s learned on subjects like:

• ​Relationships

• ​Creativity

• ​Beliefs

• ​Pricing

• ​Sales & Negotiation

• ​Marketing

• ​Mindset
  
  If you feel stuck, need a jolt of inspiration, a dose of motivation, or simply an aha moment, then reach for Pocket Full of Do.
  
  Get your dose of Do by joining us on the 7th edition of our community book club!
  
  All you need to do is to read the book before the 31st of August, 1 pm EST, and join us live with Chris.

​Guidelines:

• ​You don't have to read the whole book in order to be there

• ​Please do some prep-work before joining

• ​Check some online summaries, watch youtube videos, read a resume, and listen to the audiobook

• ​Read at least one chapter and share what you learned from that​​

​Don't forget to share this event with a passionate creative reader that you know!

​​​See you in the book club ~

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