Design

How to Best Prepare for a Career as a Color Guard Designer / Instructor

Rosie Queen, Andy Toth, and Keith Potter share advice for those seeking to make a career as a color guard designer or instructor.

1050: Putting It Together- James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim

Valuable lessons from creating a Broadway show that we can use in our own work.

929: RuPaul- The Wheel is Fine

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel! A moment from RuPaul’s Drag Race inspires a conversation about setting your students up for success.

916: Creating Shows with Invested Designers

Dan Morrison talks about how his team at Reagan HS creates shows, doing much of it in house with their own team and talents, and also utilizing expert designers who are truly invested in their program.

904: The Power of LinkedIn for Designers and Instructors

Charlyn Shelton Fitzgerald and Molly Favret on why you should be using this piece of “million dollar real estate.”

MadU Design: A Team Approach to Collaborative Design

The new Madison Scouts design process is built upon a foundation of collaboration. Learn more about how the team makes the magic happen in this session on overall show design.

What Next, What Now, What Can I Do: Financials

Andy Ebert and Jeremy Spicer discuss the financial side of being an instructor or designer in our activity, sharing practical information you can use right away.

What Next, What Now, What Can I Do: Career & LinkedIn

Charlyn Shelton Fitzgerald shares years of experience in career coaching and LinkedIn training to help you make plans and fix your LinkedIn profile to attract the right opportunities.

Impulse: Designing an Impulse Show

Impulse designers discuss their focus on audience engagement, from design conception through execution.

Boston Crusaders: Storyboarding and Storytelling

Keith Potter and Ryan George give us an insider look at how they storyboard their shows and bring these stories to life in such engaging ways, working together musically, visually, and aesthetically to create BAC.