Month: August 2007

Total 42 Posts

We’re hiring!

Here at dy/dan, for the first time, we’re opening our spikey-topped wrought-iron gates to one (1) lucky little feller or fella. We’re looking for an intern, or short of that, some kind of indentured servant, to help us sort through all these submissions we’re receiving for The Four Slide Sales Pitch contest!

It’s out of control! Submissions so far:

Alice Mercer
Diane Cordell
Dave Stacey
Colette Cassinelli
John Pederson
Marcie Hull
Chris Duke
Ethan Bodner
Nancy Bosch
Glenn Moses
Carolyn Foote

The rest of you have until midnight Friday PST to get ’em in. dan [at] mrmeyer [dot] com, or trackbacks seem to work fine. Extra credit for linking to the contest from your blog.

Prospective interns, possessing strong self-esteem and a limitless capacity to absorb insult, should apply within.

We’re Blowin’ Up!

Wouldn’t surprise me if The Four Slide Sales Pitch contest hit the front page of Digg this next week. Entries are gettin’ outta control so get yours in soonOkay, so Alice is running unopposed so far. Ethan’s comin’ fast up the right side, though.
! Deadline’s midnight PST Friday.
The question’s been asked, where are we selling ourselves? We envisioned a sale pitched at a business college, a teaching college, or somewhere you want to work, somewhere along the lines Chicago GSB’s originally drew, but, sincerely, take it wherever you want. Visceral, intriguing design’s gonna transcend context.

Contest: The Four Slide Sales Pitch

[Update: the final entries are here.]

In the spirit of Chicago Graduate School of Business’ recent announcement, we’d like to see how well you can sell yourself in four (4) picture-only slides. No audio, no video, no hyperlinks, no multimedia miscellany. Just pictures and text. Make us want you. You have a week.

Instructions

  • Design your slides. Use Keynote, PowerPoint, Photoshop, a discarded tray liner from Whitecastle, whatever. Just keep the size below 1920×1080, a constraint which will affect none but the most diehard designers.
  • E-mail your name and blog address (if applicable), to dan [at] mrmeyer [dot] com. Attach your slides.
  • Post any reflections on the process in the comments below.

Deadline

  • Friday, August 10, 23h59, Pacific Standard Time

Judges

Prize

Legal

  • You own your slides, though we’ll post them here (attributed) and, in all likelihood, pick several apart.

How We Got Here

  1. The Dizzying Chasm, Michael McVey
  2. Misunderstanding Chicago, Dan Meyer