Being a designer can be a tough thing by itself! I have found that one of the most frustrating (and freeing) things about it is that it is truly a healthy mix of intuition, subjectivity, and principle.

But not everyone can make the cut, and not everyone is meant to be a designer specifically in the NPO (Non Profit Org) space.

Here are 5 reasons for you to consider:

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A little violent, perhaps, but I love this video!

I had the pleasant experience of hanging out with Mel McGowan yesterday afternoon for a light chat and a good cup of coffee.

For those that don’t know, Mel is one of the founders and key principals at Visioneering Studios, a creative architectural powerhouse.

Although they are the largest firm that services ministries and churches, they do much more than that for much larger organizations and businesses like the Hotel Current:

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One of the increasing areas that many ministries and churches are spending their time, resources, and energy into is that of the specific ministry environments that their congregation and visitors experience.

Out are the rustic halls of old smelly buildings and in with creative full-experience environments. Check out this one that features Toy Story:

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A flamethrower has to be the coolest gadget you could carry on your back.

What happens when a flamethrower and fire extinguisher meet? The band Dancing Pigeon’s (where do people come up with these band names?) decided to find out in their music video for their single “Ritalin”.

Check out the video – it’s awesome:

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John Dyer is so cool.

He’s just launched some new javascript goodness with MediaElement.js, which replaces <video> with either Silverlight or Flash which returns a wrapper object that matches the HTML5 Media Element API.

What does that mean in plain english? It means that you can use this script and feel good about yourself even when your visitors aren’t using state-of-the-art browsers to view your content because they’ll be able to view your content.

Sweet hawtness! Download it directly here.

Don’t let the typical evolution of your website go from left to right, as seen above.

Perhaps we all need to re-evaluate our web properties…

I love this idea.

Good World Creative is essentially a collaboration of creative individuals, businesses and nonprofits propelling the world forward through quality design, photography and brand.

What it appears to be is an opportunity to donate your time, resources, and talents to help NPO (Non Profit Orgs) with their specific business needs.

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@Robdobiscool (what an interesting handle) asked me this privately yesterday and I thought it would be a great question to ask the community.

I’ve got an example form that North Point Community Church uses which you can find here [PDF Download]. I had to sign one of these when I participated in the White Flag series a little while back.

Any other great examples that we could share with the community? Hit us up in the comments.

I get a number of emails from the community every week asking me questions that I really am not very equipped to answer.

Thankfully, we have a community here and around The 8BIT Network which means that I don’t feel the pressure at all to be the go-to source for everything.

*Whew!*

I received an email about “digital signage” and I thought I’d post the email here. Your thoughts would be appreciated!

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