Teams and Projects 10 Skills of an Innovative Entrepreneur By Jennifer Martin | July 6, 2020 Do you consider yourself an entrepreneur? Are you working for someone else and want to learn more about how to start an innovative business? The first step in becoming an innovative entrepreneur is to learn what skills you will need to succeed. With the right set of skills, you can become an innovative entrepreneur. You […] Read More
Teams and Projects How to Become a Successful Project Manager By Jennifer Martin | May 20, 2020 Whether you are stating a new business, just hired at an organization or promoted to project manager, it is important to have the right knowledge and obtain the skills needed for a successful project. As a project manager, you will need to follow specific steps to succeed. You will also apply the knowledge, skills, tools […] Read More
Teams and Projects How Do I Become an Innovative Thinker By Jennifer Martin | May 18, 2020 Interested in becoming an innovative thinker? Being innovative means thinking about things that have never been thought of before. Whether they are completely new ideas or incremental ideas to improve existing products, services and ideas. Typically, when we think of innovative people, we think of their achievements. We don’t consider the process they went through […] Read More
Teams and Projects Digital Media Management & Marketing Practices for Success By James Cortes | June 27, 2019 Digital Media Management is the process of bringing together all of the components of a digital production. Having an education in business and marketing as well as a good knowledge of digital media is essential. Digital media managers will manage the platforms and prices and make sure that as many viewers as possible get to […] Read More
Teams and Projects Team Leaders Make Great Project Managers By James Cortes | May 19, 2019 Interested in a career as a project manager? If a career in the creative arts or a tech start-up is appealing, a Bachelor of Administration degree from a creative arts college might be right for you. Historically, the main quality or skill of great project managers is being a good team leader. Becoming an […] Read More
Teams and Projects Of Sound and Music By John Duhring | May 25, 2018 Even though the influence of audio surrounds us all, we often fail to acknowledge its impact. As many Cogswell DAT graduates can attest, working with audio provides a proven pathway to discovery. Listening to music, or performing, producing and processing sounds leads us to pay attention the world around us more deeply. In his first semester […] Read More
Teams and Projects Here’s a Web Based 3D Art Portfolio By John Duhring | May 4, 2018 When Duy Nguyen decided to develop a web-based interactive art portfolio for his Senior Project, he wanted to leverage the free web hosting provided via his GitHub repository. Could he produce a virtual art gallery that would enable anyone to walk around objects as well as observe flat surfaces? At the end of the semester, […] Read More
Teams and Projects Design Thinking Hits Main Street… and Beyond By John Duhring | April 27, 2018 “When we use the word ‘design’, many people automatically think we are talking about the graphic arts. In business and industry, design thinking goes way beyond that.” With characteristic boldness, Cogswell President Brian Shepard welcomed a group from the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce on campus for a workshop in which they would learn to […] Read More
Teams and Projects Lessons Learned by One Ping Only Team By John Duhring | April 20, 2018 When One Ping Only received a positive reception after it was developed during January’s Global Game Jam, the team behind it decided to continue to develop the project. Kalyn Farmer, Scott La Fetra, and Daniel McKernan built on Derek Ho’s original models, refined the audio with Bradley Jardine and incorporated Kit Ainslie’s creature design in the game’s […] Read More
Teams and Projects The Four Disciplines That Propel Companies Forward By Elizabeth Pagan | April 12, 2018 This article, with text and images, first appeared on the wrike.com blog. We welcome its author, former Cogswell student Daniel Codella, as a Perspectives contributor. The world’s top-tier companies don’t do things the way other companies do. They’re different, and at Wrike, we’ve been obsessed with figuring out exactly what those differences are. After working with over 15,000 […] Read More
