The Whole Health program and the role of our service-disabled, veteran-owned small business partners at Rigaud Global Company in support of Veterans.
Category: Perspective
Starting Your Style Guide: The Branding Big 10
Our expert tips on the top 10 elements you need to establish your branding style guide.
ADA in Action: Dyslexic Audiences
How To Be a Hero for Dyslexic Audiences I’ve loved comics since second grade. I fell in love with some of comics’ greatest heroes— Spiderman, Batman, and Superman—through their movies and animated shows, and with time I grew to love other characters, like the working-class magus John Constantine from the Hellblazer series and Green Lantern […]
Dream, Dare, Achieve: Conquering My Internship Goals
As I reflect on my internship at Avid Core, I can confidently say it was a journey filled with discovery and growth. From the very first interview, I knew there was something different about Avid Core. They weren’t just looking for standard answers; they valued creativity and adaptability. They asked insightful questions, made me feel […]
Just Keep Swimming: An Internship Reflection
One year went by and I was still struggling to find an internship. The quest to land a professional opportunity in the communications field as an international student tested my nerves and shook my confidence deeply. Up to this point, leaving my home, entering a shark cage without knowing how to swim, and jumping out […]
Unleashing Business Insights: The Power of Power BI
For the last 15 years, I have supported Federal agencies and businesses of all shapes and sizes. And the one thing they have in common is siloed data systems. Each system has a story to tell, but until they are connected, the story ends with a cliffhanger. Before Microsoft’s Power BI, analyzing an organization’s […]
Around the Table with Shelley Scalzo Brown
Welcome to Around the Table, a regular series where we talk to fascinating people in our network and share the incredible work they are doing in their community. Pull up a chair and join us for conversation and connection. Name: Shelley Scalzo Brown, Operations and Risk Management Leader, specializing in Corporate Safety, Environmental Management, Business […]
The Impact of Masterful Marketing and the Legacy of the ‘85 Chicago Bears
For some, watching the Super Bowl is synonymous with eagerly anticipating these marketing mini-masterpieces, some of which linger in the minds of millions for a lifetime – I’m looking at you, Coca-Cola Polar Bears! Hailing from Illinois, my unwavering loyalty lies with the Chicago Bears, a football team forever etched in the chronicles of NFL […]
Embracing the Unknown
When I came to Avid Core, not only was I starting a new chapter in my life, but I was also at a crossroads. I had just started my first semester of graduate school at American University working towards a masters in a completely different field than either of my undergraduate degrees. I started living […]
Reflecting on Avid Core’s 4-Day Workweek
Virginia Quiambao Arroyo and Amanda Roberts are co-founders of Avid Core, Inc, a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Small, Woman, and Minority-owned (SWaM)-certified communications firm based out of Woodbridge, Virginia. As a “people first” company, Avid Core consistently tries to explore ways through which to improve transparency in the things we do—both in terms of […]