On May 14, 2013, student innovators, academics and corporations got together at the Dell Social Innovation Challenge Awards at Austin Music Hall to demonstrate what the powers of positive thinking and purpose with a healthy side of inspiration can accomplish. This was truly a celebration of student innovation with lively music, good food and beverages Read More...

About a lifetime ago (read: January) I cashed in some saved up Karma and won an 11-day trip courtesy of the Travel Channel. I wish I could give more insight as to why my boyfriend and I were chosen, but I have no idea. To date my best guess is that they were intimidated by Read More...

The other day Melanie posted about the many brands that quickly responded to the tragedies in Boston with aid and support. And while brand and support from the country continues to grow, there’s a team of folks in Austin doing their part. Senior art director at GSD&M and organizer of CreativeMornings/Austin Ben Thoma got with Read More...

As the news of the unbelievable and horrific Boston Marathon tragedy continues to unfold, it’s hard not to be glued to your laptop or TV. Follow #BostonMarathon or #PrayforBoston on Twitter and you’ll have a sudden urgency to want to help out. And as reported by Austin Women Magazine on Twitter, there were 187 runners Read More...

On Wednesday, April 17 we hosted the 3% Conference in Austin. With almost 100 people in attendance, Kat Gordon led the conversation about the gender gap among ad executives. Panelists included our very own Carlotta Stankiewicz, Caroline Burruss of ACL Live and more. Check out the tweets from the night here. Here at GSD&M, we Read More...

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If you’ve ever met our CEO, Duff Stewart, you will quickly learn that he is a great listener. And, if you’ve ever met our SVP of People, Dorian Girard, you will quickly learn that she is always seeking to better understand and relate to a scenario or an individual. These are two qualities I have Read More...

Far and away my favorite part of the Consumer Electronics Show is digital health and fitness. And lucky for me the floor space devoted to this category increased by 3x that of last year. Digital Health has been a part of CES for many years, but this year was different. There seemed to be a Read More...

While today is the first official day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there were plenty of great panel discussions, press announcements and buzz yesterday to get conference-goers salivating for all to be found on the showroom floor this week. In just a few short hours yesterday a handful of obvious themes punched Read More...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for years, you know that some folks think that the world is coming to an end in a few short days. (Although if you’ve been living under a rock for years, you’ve probably done so in preparation for the world coming to an end. So congratulations, you weird, Read More...