Chennai Design

Kicking off the week with an inspiring conversation with Samuel Ebenezer on scaling his freelance practice, followed by diving straight into a research call. Big thanks to Sandeep and Chennai Design community for connecting me with such ambitious designers ⚡️ Happy Monday!

🎉 Today marks a special milestone as we wrapped up our 12th meetup and celebrated one year of our vibrant Chennai Design Community! It's been an incredible journey since we started, and we've consistently gathered for most of the meetups over the past year. For this meetup, we had the pleasure of hosting khuzema ujjainwala from Microsoft as our session speaker. He shared his insights on "Design and Money," walking us through his career journey and the key moments and decisions that have shaped his success in the design world. It was truly inspiring! We also delved into engaging discussions on the use of AI tools in companies, exploring how different organizations are leveraging AI to maximize benefits in the workplace. Here's to many more insightful meetups! Thank you all for showing up on a Saturday morning and being part of this amazing community. A heartfelt thanks to our session speaker Khuzema for sharing his wisdom with us. And a special shoutout to our venue partner, Facilio, for their unwavering support not just to Chennai.Design Community but to many other communities in Chennai. Looking forward to our continued growth and learning together! #chennaidesign

🌟 Attended an enlightening session organized by the Chennai Design Community, where Harish Venkatesh shared his invaluable insights with "Designer's The Freelance Playbook". Throughout the session, Harish took us on: 🔍 Why & why not to Freelance? 💪 Identifying your Superpowers 📈 Client acquisition strategies & Proposal Design 💼 Managing Finance, Pricing & Terms 💬 Communication & Client Relationships Had a conversation with Harish Venkatesh, receiving valuable guidance to kick-start the freelancing journey. 🚀 Thanks to Sandeep Baskaran and the team for hosting such an informative event! Looking forward to more sessions in the future! 🎉 #chennaidesigncommunity #Freelance #FreelanceJourney

I couldn’t keep my calm when Sandeep Baskaran informed that Harish Venkatesh was going to share his playbook for freelance designers. Big fan-girl of you, Harish ser! 😬😬 My takeaways - 1. Efficiency is key - Moonlighting should enable you to be productive in your full-time work, or there’s just no point to it. 2. Collaboration is our superpower. Freelancing solo is not a long term strategy. 3. Know your audience, and speak their language. Grab their attention, spark an interest, show what’s desirable to them and then ask them to take an action. 4. Identify your super skills and find your clients by segmenting them based on geography, sector, department, business model, pricing, and maturity of the org. 5. Ask a lot of questions - deeper questions, document every single thing and get proactive with feedbacks after every milestone to keep the client involved in your work. 5. Touched base on 3 types of pricing and how to create a pricing brief for every project.

"With all the information already out there on the internet, how can I offer more and better?", was Harish Venkatesh's kick-off line for The Freelance Playbook session, at Chennai Design and the talk compiled the deepest insights. Covering a wide-range of topics for newbies, to intermediates and experts in the freelance space, the talk gave us immediate actionable insights for all of us to take home. With partners in-crime Vasanth Kumar, Shri karthick adhithya Tarun R G, Saturday couldn't have been better. Thank you for your curation, Sandeep Baskaran Chennai Design. Looking forward for more!

🌟 Another fruitful gathering for our Chennai Design Community! 🎉 A huge shoutout to everyone who joined us as we welcomed Harish Venkatesh, founder of Become | Possibilities Answered™, who shared invaluable insights on kickstarting your freelance journey. 💼💡 During the session, Harish delved into crucial topics like: • Why & why not to Freelance? • Identifying your Superpowers & monetizing them • Client acquisition strategies • Proposal Design • Managing Finance, Pricing & Terms • Communication & Client Relationships Massive gratitude to Harish for his expertise and generosity in sharing his knowledge and resources with Chennai design community! 🙌 We also want to extend heartfelt thanks to Roop Lukka and Mohamed Farhan for graciously providing the Paperflite office as the venue for our meetup. Your support made this event possible! 🏢🙏 Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to making this meetup a resounding success. Stay tuned for more exciting events and opportunities to connect and learn together! 🎨💬 #ChennaiDesignCommunity #FreelanceJourney #DesignInspiration #maythe4thbewithyou

🎨 Wrapped up our 10th Chennai Design Community meetup on World Design Day! 🌟 Balaji Senthil P L from Zoho led an insightful session on the Science of Design, covering the 10 foundational principles of visual design in digital products. Attendees got hands-on, tweaking their designs based on newfound knowledge. Thanks to all who joined! Until next time! 👩🎨🚀 #DesignCommunity #LearningAndGrowing

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Another fantastic Chennai Design meetup in March 2024! 🚀 Once again, the event hit the mark by addressing the pulse of the industry with insightful topics and engaging hands-on sessions. A huge shoutout to Malavika from Everstage for her invaluable contribution. Her walkthrough of the design process and branding from scratch was nothing short of enlightening. Each step, infused with out-of-the-box thinking, provided a deeper understanding of the intricacies involved. I also want to extend my gratitude to Sandeep Baskaran for his unwavering dedication to enhancing the value of the design community. His consistent efforts truly make a difference. Special thanks to Spendflo for providing the office space, and creating an environment conducive to learning and collaboration. Here's to more enriching experiences and knowledge-sharing in the Chennai Design community! 🎨 #ChennaiDesign #DesignCommunity #CreativeThinking #KnowledgeSharing #productdesign #branding #uxuidesign

Our Chennai Design Community just wrapped up its 9th monthly meetup, and it was truly an inspiring and enriching experience. 🙌 With warm greetings and networking among our fellow community members, the day kicked off on a high note, setting the stage for an engaging and insightful session ahead. 🔥 Malavika Ramachandran, Lead Visual Designer at Everstage, took us on a journey into the world of branding, from its essence to the significance of brand refresh. Her wealth of knowledge and expertise left us all inspired and eager to learn more. 💼 But it didn't stop there! 🚀 We got hands-on with an exhilarating exercise on brand refresh for a mock brand named Tranxit. Working together in teams, we unleashed our creativity and applied the concepts discussed, resulting in some truly innovative ideas and solutions. 🎨 One of the highlights of the session was when Malavika generously shared her previous projects, giving us a firsthand look at her design process and approach. Coming from an architecture background, her unique perspective brought a fresh and insightful twist to the table, leaving us all inspired and eager to learn more. 🏗️ A huge thank you to Malavika for her invaluable insights and guidance, and to all our community members for making each meetup a truly special and enriching experience. Here's to many more memorable gatherings ahead! 🎉 A heartfelt thank you to Spendflo for providing us with the perfect space to come together and foster creativity and collaboration. 🏢 Special gratitude to Karthikeyan Manivannan and Krithika K. for making this venue possible for the event. 🙏 #ChennaiDesignCommunity #DesignInspiration #CommunityBuilding #BrandRefresh #CreativeThinking #DesignThinking #Networking #Inspiration #Innovation #Teamwork 🚀🎨