Hello Frances

This week Shantelle shares our team’s recent discovery of the Adobe Creative Types test. We have taken many personality evaluations before, but this Adobe test shares insight into your creative personality. Through a series of 15 questions, the assessment not only determines your creative style but also shares your strengths, untapped potential, and ideal collaborators. Take the test at mycreativetype.com, then head to our social media outlets to tell us your creative type.

In this week’s episode of the Hello Frances Podcast, we interview self-proclaimed Enneagram Burnout Coach Hillarie Kay. Hillarie shares how to unlock your potential by utilizing the Enneagram as a tool to learn more about yourself and how you handle stress. She shares how each Enneagram type acts when burned out and she discusses the burnout cycle which starts with stress, then overwhelm, then leads to burnout. Listen to the full episode, and let us know your thoughts. To learn more, follow Hillarie on Instagram.

Our Design & Content Coordinator Kayla Koger gave you the basics of using Canva for your brand in our Canva 101 podcast episode. This week on the Hello Frances Podcast, our Digital Marketing Specialist Gregory Dedicke interviews Austin Miller, the Customer Engagement Director for Modlite Systems, to learn how his organization implements this tool into their content strategy. Gregory and Austin discuss how productivity has changed since using Canva, how their brand cohesion has improved, how it benefits his team, and more. Listen to the full episode now and let us know how Canva has helped you!

Father and daughter duo Steve Barber and Mary Aho join us on this episode of the Hello Frances Podcast to discuss their shared creative venture, Scarlett Magazine. With a bold stance and a goal to empower women, Scarlett Magazine shares the latest in women's fashion, beauty, home decor, lifestyle, and health. The magazine recently launched the Woman of the Year Awards, celebrating 100 females in our community at a ceremony on February 23rd at The Island Resort at Fort Walton Beach. For the latest issue, subscribe today at scarlettmag.com.

Our Frances Roy Agency Design and Content Coordinator, Kayla Koger, takes the microphone this week to talk about the online design platform, Canva. She teaches the basics of using this as a tool and how it can be a great addition to your design strategy. The program is ideal for design beginners or quick and easy design elements needing a specific aesthetic, such as Instagram Stories or a social media video. Kayla shares the pros and cons of Canva and her favorite features on the platform.

Inspired by an Adam Grant tweet, Shantelle discusses learning the difference between the right opportunity to challenge and the right opportunity to contribute. A natural challenger, Shantelle actively works on challenging with a solution in mind while remaining open-minded. She shares her insight on how to practice a balance of challenging and contributing. Listen to the episode, and let us know your thoughts. Do you consider yourself a challenger or a contributor? Or both? How do you respond to challenges? What’s your greatest contribution? Send us an email at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you!

In today’s fast-paced world, we overconsume all the things we think we “should'' be doing. We fill up our calendars and create unnecessary stress when we put too much on our plate. In this episode of the Hello Frances Podcast, Shantelle shares her list of what she wants to stop, including multitasking, constant social media scrolling, and more. Listen to the full episode for the rest of the items on her list, and let us know what you would include if you had a list of habits you wanted to stop. Email us your thoughts at [email protected].

Frances Warner, Shantelle’s grandma, and our agency’s namesake joins us on this week’s episode of the Hello Frances Podcast. Frances shares her advice on how we can spend our time, use our resources wisely, and stay positive throughout these uncertain times. Shantelle and Frances discuss so many tips and tricks that have been passed down within their family throughout the years. Listen to the episode for an unfiltered chat between a grandmother and granddaughter. Frances is sure to put a smile on your face!

It’s 2022 🎉 As we say goodbye to our fifth year in business and begin our sixth, we look at what is next for the Frances Roy Agency. After the death of a close friend, Shantelle reconsiders what’s important and how she wants to live her life and lead her business moving forward. As she enters a new stage of her life, she’s prioritizes creating balance, slowing down, being more deliberate, and focusing on what’s important. Listen to the full episode, and let us know your thoughts by emailing us at [email protected].

Our entire team joins Shantelle on the microphone for our last Hello Frances Podcast episode of 2021. Each person shares one word they would use to describe the past year, their favorite project of the year, and where we see Frances Roy heading in 2022. We reflect on another year of the Hello Frances Podcast and the work all of our team members do behind the scenes to ensure we bring you a new episode every single week! Thanks for listening to the pod, and we look forward to bringing you more great content in 2022.