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Are You Part of the E-Reading Trend?
Have you read an e-book recently? If you said yes, it’s likely that you: Read more books, including print versions, than those who say no. The average e-book reader reports reading 24 books in the past 12 months. This compares … Continue reading
Posted in Public Relations, Social Media
Tagged audience, book, communications, Comparison of e-book readers, creativity, E-book, ideas, innovation, insights, inspiration, Percentage, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center, Reading, social media, Tablet computer, target audience, transformation, United States
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Weekend Inspiration: 11 Ways to Think Like a Leader
Through the years, philosophers, scholars and management consultants have attempted to describe the ingredients of good leadership. Is there a recipe you can follow? Or are you born a leader? The low expectations for leaders of all types — business, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Aristotle, Benjamin Zander, big ideas, Business, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ideas, insights, inspiration, John Quincy Adams, Ketchum Leadership Communication Monitor, leadership, Marcus Buckingham, Marian Anderson, Rosalynn Carter, Simon Sinek, teamwork, TED, transformation, United States, Warren Bennis
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How to Increase Your Creativity Quotient
Journalist Jonah Lehrer previewed his new book “Imagine: How Creativity Works” in the March 9 edition of The Wall Street Journal. Whether it was the author’s encouraging tone or his myth-breaking stance about who really fits the creative profile, the … Continue reading
A Communications Resource and Eight Tips for Memorable Leadership
If you write, present or simply seek inspiration from thought leaders, you may be interested in a new resource from TED. The team behind “ideas worth spreading” has collected memorable quotes from its presenters in categories that include business, creativity, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Storytelling
Tagged Abraham LIncoln, communications, creativity, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Facebook, ideas, insights, inspiration, leadership, Lincoln, Pulitzer Prize, storytelling, teamwork, TED, transformation, Twitter
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Putting Visual Storytelling to Work for Your Brand
Does it seem that as soon as you’ve mastered one social networking tool, another appears? One promising site for brands whose business or product has a strong visual component is Pinterest. A virtual bulletin board, it describes itself as a … Continue reading
Posted in Public Relations, Storytelling
Tagged Alexa, audience, brand, communications, creating content, creativity, Hitwise, Hoda Kotb, ideas, insights, inspiration, Pinterest, public relations, Real Simple, social media, Social network service, storytelling, target audience, Twitter, United States, West Elm
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Does Your Child’s Name Predict Leadership Success?
BabyCenter, a parenting website, just announced the most popular baby names of 2011. Almost immediately, I recalled a story released by LinkedIn earlier this year highlighting the most common names for CEOs. For fun, I thought I’d take a look … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Leadership
Tagged Babycenter, C-suite, career, CEO names, creativity, executive, ideas, insights, inspiration, leadership, LinkedIn, parents, popular names, professional, storytelling
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Four TED Talks to Inspire Your Creativity — Part Two
In Part One, we met visual storyteller Béatrice Coron and arts educator Sir Ken Robinson. The series concludes with insights from a writer and a film director on how they create. Writer Curiosity drives Amy Tan’s creative process. It serves … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity
Tagged Amy Tan, communications, creative process, creativity, ideas, innovation, insights, inspiration, Joy Luck Club, Ken Robinson, Paani, Shekhar Kapur, storytelling, TED, Writer
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Four TED Talks to Inspire Your Creativity — Part One
TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment and Design) feature some of the world’s most intriguing speakers, who share ideas worth spreading. Recently, I discovered four speakers whose experiences with the creative process, while distinct, have commonalities. You’ll find the first part of … Continue reading
