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”May 18, 2012 8:59 PM
Learning About Creativity By Watching Creative Types tagged “Creativity”
Observing creative types is an amazing way to think more creatively. Next week, I'll be spending the majority of my days attending a global conference called, C2 MTL (our agency, Twist Image, also handled some of the social media marketing).... Read more
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May 11, 2012 4:31 PM
The Trick With Inspiration tagged “Creativity”
Believe it or not, you're constantly being inspired. The trick with inspiration is being able to both acknowledge that moment and act on it when it happens. I was reminded of this earlier in the week. I was listening to... Read more
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May 9, 2012 6:39 PM
Listen. Engage. Connect. tagged “Creativity”
One of the largest gatherings of professional marketers is about to take place. The Canadian Marketing Association's 2012 CMA Summit is happening next week (May 16th - 17th, 2012 at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto, Ontario). I'm fortunate... Read more
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May 1, 201211:28 AM
The Sound And The Hurry Of Podcasting tagged “Creativity”
It's funny how things fall together. I found out that Julie Burstein, the author of Spark - How Creativity Works and creator of the radio program Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen for Public Radio International, was going to be a... Read more
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April 18, 2012 8:07 AM
Learning About Creativity tagged “Creativity”
There must be something in the air. While I am no Julien Smith when it comes to reading books, I am doing my best to maintain a high pace of book reading. I recently started digging into Imagine - How... Read more
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March 14, 201210:13 PM
Death To The Page View tagged “Creativity”
Are the days of measuring page views as an advertising metric slowly (or quickly) coming to an end? When banner ads first came on the Internet (we now call it "display advertising"), I remember thinking to myself, "is this the... Read more
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March 3, 2012 4:27 PM
The Creative Process tagged “Creativity”
What do you think of when you think of creative people? Slackers? The people in the office who often wear jeans, but rarely wear socks? The ones bouncing the rubber balls off of the walls or the ones with the... Read more
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February 28, 201210:19 AM
It's Time To Defy Convention tagged “Creativity”
How many days have you sat around, stomach twisted, waiting to hear if you had won a new piece of business that you pitched for? It's a terrible feeling and the only thing that can alleviate it is getting the... Read more
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February 22, 2012 9:32 PM
Fear And Loathing In Advertising tagged “Creativity”
What a long, strange trip it's been. There are many who think that advertising as we have known it to date is going to rapidly change in our new media world. There are days when I feel this way (and... Read more
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February 10, 2012 9:48 PM
Get Lost On YouTube tagged “Creativity”
It's one of my favorite past-times and guilty pleasures. After all of the work is done and the house is quiet, instead of sitting back and letting the television waft over me, I go and get lost on YouTube. I... Read more
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January 27, 2012 8:13 PM
A World With No Keyboard And No Mouse tagged “Creativity”
How's that user experience working out for you? I often ridicule the masses (I know, that's very snide of me). When computers were first introduced the mantra was that, "screens are not easy to read or work on." Forget the... Read more
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January 19, 201210:30 PM
Adapt Or Die tagged “Creativity”
Do you like the saying, "adapt or die"? There are days when it is the soundtrack of my life and then there are days when I shake my head at what the connotation truly means. You see, it's easy to... Read more
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November 24, 2011 1:45 PM
Good To Great To Different tagged “Creativity”
Is Apple a truly great company? The answer seems obvious. Now reframe that thought and think about what truly makes Apple - as a company - great. Is it their revenue? Product innovation? How they changed our lives across a... Read more
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October 21, 2011 3:49 PM
Winning Workplaces tagged “Creativity”
Isn't is amazing how a work environment affects both productivity and general health? As someone who loves the work that I do, I often struggle when people moan and complain about their work environment. From the chairs they sit on... Read more
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September 20, 201110:21 AM
What New Media Must Learn From Comics tagged “Creativity”
The comic book industry teaches us many lessons about New Media and the new consumer. Are you familiar with the comic book, Superman - Red Son? It was released in 2003 to critical acclaim and became a nomination for the... Read more
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September 16, 2011 7:39 AM
6 Websites That Deserve Your Attention tagged “Creativity”
What is a Blog? I have no idea anymore. News websites now run on WordPress while Blogs tend to look a lot like news websites these days. Regardless, there are six online destinations that constantly grab my attention. If all... Read more
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September 13, 2011 6:33 AM
Kickstart Your Own Economy tagged “Creativity”
Can you test the market for a product without ever producing it? CW&T is a self-described, "teeny design studio in Brooklyn" that is basically a two-person operation - designers Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy. I have a certain kinship with... Read more
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July 4, 2011 7:57 PM
Bored tagged “Creativity”
When do the best ideas strike? Do the most original ideas come to you when you're working around the clock, not eating properly and struggling to sleep or when you are bored... bored stiff? Why do the best ideas hit... Read more
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June 4, 2011 2:16 PM
Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #50 tagged “Creativity”
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see? My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, the author of Complete Web Monitoring and... Read more
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May 27, 2011 8:55 PM
Tension As Motivation tagged “Creativity”
If we're not creating tension as a Marketing Professional, then what are we doing? Jeffrey Hayzlett (the former CMO of Kodak, the author of the best-selling business book, The Mirror Test, and celebrity CMO) said this today at the CMA National... Read more
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