November, 2009

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The 8 Types of Creative Intelligence

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. (Albert Einstein) Are you attempting to unleash creativity through familiar, comfortable pathways? If so you’re only human – but remember that creativity thrives on novelty. The eight multiple intelligences described by Howard Gardner offer plenty […].

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New Version of Creative Whack Pack App!

Creative Think

Today, Apple approved a new version (3.1) of my Creative Whack Pack iPhone app. [Here is the link to iTunes.]. Since it was introduced last March, this product has become the iPhone's premier creativity/innovation tool. It has also been #1 in its category (Business). Great price too: $1.99. The three main new features are: Note-taking workshops. Each specific Creative Whack card has its own sound effect.

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Don't be a snob about career advice | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Don't be a snob about career advice Posted to: Learn to take advice November 16th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I have found that the best way to manage myself is by asking for a lot of help. The question is, how do you know who to take advice from?

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The Led Zeppelin Guide to Creative World Domination

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Image by Dina Regine There has never been a bigger, badder or better rock band than Led Zeppelin. And there never will be. Now we’ve got that straight, let’s take a look at how they did it – and what you can learn from their example. 1. Think Big, Act Big It’s easy to think […]. The post The Led Zeppelin Guide to Creative World Domination appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act

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On September 4, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C) into law, requiring retail employers in New York to adopt workplace violence prevention policies and implement training programs by March 2025. This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the Act’s requirements, including developing and providing a retail workplace violence prevention policy/plan and delivering annual interactive training to employees.

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What's Your Creativity Style?

Creative Think

It's time again for some inspiration from Heraclitus , the world's first creativity teacher (he lived around 500 BC). Today's insight is: “I searched into myself.”. Heraclitus felt that consulting our own knowledge and intuition is a wonderful way to gain insight. Unfortunately, some of us never learned this lesson. Much of our educational system is an elaborate game of "guess what the teacher is thinking," and we come to believe that the best ideas are in someone else's head rather than our own

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10,000,000 Yards Swimming This Decade!

Creative Think

If you asked me how this decade went for me, I'd say: "Swimmingly!". Why? I'll share a personal swimming milestone with you. This week, I passed the 10,000,000 yard mark for yards swum this decade (2000-2009). (9,144 kilometers, or approx. 5,700 miles.) This started with an innocent remark that a teammate (Jim Merchant) made to me in January, 2000. He said: "I've had a couple of million-plus yard years.

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The Story of a Reluctant Entrepreneur

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Image by Hugh MacLeod. I never wanted to be an entrepreneur. I just wanted to write poetry. Twenty years ago I would have told you “Business Is Evil”. I associated entrepreneurship with people like Gordon 'greed is good' Gekko. I was so ignorant I didn't know the difference between an entrepreneur and a Wall Street trader. To me, they were the same thing.

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Marla Mentors Jack on the 5 Critical Components of Creative Entrepreneurship

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When we last saw Jack , he was just about to sign a deal with Lou to start a business. But suddenly, Marla showed up at the last minute. Did Jack do the deal? If so, why is Marla giving Jack entrepreneurial advice? And what do these 5 elements have to do with starting a successful business? Create (Don’t Compete). Lead (Don’t Manage). Communicate (Don’t be Shy).

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T.S. Eliot’s Unique Selling Proposition

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Image by Muffet. If you think the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is something only marketers need to worry about, have a look at this snippet from a letter to T.S. Eliot, by his boss. Geoffrey Faber is explaining why Eliot was the ideal candidate to take charge of poetry publishing at Faber and Gwyer, the firm that eventually became famous under the name Faber and Faber.

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Lose Touch with Your Inner Whining Artist

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Image by Hugh MacLeod. Of all the painfully funny cartoons on Hugh MacLeod's Gapingvoid blog, for me this is the funniest and most painful. It's painful because I know exactly how Eric feels. A few years ago, I was in his shoes. And I feel for him - because I know if he doesn't change, his story is going to have a messy ending. The humour, of course, turns on the idea of what is 'asking for too much'.

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The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Training Program

Learning how to promote your training courses online is key to growing your training business. In this Ultimate Guide to Marketing we cover effective and modern marketing strategies that will help you market your training program, and sell more courses. You’ll learn how to: Harness the power of SEO to drive website traffic Convert more website visitors to sales Create smart email marketing campaigns Get the most out of course marketplaces Establish a referral program And more… Get ready to see y

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The Creative Entrepreneur Roadmap is Now Live

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UPDATE: We’re sold out. Thanks! Hey gang. Just a quick note to let you know the Creative Entrepreneur Roadmap is now live and accepting enrollments. You can immediately check out all the details of this 18-topic intensive course. It’s what we wish we had 10 years ago starting out, and it’ll provide you with the […]. The post The Creative Entrepreneur Roadmap is Now Live appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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The Best Thing About "2010"

Creative Think

I think the best thing about about the year "2010" is that most people will call it Twenty-Ten. Nice and simple. Only three syllables! [Not, God forbid, two thousand and ten. Ugh!]. This means a return to calling the first two digits of the year one number, and the last two digits another number. For example: 1948 is nineteen forty-eight. I think that most of the years of this decade have been ponderous to pronounce , e.g., 2007 was two thousand and seven — and that's too many syllables.

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How to make business travel manageable | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to make business travel manageable Posted to: Productivity | Self-management November 11th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Last year I traveled almost every week. Some weeks I traveled to three different cities.

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Leverage the advantages of being an introvert at work | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Leverage the advantages of being an introvert at work Posted to: Diversity | Fulfillment | Office Politics November 30th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook The workplace is set up to reward extroverts. For example, ENTJs make up only 3% of the population but they comprise a wide majority of the world's CEOs.

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Shaping a Better Future by Uniting Corporate and Higher Education Content

With the increased interest in reskilling and upskilling existing workforces, companies are looking for more training and development content and realizing that higher education has a lot to offer. Similarly, companies are finding value in providing training to students and preskilling their future workforce. The challenge is that the technology and platforms used to serve these two audiences have never had to work well together—until now.

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Asperger's at work: 5 ways to be less annoying | Penelope Trunk's.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: 5 ways to be less annoying Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself | Office Politics November 24th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook The first step to growing a good career in the face of Asperger's Syndrome is to recognize that this is a social skills deficit, by definition, and work, by definition, is a social skills d

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First, be honest about what you want | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog First, be honest about what you want Posted to: Goal setting | Knowing yourself November 2nd, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Someone once asked me to think of a moment in my childhood that was really nice.

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Thanksgiving drama on steroids: Adding a family business to the.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Thanksgiving drama on steroids: Adding a family business to the mix Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Money | Negotiating November 25th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I think its safe to say that for the majority of people, Thanksgiving is not about goodness and gratitude, but rather, family drama.

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This is what it looks like to have a hard time making a change.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog This is what it looks like to have a hard time making a change Posted to: Fulfillment | Knowing yourself November 20th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Some days I look through old posts, reminding myself of posts that I've written that I like and that I should link to.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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What makes a blog successful? | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog What makes a blog successful? Posted to: Goal setting | How to blog November 17th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I have always thought that blogging is a way to reach your career goals. It’s hard to write a blog if you don’t have a goal.

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How to know if you'll be good at sales | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to know if you'll be good at sales Posted to: Finding a career | Knowing yourself | Recruiters November 19th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook It’s clear to me that emotional intelligence is the most important skill for success in adult life.

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Shifting the balance of power. (Mainstream media stinks.

Penelope Trunk

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Shifting the balance of power. (Mainstream media stinks.) Posted to: Journalism | Parenting November 6th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I wake up Wednesday at 4am to a phone call: The Guardian, in London, asking for an interview about my miscarriage twitter.

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