Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
Photo by Canon in 2D. OK it's time to spread the link love with another roundup of Lateral Activity elsewhere on the web. If you're wondering how Armageddon the current economic crisis is likely to impact on the creative economy, you could do a lot worse than pour yourself a cup of coffee and peruse Richard Florida's article How the Crash Will Reshape America.
Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Photo by JustABoy. Everyone knows Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language. But did you know he was also a highly successful entrepreneur? Like Dick Whittington, the young Shakespeare left his rural home town to seek his fortune in London. In common with many entrepreneurs, he didn't have the benefit of a family fortune or a university education - just his talent, ambition and an enormous capacity for hard work.
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Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 18, 2009
Photo by a.drian I discovered a fantastic blog at the weekend — Daily Routines: How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days (via Undead Pixel). It contains what it says on the tin: first-hand accounts of how famous people optimise their daily routines for creative work. For example, here’s Haruki Murakami‘s typical working […].
Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 16, 2009
One of my favourite writers on creativity is the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. In this video of his TED talk , he explains the concept of flow for which he is famous. Flow is his answer to the question 'What makes human beings happy?' - 'An almost automatic, effortless, yet highly focused state of consciousness' that we can experience when devoting ourselves to a meaningful challenge.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 11, 2009
Photo by fdecomite. In his book The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria argues that there have been 'three tectonic power shifts over the last five hundred years'. Each of these shifts profoundly reshaped culture and economy on a global scale. According to Zakaria the first shift was the rise of the Western World, starting in the fifteenth century. The second was the rise of the United States as an industrial world power.
Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
Photo by star5112. What's the worst thing that could happen to a writer? If you're a writer, I'm guessing you'd put 'not being able to write' pretty high on your list of potential disasters. Logically, there are plenty of far worse fates, but emotionally this one looms pretty large - especially if your living depends on your writing. Last year, that's exactly what happened to me.
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Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
She was beautiful. I couldn't believe my luck. She took my hand on the dance floor and smiled an ultraviolet smile. The pounding dance beat morphed into the beating of my heart as we found ourselves standing outside my flat. I fumbled with the keys. Somehow I got the door open. Taking her hand, I led her inside. There was something strange about the flat - but what could it be?
Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
About the Author : Mark McGuinness is a poet, creative coach and co-founder of Lateral Action. Subscribe today to get free updates by email or RSS. The post How Does Twitter Affect Your Creativity? appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
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