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A group of team members from IDEAS joined up at a fundraising event for Special Olympics Florida on Monday October 15, 2012. The event was hosted by the Isleworth Golf Club, as a thank you for the ongoing support that contributors from a variety of companies have made to the...
Lately, it seems the topics of proofreading, use of grammar, and spelling in general, are front and center on peoples’ minds. Not only in our company but in conversations with clients, business associates, and friends both locally and around the country. As the familiar pop question asks, “what’s up with...
Originally posted on Small Business Storyteller website, excerpts below: When I talk about storytelling for business, it has occurred to me that I am referring to something that is more akin to branding. I often introduce myself as the small business storyteller, and people usually respond with something like, “So,...
Originally posted on the Social Media Today website by Rohit Bhargava, excerpts below: What if Usain Bolt charged per hour to watch him race? It’s a ridiculous thought, of course. Yet we all know that the only reason he is able to run 100 meters in less than ten seconds...
Originally posted on Blue Focus Marketing website by Cheryl Burgess, excerpts below: In just a few short years, social media has grown into a tremendously powerful marketing tool. However, as the old saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. The proliferation of the digital bazaar has amplified consumer voice,...
IDEAS' Lead Developer Thomas Gorence will be presenting and is one of the hosts at the WordPress Orlando Roundtable Meet Up on Saturday November 3, 2012 from 9:30am - 12:30pm at the Downtown Orlando headquarters of IDEAS. Space is limited for the event, which is for beginner, intermediate, and serious WordPress professionals....
IDEAS StoryAnalytics Master Rick Stone will be speaking about Storytelling for the Holidays: Engaging Donors and Volunteers on Thursday November 1, 2012 at 11:30am at Rollins College, main campus. Rick will introduce participants to the art of storytelling. Relying on age-old principles of communication, you will discover how stories can...
Originally posted on Psychology Today website by Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D., excerpts below: In the first few years of life, we're all taught to speak. In fact, it's an important developmental milestone, a sign that a child is developing normally. However, listening is an equally, if not more important skill that is often...
Education has definitely taken the spotlight this fall between the teachers’ strike in Chicago, the New York Times – Schools for Tomorrow Conference, and now the Education Nation Summit (sponsored by NBC News) currently underway. This year’s conference focus which was “Building a Better Teacher.” We had the great benefit...
Originally posted on Ezine Articles website by Alen Majer, excerpts below: There's an undeniable truth about stories. Most people absolutely love them. We are brought up in our early years listening to stories at bedtime. We go through school learning to read with stories as the mechanism which enables us to...
If you don’t know who Jack Hannah is, you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 20 years. I’m going to bet you at least have seen him on Letterman, Larry King, or Good Morning America in his safari khakis accompanied by an incredible big cat, or some other...
Originally posted on The Creativity Post website by Maria Konnikova, excerpts below: W.J. was a veteran of World War II. He was gregarious, charming, and witty. He also happed to suffer from a debilitating form of epilepsy—so incapacitating that, in 1960, he elected to have a drastic form of brain surgery:...
