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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:...
Originally posted on the Inc. website by Glen Blickenstaff, excerpts below: Marketing an inferior product may gain you market share in the short-term but won't yield future success. This month I had the honor of speaking to the University of Alabama, Executive Masters in Engineering class. Most of the participants are professionals;...
Originally posted on the Fast Company Co. Create website by Chris Hirst, excerpts below. Three years ago, Grey London really needed to change. The industry had changed, the media landscape had changed and Grey remained a relatively successful (in financial terms at least), safe, but dull London outpost of a global network....
IDEAS' Lead Developer Thomas Gorence will be one of the hosts at the WordPress Orlando Roundtable Meet Up on Saturday October 6, 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. The topics of...
Originally posted on the Lifehacker website by Iris Shoor, excerpts below. Is creativity something people are just born with? For many of us, creative thinking isn't purely intuitive—it's also plain hard work. As writer Iris Shoor explains, coming up with fresh ideas isn't always a natural gift—it's a skill that...
IDEAS participated in the nationwide celebration of College Colors Day on Friday August 31, 2012. College Colors Day is an annual celebration dedicated to promoting the traditions and spirit that make the college experience great by encouraging people across America to wear apparel of their favorite college or university throughout the day....
Originally posted on the Fast Company Co. Create website by KC Ifeanyi, excerpts below. As technology becomes more advanced and more accessible across multiple platforms, it’s only natural for consumers to expect increasingly higher standards of creativity and engagement from content creators. However, with social media, apps, tablets, smartphones, websites,...
