Want to be a leader? Act like one Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher in the movie "The Iron Lady." Dianna Booher explains key habits, skills, and characteristics of true leadersCommit to what you communicate, and follow through, says Booher. "Delivering the goods attracts attention and demands respect," she adds Editor's note: Dianna Booher, an expert in executive communications, is the author of 45 books. Her latest books include "Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader " and "Communicate with Confidence, Revised and Expanded Edition." (CNN) -- You're doing all the obvious things: the right education, solid experience, a good mentor. Small differences can make a big impact. Consider the following habits, attitudes, skills, and characteristics of a leader to see how you measure up and then determine how you can step up: Dianna Booher Act with integrity Tell the truth. Read more: Steve Jobs: How to lead with purpose Listen like you mean it Commit to what you communicate Follow through. Never whine
The Social Network for Creatives, by Creatives The Creative Finder is a site from the creators of popular daily creativity and innovation news site, designtaxi.com. Around since 2009, the site dubs itself as a global search engine for creatives, aiming to connect people for business, networking or just collaboration. Creator Alex Goh just launched a new edition of the site, which not only integrates with existing social networks like Tumblr and Pinterest - where many creatives choose to host imagery outside of the standard Facebook and Twitter spaces - it also offers a way for users dubbed "finders" to locate creative types for commission-based work. If Facebook is a space to display the finished product in front of a willing audience, then the Creative Finder is a network for discovering the people who will help you make that product. I mostly use Facebook to network with writers, artists and people in the arts, so I curated my profile on The Creative Finder with the same imagery.
Best advertising campaign Find out the best advertising campaigns, slogans, and avoided advertising campaign errors of all time in this infographic. Ever wonder what the average cost of a Superbowl ad is, or the average internet advertising revenue? You’ll find out in this infographic below. If you are a creative type that would like to get into the advertising field…be sure to look at the marketing degrees available. Embed this image on your site: <a href=" src=" alt="top ad campaigns" width="640" border="0" /></a><br />Via: <a href=" This code links back to CollegeOnline.org. Top 10 Ad Campaigns 1. Advertisement Situations: Best Slogan: “Got Milk” - This campaign was a success from its simplicity and straightforwardness. Truth in a Crisis: Best Use of Social Networking Targeting Audiences: Best Celebrity Spokesperson: Best Logo:
Infographic Of The Day: 13 Rules For Realizing Your Creative Vision | Co. Design Bre Pettis knows a thing or two about getting things done rather than getting them perfect: He’s the founder of Makerbot, a company that turns out cheap rapid prototyping machines. No one would say they’ve been perfectly realized, but a key to Makerbot’s success is that it has evolved in the real world, rather than foundering as just another great idea. With that in mind, Pettis and collaborator Kio Stark gave themselves exactly 20 minutes to create a manifesto encapsulating everything they knew about bring a creative vision to life. They called it The Done Manifesto. Illustrator James Provost then took the extra step of turning their 13 maxims into a poster: They are: There are three states of being. At first glance, this list seems a little hyperbolic or silly: If you’re used to startup culture, you’ve been there, done that. I’ve been watching this firsthand lately, as a friend of mine has been trying to get an iPhone app company off the ground. [H/T: Brain Picker/Visual News]
CurkovicArtUnits / FrontPage "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." -Edgar Degas Dear Readers, Due to the nature of this wiki relating directly to school curriculum, requests for admission to join from outside communities will unfortunately have to be rejected, so as not to disrupt the delivery of the units etc. However, feel free to view, use or adapt any of the content provided here. about “Creativity has always been essential for our cultural growth, but there are still many misconceptions about this elusive process. It's possible to come up with brilliant, shiny new ideas even in the dullest, most routine-ridden environments -- or any location, for that matter. The Top 10 Mistakes Made by Art Students (via Student Art Guide) 1: Keeping a Sketchbook by Pam Locker from University of Lincoln on Vimeo. Art Basics - The Elements of Art Paper Size Reference: Template Page to copy Developing: UWCSEA Dover Short Art Prompts and Projects Video Project
The Importance of Frustration in the Creative Process, Animated by Maria Popova “Before we can find the answer — before we can even know the question — we must be immersed in disappointment.” Last week, Jonah Lehrer took us inside “the seething cauldron of ideas” with Imagine: How Creativity Works, his long-awaited (by me, at least) new book. When we tell stories about creativity, we tend to leave out this phase. For a related treat, see Rosenberg’s live-illustration of John Lithgow reading Mark Twin at the New York Public Library. Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter and people say it’s cool. Share on Tumblr
How LinkedIn Works [infographic] Now that you’ve filed your tax returns it’s time to get back to generating revenue so you have even more taxes to pay next year! One of the best ways to do this is by plugging into the power of LinkedIn. Much of our time is spent polishing images on LinkedIn, building search engine optimized profiles and training our clients to use this powerful business tool. We stumbled onto this infographic and thought it was a great way to help explain to you how LinkedIn works and how many people are using it. How LinkedIn Works by Infographiclabs Let us know if we can help enhance you LinkedIn image and share some “Best Practices” with you. The Fried Side - Social Media Marketing | Denver | Social Media Consulting & Marketing | Social Media Denver Connect: Authored by: Brad Friedman Brad Friedman is a “Recovering Attorney” living in Denver, Colorado. See complete profile
John Cleese on the 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative by Maria Popova “Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.” Much has been said about how creativity works, its secrets, its origins, and what we can do to optimize ourselves for it. Space (“You can’t become playful, and therefore creative, if you’re under your usual pressures.”)Time (“It’s not enough to create space; you have to create your space for a specific period of time.”)Time (“Giving your mind as long as possible to come up with something original,” and learning to tolerate the discomfort of pondering time and indecision.)Confidence (“Nothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.”)Humor (“The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.”) A few more quotable nuggets of insight excerpted below the video. Creativity is not a talent. We need to be in the open mode when pondering a problem — but! Thanks, Simon Donating = Loving Share on Tumblr
Board Game: VIKINGS: The North American Saga - Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History This is an old Norse game that is found in many Viking and Norse sites. It consists of a board (which can be cardboard or even paper) and game pieces. Students can make their own board and playing pieces and challenge each other to games until there are two champions of the class. The appendix includes a starting board layout and information on the game. The Old Norse played and a lot of board and card games in the winter. Hnefatafl (or hneftafl) [Nhev-eh-TAH-full] means the "king's board or game". SET-UP: Hnefatafl simulates a Viking raid. On the set-up diagram (above) attacking warriors are represented by the horizontal striped circles while the defenders are vertically striped. For our game, the attackers are made of antler disks, the defenders of glass drops, and the king is pewter. The attackers' goal is to capture the king. This can be done by surrounding the king on all four sides of the center square. The king can also be trapped on three sides against the center square.
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