New Voices / New Laws - Putting the 'ex' in sexy text by The National Children's and Youth Law Centre on Prezi Valentine's Day 2012 For Valentine's Day this year we wanted to tell a heartfelt story about a boy and his search for the perfect gift, for that special someone.... who really, really loves to jump rope =] Above are some of the storyboards that help visualize and figure out the timing and the 'beats' of our story. There are many failed attempts by our little guy to find the perfect gift but in the end the gift that counts the most is the one he cant buy. The second image is that moment when she realizes he's spending quality time with her, doing what she loves to do, which results with a grandiose hug. I probably would've given in with the box of chocolates =] This is a 'color-script' for our story, which helps determine the overall balance of color and emotion in the piece. Above is one of the 'laptop' backgrounds. ...and here's the final logo, a 'valentine' for all of our users. Happy Valentines Day!
10 Things Extraordinary Bosses Give Employees Good bosses have strong organizational skills. Good bosses have solid decision-making skills. Good bosses get important things done. Exceptional bosses do all of the above--and more. Sure, they care about their company and customers, their vendors and suppliers. That's why extraordinary bosses give every employee: 1. Great organizations are built on optimizing processes and procedures. Engagement and satisfaction are largely based on autonomy and independence. Plus, freedom breeds innovation: Even heavily process-oriented positions have room for different approaches. Whenever possible, give your employees the autonomy and independence to work the way they work best. 2. While every job should include some degree of independence, every job does also need basic expectations for how specific situations should be handled. Criticize an employee for offering a discount to an irate customer today even though yesterday that was standard practice and you make that employee's job impossible. 3. 4.
9 Things Extremely Successful People Do After Work 'Have No Regrets' --Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group"The best advice I ever received? Simple: Have no regrets. Who gave me the advice? Mum’s the word. "If you asked every person in the world who gave them their best advice, it is a safe bet that most would say it was their mother. Online Learning – Google for Entrepreneurs Between UX, UI, and IA, there are many acronyms floating around in the tech and design world. Learn the basics on UX, what a UX designer does, and how you can adopt a UX mindset to make your product better. Class led by Julie Blitzer. [8:21] These Are Photos Of Children's Bedrooms. But They Represent Something Much, Much More. Millions of people from around the world are currently experiencing very different childhoods. Some are living in abject poverty, lacking basic food and sanitation, while others are more fortunate by being born in a country where those things are guaranteed and usually taken for granted. When photographer James Mollison was asked to come up with an idea for engaging with children’s rights, he found himself thinking of his bedroom: how significant it was during his childhood, and how it reflected what he had and who he was. And with that, he made it his mission to create Where Children Sleep – a collection of stories about children from around the world, told through portraits and pictures of their bedrooms. Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, The West Bank Indira, 7, Kathmandu, Nepal Ahkohxet, 8, Amazonia, Brazil Dong, 9, Yunnan, China Anonymous, 9, Ivory Coast Alex, 9, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bikram, 9, Melamchi, Nepal Tzvika, 9, Beitar Illit, The West Bank Douha, 10, Hebron, The West Bank
10 Ideas Driving The Future Of Social Entrepreneurship The 10th Annual Skoll World Forum, which brought together several hundred of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs to Oxford, has just wrapped for another year. The Forum serves as a useful barometer for how the climate of social enterprise is changing. When it launched in 2004, it was all about celebrating the unknown social entrepreneurs, helping give them global recognition and credibility, and a platform to engage with policy leaders and large corporations. In that task, it has succeeded brilliantly--over the past decade, social enterprise has become mainstream. Jeff Skoll picks out the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus in 2006 as a watershed moment, followed equally significantly in the following year by the award to Al Gore. So 10 years in, what’s the current thinking? 1: It’s about Changing the System, Stupid. Everyone at the Forum was in some way wrestling with that question. 2: Change is accelerating 3: To solve our problems, we need more problem-solvers
Cut Your Meeting Time by 90% IMDB Top 250 Movies of All Time The top 250 movies of all time as voted by IMDb users. This list reflects the list in mid-2013. It changes over time, so we will release updated versions each year. This list is currently the most popular list on listchallenges.com, so take the challenge and then share your score on Facebook to see if you are the biggest movie buff of all your friends! 65,243 users · 345,792 views Required scores: 1, 56, 81, 105, 136 How many have you seen? The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather, Part II (1974) Pulp Fiction (1994) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Dark Knight (2008) 12 Angry Men (1957) Schindler's List (1993) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Fight Club (1999) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) The Fellowship Of The Ring One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Inception (2010) Goodfellas (1990) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Seven Samurai (1954) Forrest Gump (1994) The Matrix (1999) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Dr.