In A Street Fight I Bet On The Little Guy

I have a rather odd ritual before I go to bed each night. I watch the local news from 11 – 11:30 pm and UFC Cage Fighting from 11:30 – midnight. It’s like drinking warm milk and honey for me but instead of tryptophan – the amino acid found in milk and linked to drowsiness – I rely [...]

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Obama Marketing: Tips From an Insider

 
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Shepardson, one of the founders of SS+K, and ask him a handful of questions about the firm’s involvement with Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign. SS+K was honored to work for Barack Obama as part of the national media team.  As the youth agency, we helped mobilize and [...]

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10,000 Hours To Mastery

Malcolm Gladwell, best selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink, has a new book “Outliers”. Apart from being an excellent book on success, it may give insight on Gladwell himself, since he would appear to an outlier too. In this interview, Gladwell states that in order to achieve true mastery of something, you need to spend approximately 10,000 hours at it.

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The Best Creative Talent In The Business Is…

 
Creativity comes in all shapes and sizes.
I’d like to applaud this gentleman for his ingenuity, creativity and simplicity (what font is that – Gill Sans) in asking for money?
Anyone have his number? I know a few shops looking for Creative Directors.

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Touch Something Real Today

I picked up a fallen leaf on my way to work today. A gorgeous amber colored leaf with remnants of emerald green, its original hue, still intact although fading quickly. I’ve always been drawn to leaves this time of year. Fall brings the Northeast a dizzying array of colors that dust the tree tops as [...]

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It’s Sunday So Smile

Here’s a video that’s been circulating the Web for quite a while and yet it hit my radar for the first time this weekend. I’m not sure why, but each time I watch it, I smile and feel inspired. I think it’s the central character’s unbridled enthusiasm and his ability to make the world feel just a little bit smaller through this short film.

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Feeling Uninspired? Need Brain Candy? Try Moodstream.

Every once in a while I stumble upon a Web site that is uniquely simple, utterly immersive, hints at a future design aesthetic and provides entertainment value with no true substance.
That’s exactly what happened when a friend recently sent me a link to Moodstream.
According to the Web site, Moodstream is a brainstorming tool designed to inspire you. [...]

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The Egg Tooth in Your Organization

My first grade twins recently incubated and hatched over a dozen baby chicks in their school classrooms. For those of you who remember this phase of life, it’s tender, innocent and enlightening all at once.

In a short period of time, your children grasp big concepts like birth, maturation, life and death. They understand why and how God’s creatures need to be cared for and just as important, how to care for them. Their imagination is sparked with excitement as questions and revelations emerge.

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