Look around at the people in your life – those who have nothing to do with creativity or your work. Those are the people that are going to give you your next great blog post or idea for an advertisement. 1. IRL friend. Or a friend who isn’t on twitter, linkedin, blogging, stumbleupon, etc. More than likely they are on Facebook, but if they aren’t, even...
Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Powerful name, powerful idea, even more powerful messages inside. About 2 weeks ago, I mentioned that I would be reading Groundswell. I am slowly working my way through the book and wanted to share some thoughts on a section that caught my attention. On page 44 of Groundswell (for those of you who have the book),...
We are getting to the end of the problogger challenge, and as such, it was finally time for him to cover social media organization. The concern has always been where to spend your time and what to do while on those sites. Today’s challenge is to develop a plan to boost your blog’s readership through the social media channels, without spending all your time on...
Problogger’s challenge is giving me deja vú. The 31 days to a better blog challenge is supposed to be 31 days of advice/challenges to improve your blog and your writing. It’s also supposed to have a unique suggestion every day. But today’s challenge is not only focused on someone elses blog, but the ideas in the post replicate many of his other challenge posts. Not really...
How many times have you said this (or at least thought it) when someone asked/recommended that you do something? I did it when I read the problogger challenge for today: Using a magazine to improve your writing. It’s a great idea, and probably a really beneficial challenge, but that doesn’t mean I want to do it. So what do I want to do? I really want...
Problogger is worried about passive readers. I was too, so I asked all my readers to de-lurk. A lot of them did But problogger says de-lurking isn’t enough, your readers need to act and they must be called into action by you (okay, by me, but you get what I mean). For his challenge today, he offers a solid list of ways to get...
Aim’s (artists in mind’s) vision for a specialist centre for the documentation and storage of artworks by artists who experience acute and enduring mental health problems. We provide studio spaces, artists materials, mentoring by practising artists and professional support and development. aim also initiates and manages creative projects in prisons, secure hospitals, forensic units and in the community. …even better than their message? The artwork. The...
Acording to an article from CNN, there may be a stronger connection than we thought. The article outlines the connection between depression and extremely creative individuals like David Foster Wallace and Sylvia Plath. It discusses whether creativity brings out or causes depression. Their finding is that they can’t prove creativity causes depression but there is a chance that it can cause depression to surface if the person...
