WHERE: The Window, 13 Windsor Street London N1 8QG (disabled access available) WHEN: • Fri 22nd June 2012: 2pm – 10pm • Sat 23rd June 2012: 9am – 5pm • Sun 24th June 2012: 9am – 5pm HOW: Attend in person in London ~OR~ Via interactive Live Stream from ANYWHERE in the world! Be Part of an Emerging Movement at this World-Shifting Event The 7 Graces Global Conference (7GGC) is neither a trade show nor a training event. It is an emerging worldwide community of business owners, marketers, media professionals, journalists, eco-citizens and conscious consumers who will together create a paradigm shift away from big (and bigger) business, and towards a more holistic and sustainable model for commerce that is kinder to our health, our ... Continue reading →

The Scottsdale Cultural Council expects to bring in about $1.5 million in fundraising and contributions this year, below its goal of $1.9 million. Despite the shortfall, the Cultural Council development staff has set a similar goal for next fiscal year. Jeff Nichols, the council's chief financial officer, said that before "the great recession," it was not unusual for the institution to raise $2 million. Fundraising must become more aggressive as Scottsdale indicated it will not increase funding this year. The city is considering giving the cultural council $4.13 million for 2012-13. The city contracts with the non-profit Cultural Council to manage the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and Scottsdale Public Art, At the end of April, fundraisers had ... Continue reading →

And why worry about the ending anyway? Why be such a control freak? Sooner or later every story comes out somewhere. ~Stephen King Continue reading →

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Good morning, you epic article writer, you. That’s right, I’m talking to you. You wield your WordPress editor as a valuable tool. You use it to attract new prospects, to build trust with them — word-by-word — so you can get down to business. And you do it in your slippers. Because shoes are optional in our world, right? Your shoes might be fuzzy, but your words need to be consistently remarkable. Consistently good content creation is the backbone of online business. But how can you make that happen? Well, one option is to drink lots of coffee and stay up late the night before you publish your post, stifling yawns and squinting to see your screen. But the better option is to spread the ... Continue reading →

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." --Scott Adams, American cartoonist and writer Continue reading →

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04 MAY, 2012 by Maria Popova “…the habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas.” Literature is the original “inter-net,” woven of a web of allusions, references, and citations that link different works together into an endless rabbit hole of discovery. Case in point: Last week’s wonderful field guide to creativity, Dancing About Architecture, mentioned in passing an intriguing old book originally published by James Webb Young in 1939 — A Technique for Producing Ideas (public library), which I promptly hunted down and which will be the best $5 you spend this year, or the most justified trip to your public library. Young — an ad man by trade but, as ... Continue reading →

shot with my iphone, by Andrea Scher I’m so delighted to have Jen Louden guest posting today! She is my favorite kind of teacher– wise, real, and just like us. Enjoy! Transforming Creative Shame into Creative Joy I got my creative mojo dented and bruised early in life and it almost killed my spark. I was shamed in the ordinary places – a careless 5th grade art teacher whose offhanded comments left perpetual bruises. A small-minded professor at USC film school who had room for only his own insecurities and beliefs. Having an undiagnosed learning disability didn’t help my creative confidence (When a childhood friend heard I was a writer, he said, “But you can’t spell.” Still stings.). Yes, I can make a list of ... Continue reading →

shot with my iphone, by Andrea Scher I’m so delighted to have Jen Louden guest posting today! She is my favorite kind of teacher– wise, real, and just like us. Enjoy! Transforming Creative Shame into Creative Joy I got my creative mojo dented and bruised early in life and it almost killed my spark. I was shamed in the ordinary places – a careless 5th grade art teacher whose offhanded comments left perpetual bruises. A small-minded professor at USC film school who had room for only his own insecurities and beliefs. Having an undiagnosed learning disability didn’t help my creative confidence (When a childhood friend heard I was a writer, he said, “But you can’t spell.” Still stings.). Yes, I can make a list of ... Continue reading →