Are You Looking for a Job in Advertising?

June 19, 2009

If you’re looking for a job in advertising in London, you might like to pop along to The Good Agency next Wednesday evening 24th June — they’re having a ‘talent evening’.
I’ve been doing some training for The Good Agency recently — they specialise in work on good causes, in business, government and the charity sector, [...]

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Creative Momentum Workshops in London

May 22, 2009

This series of Creative Momentum workshops has now sold out. To be first to hear about future workshop dates, join my events mailing list.

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Boost Your Creativity — Accelerate Your Business — Meet Other Creatives
This summer I’ll be running a series of Creative Momentum workshops in London.
The workshops are for creative professionals of [...]

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How I Kept My New Year’s Resolution

May 15, 2009

Photo by Criss!
At the beginning of 2008, I posted my New Year’s resolution on this blog:
I will sit still for five minutes every day.
The aim of the resolution was to establish a regular habit of sitting meditation first thing in the morning.
The result? During 2008 I practised meditation every day … except two. [...]

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Blogging for Business – a Talk for 26 on May 28th

May 8, 2009

On 28 May I’m talking about Blogging for Business at an event organised by 26.
I’ll be joined on the panel by fellow bloggers Rachel Clarke and John Dodds, to talk about the pros and cons, opportunities and bananaskins of business blogging.
Questions we’ll address include:

How can you find the time and motivation to write a [...]

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Are You on Twitter (Yet)?

April 29, 2009

You’ve probably noticed Twitter by now.
Whether you love it, hate it or just don’t get it, there’s no getting away from it — Twitter is ‘going mainstream’, the way Facebook did a couple of years ago.
Which means it’s no longer just the geeks and early adopters who are using it. Famous people such [...]

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Presentation Zen – This Book Will Transform Your Presentations

April 15, 2009

Depending on which survey you believe, public speaking is either just ahead of or just behind spiders, heights, snakes and flying in the top 10 things that scare the hell out of human beings.
And when you think about it, the fear is probably justified.
How many of us can honestly say we look forward to another [...]

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Four Conversations to Boost Productivity During a Recession

March 24, 2009

Photo by Lincolnian –(AWAY)–
Collaboration is the new productivity.
Leo Babauta
The recession is challenging all of us to achieve more with less.
Whether you’re a manager facing a hiring freeze (or even redundancies) or a freelancer burning the candle at both ends, chances are your resources are shrinking and the demands on your resourcefulness are growing.
So following on [...]

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IPA Seminar — How to Motivate Creative People (Including Yourself)

March 10, 2009

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On 24 April I’m running a half day seminar for members of The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, about How to Motivate Creative People (Including Yourself).
Here are the details:

How to Motivate Creative People (Including Yourself)

A practical seminar to help you get inside the heads of creative workers and bring out their best work.
Objectives [...]

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HR Carnival – Tackling the Management Problems of a Recession

February 25, 2009

Photo by Alaskan Dude
Jon Ingham is hosting an HR blog carnival — or as he calls it ‘Carnevale delle Risorse Umane’. Why la lingua bella? Well, Jon points out that it’s carnival season in Venice, which is as good an excuse as any to include a beautiful image of one of the stunning Venetian costumes [...]

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Free ‘Creative, Cultural and Digital Industries Guide’ from David Parrish

February 25, 2009

David Parrish got in touch to let me know about his new free e-book ‘Creative, Cultural and Digital Industries Guide’ — details below, including a link to download your own copy.
You may know David as the author of the excellent T-Shirts and Suits guide to business for creative entrepreneurs. David’s a really nice guy who [...]

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