Here’s a hilarious yet painfully familiar “how (not) to” video - especially for creative consultants.  You’ve been hired by a team.  Then you discover they have not 

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Have you adapted some object to better suit your purposes? Would your invention delight and inspire  others? Get featured on TV, via computer and in a magazine, thanks to a new Me2We joint venture.
Make magazine invited American Public Television and Twin Cities Public Television to join them in launching “Makers.”  Half-hour TV episodes, in [...]

When meeting Natasha, photographer Rick Smolan never imagined she’d be an emotional thread of continuity for his life. Human stories take unexpected turns, especially next year. 

I’ve got your back and you’ve got mine. That’s a mighty welcome feeling as we enter 2009.  Why?  Because, more than any of the last 25 years, 2009 will crackle with change, unexpected loss and fresh opportunities to [...]

Former Medronic chair and True North author, Bill George believes companies and non-profits thrive by adopting the “we” approach that enabled Obama to win.  (Working on the campaign I know, first-hand, how powerfully efficient and satisfying such “we” experiences can be.) George offers these lessons,

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Tired of self-promotion? Would you like to make work and life easier, more productive and fun – with others? Here’s four ways others accomplish more together than you can on your own – and sometimes forge friendships.
1. Co-create

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After the war, my father worked on a fire lookout station in a remote forest in Oregon.  He called my mother on the (public) government phone line, asking her to marry him.  Thank goodness she said yes because he took quite a ribbing from those on other lookouts who could not help but hear him.  [...]

Publishers expect their writers to be “author-preneurs” – especially if the authors aren’t (yet) famous.   This BookExpo America panel suggests how. It’s 41 minutes.  Hear how to balance your need to write with your obligation to promote.  The 41-minute session was well-led by BookTour’s Kevin Smokler. Panelists are uber book events host, Kim Ricketts; [...]

When mentoring goes both ways it’s one of the richest experiences one can have, noted Ben Casnocha in his book, My Start-Up Life. Crediting a long line of wise guides, Casnocha, who founded Comcate at age 14, called today’s interviewee, Chris Yeh, a mentor’s mentor. We’ll also hear from Kristine Molnar at PBwiki, one [...]

 

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Some of the most masterful baristas in the U.S. gathered in a hotel lobby in Minneapolis for their annual competition last month, judged by their peers. But this year was different. More excitement. And pressure. Coffee growers, café owners and other baristas and coffee lovers from around the world can watch them [...]

He was in Bangalore and his co-presenters were in San Jose, yet Cisco’s CEO appeared live – on the same stage. How? By using a breathtaking 3D holographic-like technology. They tout it as, “the world’s first real time virtual presentation. Aptly, it’s called TelePresence.
See Sir Richard Branson – live at a London press conference, [...]