Oct

6

Before the flood: Corporate Design Foundation

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Long before Dan Pink, Fast Company, and Business Week, discovered design, the Corporate Design Foundation has been working to improve the quality of life and the effectiveness of organizations through design. Mission statement.
If recent articles about design have piqued your interest in design, you’ll want to spend some time with the Corporate Design Foundation’s @Issue […]

Oct

6

Tim Gordon’s 64 reasons to podcast bonus

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Sign up for Tim Gordon’s Podcasting Adventures newsletter, and he’ll send you his free special report: 64 Reasons How and Why Small Businesses Should Podcast.
Or, attend next week’s Guerrilla Marketing Association call, and learn even more! Details here.

Oct

6

Using blogs to boost event attendance

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I’m always impressed by individuals, like Steve Broback, who not only come up with innovative and substantive conferences year after year, but also go beyond the obvious in promoting these events.
Currently, Steve and his team are not only promoting the speakers at their upcoming Blog Business Summit in Seattle, but they’re promoting the event’s attendees! […]

Oct

6

Innovation Tool’s mind mapping user survey

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Chuck Frey’s Innovation Weblog is required reading for anyone interested in marketing and design creativity.
Chuck recently published a 13-page free special report summarizing a survey of how readers of his blog use mind mapping software. Definitely worth reading. The only question you’ll have after reading is: “Why don’t I use a program like Mind […]

Oct

6

Business Week ranks top US design schools

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The October 9, 2006, issue of Business Week follows Fast Company’s emphasis on design as a corporate profit source by offering the first-ever ranking of the nation’s top design schools.
The article, by Jessi Hempel and Aili McConnon, describes how “design thinking” is encouraging corporations to consider design a new approach to developing business models. […]

Oct

6

Microsoft Publisher overlooked commands, #2

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One of Microsoft Publisher’s most useful overlooked features is it’s Design Objects Gallery tool which makes it easy to quickly insert calendars, coupons, and response devices like surveys and order forms.
If you’ve ever tried to insert a calendar for an upcoming month, you know how time-consuming this seemingly easy task can be. Using Publisher’s […]