by ellen | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is a plethora of software out there now to create online learning experiences. My new toy is Articulate for that purpose. It was very easy to learn and full of nifty ways to make the content come to life through audio, visuals, animations and video. Like...
by ellen | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Iterations are repeated processes that allow you to move forward in thinking or designing or problem solving of some sort. Sometimes iterations lead to baby steps forward; sometimes to leaps. Most fruitfully, these are collaborative processes where one person’s idea...
by ellen | Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
World Vision is embarking on a new direction with its communications between children and the sponsors who support the work in communities where they live. Taking advantage of the technology that already exists and is used by many children, the organization is...
by ellen | Jan 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
2012 was rich and varied–full of challenging projects, interesting clients, stimulating material to absorb, new tools to learn and good relationships to build on. We are grateful for those who journeyed with us and look forward to all that 2013 has in store. May...
by ellen | Jul 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Brainstorming is the brain child of Alex Osborne. It comes from his 1948 book called “Your Creative Power” and it was an immediate hit. It was introduced in Chapter 33: “How to Organize a Squad to Create Ideas.” Brainstorming, he wrote, “means using the brain to storm...
by ellen | Jul 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
The most creative spaces are those which hurl us together. It is the human friction that makes the sparks. This comes from an article in the January 30, 2012 New Yorker (I’m actually not behind in my magazine reading … just random) called “Groupthink.” The question...