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2013-TIP-Summit

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When there are too many chefs

My colleague once asked me “You’ve heard of the horse designed by committee haven’t you?” she winked and continued “It’s a camel of course” I smiled and thought to myself …

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Amazing Scot’s Journies

Danny MacAskill – “Way Back Home” David Eustace – Finding Eustace (showing just a few highlights – the full, breathtaking journey can be seen on David’s website CLICK HERE

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FUNDRAISING-FUNDAMENTALS

Fundraising Fundamentals

I was privileged to have the opportunity to work with a great, strategic fundraiser, James Tysoe early in my career. Sadly James died a few years ago. In my research …

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What if it’s all smoke and mirrors?

When I had lunch with Milton Glaser last week we talked about his sadness for our profession at a time when you could crowd souce design on the internet, for …

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Are you Q-RIOUS?

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Show me your zipcode and they’ll tell me who you are,

what you do, what you like, what interests you… and much more… On a Scottish research project that I am working on with Culture Sparks, called The Source, for the …

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TRUST-DONT-TRUST

The first impression is an unconscious one

If your audience is human then it is reasonable to expect them to respond to things in an instinctively human way. How do humans respond? What do they react to? …

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DESIGN-DNA

The DNA of Design

How does design work? For me it’s a little like building blocks. Each piece I create builds on what came before. Which is why I give such careful thought to …

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WHAT-THE-BRAIN-SEES

The True Value of Energy

In Physics you learn that energy never dies, that it just changes form. The same is taught in Buddhism. From the essay “Mentors” in Art is Work by Milton Glaser, …

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