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5 reasons your creative people hate working for you!

Leading creative people is like herding cats. They sometimes appear to be all over the place, to be mischievous, off in their own worlds, extremely curious and can be a tad hard to manage at times. But your business needs them and they need you, and when you get to understand and know creative… Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on November 11, 2009 at 5:35pm — No Comments

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Added by Samantha Jayne on November 2, 2009 at 5:03pm — No Comments

A note of Thanks

Hi, Here's just a very brief 'note of thanks' for your support on yesterdays ride. Kyah and I managed to make the whole distance into Wollongong safe and sound and we both had a blast along the way. Thanks to contributions like yours we raised $355 and I believe there is more to come. Not a bad effort! As a reminder, your money will be put to use by MS Australia to help current suffers of MS cope with the disease as well as funding research into a cure. It's been quite an education. I didn'… Continue

Added by DaveBirchall on November 2, 2009 at 1:51pm — 1 Comment

Press Release on my eBook - Sydney Entrepreneur Uncovers Twitter Secrets For Business

Sydney Entrepreneur Logan Nathan has uncovered the secrets to using Twitter as an addition to the marketing arsenal of businesses and is now sharing his secrets through his successful “Twitter Secrets For Business” seminar and recently launched E-book (http://twittersecretsforyourbusiness.com) Logan, who owns, ICT Internet Presence (ICTIP), a successful IT company based in Sydney, has three different profiles on Twitter, each targeted to a… Continue

Added by Logan Nathan on October 22, 2009 at 4:46pm — 1 Comment

Just $40 away from Target

The city to gong ride is fast approaching. I know this is a little off topic for a business networking site but I figure that its never been a better time to reach out to your network and ask for a little help. MS affects people in their prime. Money raised by this event h… Continue

Added by DaveBirchall on October 21, 2009 at 1:36pm — No Comments

Where are all the creative people?

It occurs to me there is a great divide, an ‘us’ and ‘them’ scenario, going on when we talk about ‘creative people’. By labeling certain people as ‘creative’ we are in fact excluding others. Now I know that some people are more creative than others, and we should all be very glad of that, but… Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on October 6, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Support a very worthy cause

http://register.gongride.org.au/?davebirchall My daughter and I are riding 60 km to Wollongong in November to support MS. Actually she is two, so I'll be doing the riding and she will be saying 'faster daddy.' Please help me to raise funds for a very worthy cause. Maybe, just maybe, it will help me haul a 14 kg toddler (plus my own excess body weight) up some very steep hills.... Did you know? * The average age of diagnosis of MS is just 30 years * MS affects three times as many women as men… Continue

Added by DaveBirchall on September 28, 2009 at 4:35pm — No Comments

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Added by Samantha Jayne on September 28, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

6 ways to frustrate creative people

Creative people work and think differently. Unfortunately, by failing to understand that fact, business leaders often frustrate creative people and fail to tap into their true genius. Here’s a list of ways to absolutely frustrate creative people and in the process kill off their creativity and… Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on September 22, 2009 at 10:32pm — No Comments

A potential project : Looking for someone who knows the “who's who” in fed and state govt circles in Australia

...I need to identify a network of influencers to champion an offering at the state and fed level. The offering is a niche 'green' driven area, which would a) provide the 'influence hubs' with great green credentials and b) provide a long term ethically profitable revenue stream. if you are, or if you know of such people please contact me. Thanks. Pete Hitchen Managing Director, 2Black Business Strategy Continue

Added by Pete Hitchen on September 18, 2009 at 10:26am — No Comments

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Added by Samantha Jayne on September 8, 2009 at 6:20pm — No Comments

The Creativity Gap

There is a definite gap between the value an organization places on creativity and its ability to fully utilize the talents of its creative people. Recently we conducted a survey, which went to both creatives and business leaders, and some of the results are quite surprising. One of the questions we asked was, ‘… Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on September 8, 2009 at 5:59pm — No Comments

The challenge in building for creative currency

The challenge for business with creative is not in finding creative people, or teaching your people to be more creative - it's in knowing how to lead them. My latest video blog can be watched at http://bit.ly/b5juM Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on September 4, 2009 at 2:41pm — No Comments

Why 'Leader' is misleading for creativity

It occurs to me that the term ‘leader’ is one of those terms that is bandied about with a plethora of different interpretations. So I looked up a few meanings in ‘Word’ (yeah I know it isn’t very extensive research but…) here’s what I got. * Somebody in charge of others * Somebody whom… Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on August 27, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Get the LinkedIn advantange

Unlike Facebook and Twitter where you can mix personal with professional, LinkedIn is specifically for business and professionals. There are over 25 million registered users from virtually every industry and profession. LinkedIn is a non intrusive way of staying in… Continue

Added by Catriona Pollard on August 21, 2009 at 6:16pm — No Comments

The 5 Habits of an A List Conversationalist

Staying up to date with online conversation is like watching the news or reading the papers. With real time feeds like twitter, it’s never been easier, however a tweet or comment an A List Conversationalist doth not make. Call me old fashioned, but the principals of online conversation are similar to real life conversation. Interesting conversation is a combination of good manners, showing interest in others and knowing when to shut up. The Five habits of an A List Con… Continue

Added by Catherine White Creates Worth on August 12, 2009 at 11:59pm — No Comments

New survey on leading creative people - need input!

From my experience the problem with creativity in business is not finding creative people, or teaching them to be more creative. It’s harnessing and directing their talents into commercial value. It’s a lot like Hollywood. Because Hollywood is all about ‘the business of creativity’… Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on August 10, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Facebook Business Pages are now viewed as viable tools in Social Media Strategy

With more than 200 million active users worldwide, Facebook has become the fastest growing and best-known site on the internet. A trend that's resulted in an increase in business operators adopting Facebook, Linkedin and twitter as a basic social media platform Whereas Myspace offers greater customization, Facebook's minimalist design has enormous appeal for business. Like Linkedin, Facebook's design is functional and spam free. If you haven't already created a business page,… Continue

Added by Catherine White Creates Worth on August 6, 2009 at 9:52pm — No Comments

Amanda Palmer rakes in $11,000 on twitter in two hours

A Morgan Stanley Report found under twenty five's only make up 16 percent of twitter users. Although this group are the biggest users of media, they're not prepared to pay for it, they resent traditional billboard, TV and internet marketing, and prefer sms, Facebook, Myspace and Youtube. Notwithstanding, lead singer of The Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer has prove… Continue

Added by Catherine White Creates Worth on August 6, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

When did your people last fail and what did you do to them when they did?

Let me take you back to the first century AD when Rome was at her peak and led the civilized world. Advanced in many ways, Rome built roads, aqueducts, and sewage. It wasn’t all gladiators, armies and politics; Rome was in many ways an engineering marvel. So much so th… Continue

Added by Nigel Collin on August 4, 2009 at 6:05pm — No Comments