Embrace Life

Several days ago, one of my co-workers sent out a link to a video entitled “Embrace Life”, a commercial promoting seat belt use. Apparently The Sussex Safer Roads Partnership decided that it was time for a seat belt awareness campaign that didn’t use the shock and awe approach. Sussex must be a lot like where [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design, Diary, Message, Video
Tags: embrace life, emotion, engage, memorable

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Pecha Kucha Night San Jose | Tue 6/29 @ 7 p.m.

What are you doing this Tuesday, June 29th? Can you say PECHA KUCHA?
Yeah, neither can I. But you don’t need to say it, you just need to go to it!
The third Pecha Kucha Night – San Jose is this Tuesday, June 29.
The event is from 7-10 P.M. at the Sonoma Chicken Coop in downtown Campbell.
In [...]

Topic: Diary, Event
Tags: 20 images, 20 seconds, chit chat, Event, networking, pecha kucha, public speaking, San Jose

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Book Cover Is Done! High Stakes = Demanding Creative Process

The first book cover design had near unanimous feedback that it looked too much like Seth Godin’s Tribes book:

Argh. We worked so hard on that cover and the creative process is so time consuming and demanding.
We HAD to go back to the drawing board since I’m a huge Godin fan, plus I didn’t want to [...]

Topic: Design, Diary
Tags: book cover, process, resonate

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Sneak Peek: resonate Cover Design

The rumors are true… I’ve been hard at work on another book, and I’d like to give you a sneak peek of our first draft at a cover design.
After several internal brainstorms and sketching sessions, we ended up with these concepts.

We all felt that there was something special about the word resonate being made out [...]

Topic: Design, Diary, Question
Tags: cover, Design, draft, resonate

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Justin Timberlake and the Art of Presenting Well

Driving in my car, listening to Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSound, I realized that J.T. has a really good handle on what it means to deliver a great presentation.  Nice!  Take a look.
Take some of his advice and you, too, can be a presentation rockstar!
Songwriters: Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Timothy Z. Mosley, and Justin R. Timberlake

Topic: Delivery, Diary, Message, Strategy
Tags: Future Sex Love Sound, Justin Timberlake, presentation techniques

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