by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 23, 2013 | Leading
“Communicating an idea juxtaposed with its polar opposite creates energy. Moving back and forth between the contradictory poles encourages full engagement from the audience.” —Nancy Duarte You step back from your creative work and, no matter how hard you rationalize...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 14, 2013 | Leading
“The public as a whole is composed of various groups, whose cry to us writers is: ‘Comfort me.’ ‘Amuse me.’ ‘Touch me.’ ‘Make me dream.’ ‘Make me laugh.’ ‘Make me shudder.’ ‘Make me weep.’ ‘Make me think.’” —Guy de Maupassant We work on a painting, presentation,...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jan 17, 2013 | Creating
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” —Unknown My list of things that spur our creativity is based on my experience and observations. 1. Necessity I think the necessity in today’s quote is twofold. First, if people have a need, they’ll get creative to fill it. For...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jan 3, 2013 | Leading
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” —Albert Einstein What Is Success? Does success have to mean bigger, better, or more? Is it always about the numbers? Followers in social media? Book sales for authors? Class...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 29, 2012 | Leading
“Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.”—Ted Lange In another post on creating a memorable learning experience, I promised to talk more about storytelling. Last Thursday we focused on the story. This Thursday we’ll look at...
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