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 | Apr 25, 2013 | Leading
“Order and creativity are complementary.”—Lewis Mumford Hello. My name is Zoe. I’m a creativity junky. If you’re like me, your creative musings and your compulsive desire to create threaten your sleep, your family and spiritual living, your house cleaning, and your...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jan 10, 2013 | Leading
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” —Albert Einstein We arrive ready to participate, but the leader doesn’t show up. Although we’re familiar with the activity, we seek someone more qualified to fill in for the leader....
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...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 15, 2012 | Leading
“The true method of knowledge is experiment.” —William Blake In another post on creating a memorable learning experience, I promised to talk more about layering activities that add to, build on, or complement the message during a learning session. 5 Possible Layering...