Cult of Done

I love this manifesto. It's called the Cult of Done.

Yep, it's about just getting things done so they're done, even if they're not perfect and you dont really know what you're doing... just like the rest of us really.

And it took just 20mins to write.

Thank you Bre Pettis, I am inspired.

Pomodoro technique

Here's an interesting methodology for time management.. it involves identifying a task and then doing it for 25 mins, then taking a break. I think I might have been doing this my whole life without realising it.

Learn more from the book downloadable from the website here
http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/

UPDATE:
Charlie Brooker gives the Pomodoro Technique the thumbs up while slamming Google Instant for its assault on his mind and time.

Presentation tips on using Powerpoint

If you find yourself so rarely giving presentations that when the time comes to do one, you forget everything you know and return to your default position:

• stand in front of the screen,
• flip through colourful slides with or without clever animations,
• accidentally forget to delete a couple of irrelevant slides,
• and
• continually look back at the screen while you talk to remind yourself what it is you're saying while you see eyes glaze and feet shuffle in the audience in front of you...

then these little tips should help sharpen the saw and remind yourself to put you, the presenter front and centre, not the slide pack. Be happy to be there, be confident, talk to the audience like they're having lunch with you, not that they're locked in a room with you against their will and you should be able to keep them interested in the content of what you are saying, not your very chilled not-too-fancy not-too-clever visual aids behind you.

what's ahead

When you hire a film or start watching a clip on You Tube, do you always check how long it will run for before deciding to go ahead? Yep me too.

To get all your training participants to 'be' in your session and not just sit there hoping they can leave soon, you need to engage them yes, but you also need their agreement -- telling them how long it runs for and what's ahead is one of the implicit ways you're asking them in.
So dont forget to let people know how long your session will go for and if there will be any breaks.
It's also worthwhile giving them the space to leave if they want to, though the consequences of that need to be apparent to them before they decide, ie if they dont take up this opportunity to learn what will happen? what won't happen?

Fashion's Free Culture

Open source, free ideas - that's what the fashion industry is all about. Hear what that means here from Johanna Blakley.

Creative Business People

According to Fast Company these are the most creative business leaders of 2010

Raison D'Etre

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