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by Mickey Frederiksen - 2007-02-08
My true passion for Raggedy Ann and Andy began in the early 1990's. While browsing through an antique store, I came across a McCall's dress pattern for the dolls and their clothes. The pattern was f...
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by Ken Sapp - 2007-02-08
"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live ...
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by Lance Winslow - 2007-02-06
Not long ago our Online Think Tank gathered knowledge and insight from about 30 artists around the Western Hemisphere. From Hawaii to Florida and South America to Alaska; some by email, forums and blo...
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by Dianne M. Buxton - 2007-02-03
How do you roll your ideas of your own tedium chores, career objectives, good documentation practices, goal setting, measurements of progress, ploughing through books on achieving success, and everyth...
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by Kate Corbin - 2007-02-03
"To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there." - Richard Bach.Imagination is the process of harnessing and utilizing the creative power of the mind. Imagination resides in the b...
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by Mark Sincevich - 2007-02-01
This past Tuesday on October 28, 2003, The Wall Street Journal reported that, "More Employers Ask Job Seekers for SAT Scores." Are you kidding? With the unemployment rate hovering around 6%, it seems ...
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by Avish Parashar - 2007-01-29
Word associations is what I consider to be the first creativity building exercise. It's actually a simple improv comedy drill.You can do a word association with a partner. First you say a word, and th...
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by Lance Winslow - 2007-01-29
It is fascinating operating a Think Tank because of all the super humans you can meet out there. One thing I have found is that the most brilliant people amongst us are indeed multi-dimensional thinke...
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by Amir Elion - 2007-01-28
SCAMPER is one of my favorite creativity tools. It is easy to understand and implement, and yet may be quite powerful and productive.It was developed by Bob Eberle, based on the ideas of Alex Osborn, ...
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by Amir Elion - 2007-01-28
Pareto's Principle is one of the most well-known, straight-forward and yet powerful principles in management.However, I suggest that a reversal of the principle may be used as a creative tool. Here's ...
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by Duke Okes - 2007-01-28
Much of the literature on creativity is about various tools, both simple and complex, for guiding the mental process of coming up with new ideas. Brainstorming, deBono's Six Thinking Hats, and TRIZ a...
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by Sarah H - 2007-01-26
It seems as though gift giving is a year long activity. There are birthdays, Holidays, anniversaries, weddings, graduations, baptisms, Valentine's day, thank you gifts, office parties, farewells; you ...
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by Rob Colston - 2007-01-24
There are many ways to write good lyrics to a song (or a poem). This article will present some different ideas, hopefully to help you consider some new avenues for your songwriting that you may not ha...
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by Esther Smith - 2007-01-24
All children love to draw or paint. It matters little whether the result is an exact copy of reality because at that very moment reality is in the mind of the artist. As they draw they are...
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by Joyanne Sloan - 2007-01-24
Unleash Your Creativity!What's so special about today? In this very moment you have a powerful opportunity to turn inward and reflect upon what's come about in the last year and what dimension of your...
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by BatSheva Vaknin - 2007-01-21
Ahhh, the sumptuous days of summer. Clear skies, green lawns, barbeques and trips to the beach. Who wouldn’t want to capture that feeling year-round? Believe it or not, it is easy to bring the s...
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by Angie Dixon - 2007-01-21
I recently began thinking about why I'm like this. Trust me, if you know me, you'd understand what I mean, and you'd probably agree that just knowing my family isn't enough.I have two speeds. One is s...
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by Parvati Markus - 2007-01-21
Looking to entertain your guests with something stirred or shaken? No, not another manic video game. We’re talking about sitting on bar stools, elbows propped on the bar, sipping an apple martin...
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by Lance Winslow - 2007-01-19
Operating an online think thank is a complete study in human psychology, let me tell you they ought to give me a PhD (pile higher and deeper) for this project? What is so fascinating is all the differ...
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by Kevin Eikenberry - 2007-01-19
Remember Spring Break as a kid? Maybe you traveled somewhere fun, or maybe you visited family, or maybe you stayed home and played. It didn’t matter. After a winter that seemed to never stop, an...