10 Steps to Creating a Portfolio Career
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I just came across this fascinating TED talk by Harvard professor Larry Lessig, one of the foremost authorities on copyright issues, with a vision for reconciling creative freedom with marketplace competition. So what has this got to do with portfolio careers? Many portfolio workers, including us, who currently have 5 websites between us, constantly have [...]
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Meet Milo…the virtual human that reacts to a person’s emotions, body movements and voice. (Please watch the video.)
Designed to be used with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect – its a new revolution in story telling says its creator Peter Molyneux. ”His mind is in the cloud. As millions of people use it Milo will get smarter”.
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This is the stirring statement from Chris Brogan after his recent visit there. Do have a look at his posting on this. He is making an incredibly important point about places like Doncaster around the world which have previously relied on ‘traditional’ industries that have dominated since the Industrial Revolution. He presents evidence and one [...]
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Clay Shirky looks at “cognitive surplus” — the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we’re busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we’re building a better, more cooperative world.
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For those of you who know me, you will know one part of my portfolio is as a communications/pitch coach. I am passionate about 1.The Message 2. Visual Design and 3. Delivery. I had the great privilege last night of listening to and meeting with one of the world’s top presentation coaches and speakers, Garr [...]
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We have all experienced these presentations and many of us have or choose to give them. Look at this 3 minute video from Fast Company magazine. Stick with the tips any you might, just might, not kill another member of your audience.
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