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5 Reasons Designers Should Love “Selling”
Selling doesn’t make the Favorite Words List of most creative people – we tend to have this wacky notion that ideas should somehow sell themselves and that selling is, well, a bit unseemly. But, of...
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Five Ways to Better Sell Your Ideas
Attention designers: Being sales-savvy will boost your confidence, elevate your credibility and inspire people to take notice of you and your ideas. In a previous article on HOW—“Five Reasons Designers...
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8 Places to Prowl for Creative Inspiration
Are you on the prowl for creative inspiration and professional development? HOW Design Live delivers everything you need to pursue a fulfilling, successful creative career—in one essential event....
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Rescuing Design Mistakes: How to Turn Oops Into Oomph
A shattered lemon tart shows how to turn oops into oomph Taking risks sometimes results in mistakes, but those mistakes can often be converted into works of art. Making the most of our mistakes can...
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Vince Lombardi’s 5 Motivators Will Kick-Start Your Creativity
Visiting the Pro Football Hall of Fame recently, I was intrigued by a display featuring Vince Lombardi’s “Five Motivators.” Vince Lombardi is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in football...
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Declare Independence from Idea-Suppressing Habits
Shortly before his death on July 4, 1826, Thomas Jefferson wrote out the exact words he wanted on his gravestone. In this short epitaph, Jefferson spotlighted his authorship of the Declaration of...
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5 Key Questions to Keep Your Creativity Flowing
Creativity is a renewable resource, but keeping it freely flowing requires monitoring and motivation. Here are three questions to ask yourself—and to have your team members ask themselves—to liberate...
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Blue Delliquanti: Web Comics, Graphic Novels & Edible Insects
“Which do you want to taste first—the mealworm or the cricket?” Those were Blue Delliquanti’s first words to me as she held out a tray piled high with chocolate-coated insects. Blue and I met up while...
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4 Questions to Reawaken Your Creativity & Imagination
The extended deadline for the HOW In-House Design Awards is July 5. Don’t miss this opportunity to recognize your team’s work—because a boost of confidence really is in reach! All it takes is one...
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7 Tips for Friendlier Creative Criticism
[Call for Entries: The International Design Awards] Years ago, I worked for a guy—very briefly, I’ll add—who insisted on what he called “target practice” whenever our creative team gathered to share...
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