Want To Make An Impression? Give ‘Em Something To Talk About

by Melea on January 12, 2013

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There’s a lot of noise out there. Cutting through the clutter is key. Long-term relationships do that. Often, so does a flash of creativity. Make people stop. Make people smile. If you’re looking for a job, looking to start a new venture, take a minute and try to find a more creative solution for greater impact. Read more...

For What Gives Value To Travel, Er Moving, Is Fear

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“For what gives value to travel moving is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we have. We can’t cheat any more – hide ourselves away behind the hours in the office or at the plant (these hours against which we protest so strongly and protect us so surely against the suffering of being Read more...

World Domination Summit: I Was Wrong

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The World Domination Summit (WDS) is a provocative conference with a provocative title put on by Chris Guillebeau, an understated provocateur who runs the website, The Art of Nonconformity. The first WDS happened last June. The second WDS happened this weekend. Both were excellent.  And yet I felt conflicted about being there for two reasons. I’m an Read more...

Creating Possibility is a Practice

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For the last six months or so I’ve been working on helping Karen Steinberg at the Possibility Practice create her website and brand and tell the world more of what she does, which is excellent executive coaching and therapy in Manhattan.  I’m proud of what we did together. We made a manifesto. Everyone should have Read more...

101 Million Reasons Why You As a Business Owner Should Use Video on the Web

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Last month, I moved 3,000 miles across the country. Well, 2,910 miles really, but who’s counting? In February I started researching my move and in the span of about six weeks, I became a big consumer of products and services I previously had known very little about. As someone who regularly advises businesses and artists Read more...

Rabbit Rabbit Radio is As Inspired As It is Inspiring.

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I love having things to look forward to. And I love good habits. I also love the detritus of any creative process. And I love peeking behind the scenes. I love a serialized experience, when something happens like clockwork on a given day or at a given time. I also love the follow-through of a Read more...

Melea Seward Speaking at the American Society of Journalists and Authors Conference

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Transition to Full-Time and Remain Fiscally Fit 20120427 Begin: 1430 / Session #: F19 Floor: Second Floor / Vanderbilt Suite Track: F-BI You’re piling up bylines and thinking about making the leap to full time. But you need a transition strategy that includes the steps needed to take before giving up the security of a Read more...

Adrienne Rich: On Creating a Creative Lineage and a Body of Work

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Last night I read Austin Kleon’s STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST. He gives this advice: Find your own genealogy of ideas.  I know vaguely how the family idea tree — for me — might look. And I planned to draw the tree–to make my creative lineage sometime soon, when I could find the time. And the Read more...

Private Investigator Found Me Using Google Images or a Facebook Photo Album: Social Movements and False Perceptions

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A few months ago I got a phone call out of the blue from a private investigator. Her initials were JO. Said private investigator is probably reading this right now, aren’t you? Hi. Anyway, when she called with her blocked phone number, I didn’t answer my phone. I never do because I only return calls on Read more...

Killer Content: Get Your War on at SXSW

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Yesterday morning I saw two tweets juxtaposed in my Twitter feed. I found them so jarring I took a picture. One was offering a free e-book. The other, breaking the news (to me) that a US soldier had killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan. I noticed it. And then I went to my first session of Read more...

Find Your Tiger on the Train or What’s Your Story?

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One day I walked to my usual train on my usual platform with my obligatory cup of coffee. I stepped on the train and as the train doors ding — dinged and closed behind me, I had a severe and immediate urge to leave… fast. Why? Because a full-sized tiger sat listlessly in the middle Read more...

Social Media Strategy: Storytelling and Gameplay = Engagement

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“Social Media Strategy: Storytelling + Gameplay = Engagement“, will be led by Social Media Strategy Expert and Chief Amusement Designer, Melea Seward. Melea will be sharing stories about real businesses that created substantial followings and revenue streams using campaigns focused on storytelling and game play.Social Media Strategy: Storytelling + Gameplay = Engagement Tuesday, October 18th, Read more...

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