“When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.” Thomas S. Monson Whether we are attempting to educate, influence, or criticize, our underlying objective is usually to gain the trust of
by Mélanie L. Sisley “Be safe instead of sexy.” In the 1990 movie Crazy People, Duddley Moor plays a bitter ad executive who lands in a mental institution after a breakdown. There he turns his bitterness into craftiness and starts a new trend in the advertising world: tell the truth. Moor’s “revolutionary” technique becomes a
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Benhard Shaw Communication, particularly in science and technology, is not just the presenting information, data and evidence; it is presenting it in a way that is understandable. Communication is a two way street: It’s not just talking, it’s listening; it’s
Joâ Grenier is a highly talented Montreal based jewelry designer. She creates themed based jewelry for art exhibits and cultural sites. Some of her pieces can be found at the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, several museums in Paris via Culturespaces, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas (to name a
5 DIY Tools to Jazz-up Your Visual Communication
Get your audience’s attention with banners, drawings, comic strips, animation…no previous artistic experience required “The medium is the message” Marshall McLuhan Among the many projects that I have undertaken, be they presentations, videos, lectures, eLearning, newsletters, or posts for social media, I’m always on the lookout for way to enhance visual communication. I like tools
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