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Sterling Bond - Personal Persona Project Final PresentationSterling Bond
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Az előadásban szereplő „HOOKED - Horogra akasztva – Hogyan fejlessz szokásformáló termékeket” c. könyv megjelent magyarul is, vedd meg és olvasd!
https://bioenergetic.hu/konyvek/hooked-horogra-akasztva
Udvaronc és egy egyszerű, de hatékony framework termékkel kapcsolatos szokás kialakításához. Az előadás rövidített változatban a World Information Architecture Day-en (2014. február 15. WIAD), a bővebb változat pedig a Mobile Hungary 2014-en (2014. március 13.) hangzott el.
Az előadáshoz kiegészítő blog poszt:
https://blog.kolboid.eu/szokast-kialakito-termektervezes/
Ana Luisa Velasquez is an event planner from Caracas, Venezuela who now lives in Orlando, Florida. She has experience working for a party planning company in Venezuela and helping plan school events. Her goal is to start her own event planning business called "La Voz Kids." She is studying event planning and has taken online courses to improve her skills in organization, communication, and Mandarin Chinese. Velasquez is bilingual, has a degree from Penn State University, and is willing to work hard to accomplish her goals.
Sterling Bond - Personal Persona Project Final PresentationSterling Bond
Sterling Bond is a musician, sound engineer, and producer who owns Sirius Frequency Studios. He has years of experience in music production, sound design, advertising, and live performance. Sterling is seeking support to build his own professional recording studio so that he can pursue his career goals and escape working minor music industry jobs. He offers incentives for supporters ranging from studio access to private events.
This document contains links to 9 photos on Flickr with no other text. It provides attribution to 9 different photographers for photos on the Flickr hosting website but gives no other context or descriptions for the images.
The document discusses the author's regret that they will never be able to see themselves perform live due to their current career path. It provides brief descriptions of the author's background and experiences in music, touring, entrepreneurship, and other creative fields. Photos accompany each point to illustrate the author's journey.
Tervezz szokást! - WIAD, Mobile Hungary - Kolozsi István, kolboidIstván Kolozsi
Az előadásban szereplő „HOOKED - Horogra akasztva – Hogyan fejlessz szokásformáló termékeket” c. könyv megjelent magyarul is, vedd meg és olvasd!
https://bioenergetic.hu/konyvek/hooked-horogra-akasztva
Udvaronc és egy egyszerű, de hatékony framework termékkel kapcsolatos szokás kialakításához. Az előadás rövidített változatban a World Information Architecture Day-en (2014. február 15. WIAD), a bővebb változat pedig a Mobile Hungary 2014-en (2014. március 13.) hangzott el.
Az előadáshoz kiegészítő blog poszt:
https://blog.kolboid.eu/szokast-kialakito-termektervezes/
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This document contains links to 13 photos on Flickr with attribution to the photographers. The photos cover a range of subjects and were taken by different photographers around the world.
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This document contains 20 links to images hosted on Flickr but there is no other accompanying text, description or context provided for the links or images.
The document describes the narrator's struggles growing up in a low-income family with financial strain. Both parents worked hard to support the family, but they ultimately lost their home and had to move to a trailer. Music and gaming provided an escape for the narrator. They enrolled in college and worked throughout to support themselves and their education. The narrator is now pursuing a career in game music to help their family and bring joy to others while doing what they love. Their motivation comes from overcoming challenges through hard work, kindness, and integrity.
The document is a collection of Flickr photo links accompanied by short captions promoting messages of acceptance, self-love, and empowerment. The photos and captions encourage choosing health over destructive behaviors, celebrating individual uniqueness, and recognizing that all people are deserving of love. They advocate breaking cycles of harm and instead being agents of positive change.
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This document provides information about starting a micro-revolution and amplifying possibilities through social and knowledge networks. It encourages joining a Facebook group for like-minded professionals and provides links to additional online resources for digital storytelling, networking, and building value in people. Contact information is given for Carla Arena and Erika Cruvinel at the end.
This document contains links and citations to 6 photos shared on Flickr under creative commons licenses. The photos are credited to 6 different photographers and cover a range of subjects from people to landscapes.
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This document provides a whirlwind tour of different types of data visualization tools and examples, including tools for visualizing metadata, archives data, and other datasets. Screenshots are included of visualization tools like Series Browser, CommonsExplorer, ArchivesZ, Gridworks, and word clouds. Examples shown include visualizing Australian WW1 service records on Google Earth, color-coding tags assigned to collections, and visualizing tags and collection sizes from archives at Syracuse University.
The document lists 10 things that Inmaculada Pina Valera enjoys. Some of the things she likes are sitting in the rain and disconnecting, staying in bed for as long as possible, helping others, being very cheerful, movies, and skiing very much. Photos are included with each item listed.
Caresse Walden began dancing at age 10 but did not stick with it. She began stepping at age 12, which pushed her toward the entertainment industry. She was forced to join the army where she decided to become an artist manager. Given the opportunity to study at Full Sail University, she began studying music. She has stayed devoted to her goals and believes she can change the message being communicated in music today. She wants music to be more meaningful and inspirational. Her brand is about creativity, passion and dedication. She has experience in advertising and marketing and can offer good artist management by helping artists tell their story and get their message across. She wants to become content in her career and finances.
The document is a collection of images and captions that provide advice and encouragement for maintaining a strong marriage bond. Some of the key messages conveyed are: cherish the time you have with your spouse through communication and reflection on your relationship; plan surprises to keep the marriage interesting; maintain an optimistic outlook even in difficult times; and be actively engaged with your spouse through shared experiences like trips together. The overall theme is promoting positivity, effort, and commitment in marriage.
The document contains a series of links to photos on Flickr and other websites, as well as contact information for Michael Sauers. It provides no other text content, so the essential information that can be summarized is that it shares multiple links to images and websites along with Michael Sauers' contact details in 3 sentences or less.
This document contains a list of 11 Flickr photo URLs along with contact information for Michael Sauers, who is identified as a Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission. The photos are not further described or contextualized. Michael Sauers' contact information is provided, including his email, website, SlideShare profile, and Delicious account.
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This document provides a summary of an individual who has had a varied career path including being a frontman in a band, serving as a soldier, and being a father. They have a dream to create and inspire through their work while also supporting their family. Contact information is provided to get in touch including a phone number and email addresses through msn and a university.
Un párrafo es un grupo de oraciones relacionadas que expresan una idea principal y subtemas secundarios. Está compuesto por una oración principal y oraciones de apoyo coordinadas o subordinadas. Las características clave de un párrafo son la unidad temática, coherencia lógica y fluidez entre las oraciones para transmitir claramente la idea central.
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The document is a personal profile for Jillian Galarza, a graphic designer. It outlines her background in graphic design and project management over 15 years of experience. She is proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. The profile highlights her passion for creativity and inspiring others through her design work, from concept to execution for clients.
This document contains links to 13 photos on Flickr with attribution to the photographers. The photos cover a range of subjects and were taken by different photographers around the world.
Mantra, Mission Statement, Purpose - One SentenceSam Maule
This document contains 20 links to images hosted on Flickr but there is no other accompanying text, description or context provided for the links or images.
The document describes the narrator's struggles growing up in a low-income family with financial strain. Both parents worked hard to support the family, but they ultimately lost their home and had to move to a trailer. Music and gaming provided an escape for the narrator. They enrolled in college and worked throughout to support themselves and their education. The narrator is now pursuing a career in game music to help their family and bring joy to others while doing what they love. Their motivation comes from overcoming challenges through hard work, kindness, and integrity.
The document is a collection of Flickr photo links accompanied by short captions promoting messages of acceptance, self-love, and empowerment. The photos and captions encourage choosing health over destructive behaviors, celebrating individual uniqueness, and recognizing that all people are deserving of love. They advocate breaking cycles of harm and instead being agents of positive change.
Gilson_Vincent_PCP_Ignite Presentation_Single Father Parenthoodvgilson
The document is a collection of images and text posts from various social media accounts that are related to families and discussing family topics like what constitutes a family, how families have changed over time, influences on families like careers and incarceration, and sharing family traditions and memories like cooking recipes. The overall message is that by understanding how the traditional family structure has evolved, we can help foster healthier families.
This document provides information about starting a micro-revolution and amplifying possibilities through social and knowledge networks. It encourages joining a Facebook group for like-minded professionals and provides links to additional online resources for digital storytelling, networking, and building value in people. Contact information is given for Carla Arena and Erika Cruvinel at the end.
This document contains links and citations to 6 photos shared on Flickr under creative commons licenses. The photos are credited to 6 different photographers and cover a range of subjects from people to landscapes.
Reference 2008: It's Not Just About Having a Big Dictionary Any MoreMichael Sauers
The document contains a list of 20 Flickr photo URLs posted by Michael Sauers, who is identified as a Technology Innovation Librarian at the Nebraska Library Commission. His email address and personal website URLs are also included at the end.
This document provides a whirlwind tour of different types of data visualization tools and examples, including tools for visualizing metadata, archives data, and other datasets. Screenshots are included of visualization tools like Series Browser, CommonsExplorer, ArchivesZ, Gridworks, and word clouds. Examples shown include visualizing Australian WW1 service records on Google Earth, color-coding tags assigned to collections, and visualizing tags and collection sizes from archives at Syracuse University.
The document lists 10 things that Inmaculada Pina Valera enjoys. Some of the things she likes are sitting in the rain and disconnecting, staying in bed for as long as possible, helping others, being very cheerful, movies, and skiing very much. Photos are included with each item listed.
Caresse Walden began dancing at age 10 but did not stick with it. She began stepping at age 12, which pushed her toward the entertainment industry. She was forced to join the army where she decided to become an artist manager. Given the opportunity to study at Full Sail University, she began studying music. She has stayed devoted to her goals and believes she can change the message being communicated in music today. She wants music to be more meaningful and inspirational. Her brand is about creativity, passion and dedication. She has experience in advertising and marketing and can offer good artist management by helping artists tell their story and get their message across. She wants to become content in her career and finances.
The document is a collection of images and captions that provide advice and encouragement for maintaining a strong marriage bond. Some of the key messages conveyed are: cherish the time you have with your spouse through communication and reflection on your relationship; plan surprises to keep the marriage interesting; maintain an optimistic outlook even in difficult times; and be actively engaged with your spouse through shared experiences like trips together. The overall theme is promoting positivity, effort, and commitment in marriage.
The document contains a series of links to photos on Flickr and other websites, as well as contact information for Michael Sauers. It provides no other text content, so the essential information that can be summarized is that it shares multiple links to images and websites along with Michael Sauers' contact details in 3 sentences or less.
This document contains a list of 11 Flickr photo URLs along with contact information for Michael Sauers, who is identified as a Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission. The photos are not further described or contextualized. Michael Sauers' contact information is provided, including his email, website, SlideShare profile, and Delicious account.
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This document provides a summary of an individual who has had a varied career path including being a frontman in a band, serving as a soldier, and being a father. They have a dream to create and inspire through their work while also supporting their family. Contact information is provided to get in touch including a phone number and email addresses through msn and a university.
Un párrafo es un grupo de oraciones relacionadas que expresan una idea principal y subtemas secundarios. Está compuesto por una oración principal y oraciones de apoyo coordinadas o subordinadas. Las características clave de un párrafo son la unidad temática, coherencia lógica y fluidez entre las oraciones para transmitir claramente la idea central.
This curriculum vitae is for Sajid Nawab Khan, a married Pakistani national born in 1984 living in Hyderabad, Pakistan. He currently works as a Territory Sales Manager at Pakistan Cosmetic Products, where he has been since 2015. In this role, he manages a team and is responsible for customer relationship management, sales targets, product merchandising, and providing guidance to colleagues. He has over 15 years of experience in sales roles and has received training in communication, time management, and SAP systems.
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This report on child labour has been undertaken for MISEREOR. The purpose of the report is to contribute in the improvement of MISEREOR’s development support in the field of child labour in India, and enable a more strategic orientation.
HAQ: Center for Child Rights
B1/2, Ground Floor,
Malviya Nagar
New Delhi - 110017
Tel: +91-26677412,26673599
Fax: +91-26674688
Website: www.haqcrc.org
FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HaqCentreForChildRights
This document provides an overview of Pakistan's major and minor industries, including agriculture, textiles, mining, sports goods, and IT. It discusses how each industry benefits Pakistan's economy and outlines some concerns facing each sector. The future prospects section proposes ideas to address issues in agriculture, textiles, and mining. The document concludes by comparing Pakistan's industries to those of Japan and China in terms of scale, technology, resources, and competitiveness.
This document lists 20 interior design projects completed between 2002-2010 located throughout Indonesia. The projects include commercial spaces like golf clubs, restaurants, hospitals, hotels, malls, and cafes as well as residential spaces. For each project, the name, location, type of space, site area, and the designer's role are provided.
When I heard the theme for the conference I immediately got excited and knew that I wanted to give a talk here at SHiFT about DIY. The theme immediately urged me to create a documentary on FabLab, a place where DIY becomes reality, and I got creative with Lego.
Then I started to think about what I could say about DIY, and then things started to blur a bit. Because these words may sound like a coherent sentence, but once I zoomed in on the words, I immediately got confused.
DO: it’s a call for action, not thinking. But how can we act without thinking? Or should we do first and then start thinking? That can have interesting implications for how we act towards others. Hit first, then think about your action.
IT: it’s referring to something, but totally undefined what exactly. It can refer to a simple thing making tea, or to something with a devastating impact like pushing the button to drop a bomb.
YOURSELF: You. That seems to be clear defined, but in the context of this conference it refers to hundreds of Yourselves. So which individual should we pick?
Once put together, these three simple words create meaning beyond the individual value of each word, but at the same time leave more questions than answers.
At the same time, these three words immediately impact me. This small sentence shouts at me: “The power is yours.” Hearing this sentence immediately urges me to act, right here, right now, and it sounds like something anyone should want.
But I think it’s good to step back for just a second and reflect on the meaning and implications of these three words.
What I really want to know is What is good about doing it myself?
There are a lot of questions in this question:
- Is DIY indeed a good thing?
- Is there any other way?
- What exactly should I do myself?
- Am I better than others that make me more qualified?
- But if I beleive I should do it myself, then one should expect others think the same and do it themselves too.
- I can’t do everything myself.
- Why should I do this myself and leave other things to others?
- How can I choose?
- How do I know what to do myself?
While I may question this, what is good about doing it myself, I realize that in several ways I’m a DIY person.
Let me tell you two stories
I’m educated as a communication philosopher. If you haven’t heard of that combination, don’t worry. It doesn’t exist. Not in the classical sense anyway. There is no Master’s program to become a communication philosopher. I created the program myself. At one point I was unsatisfied with all the marketing talk in classes and wanted to take a minor in philosophy. It was the starting point to skip most of the prescribed classes during my Master’s, find a teacher to guide me and take on the challenge to look at weblogs from a communicative, philosophical view-point.
I created my Master program myself.
I’m an independent worker. Some call it freelancing, others call it entrepreneur. I’m working on the things that I think are important and I work for clients to whom I can contribute. Working independently is something that happened, I never thought it would happen when I went to school, or university. When I got my degree in 2004 there weren’t that many jobs around. Imagine a 25 yr old looking for a position in communication explaining she is an a philosopher in weblogs in a world that didn’t know about social media, yet. Considering the outlook for a strong-minded 25 year old, on a half-time job in marketing, perfectly suitable for the less aspiring working mom. So if I wanted to continue in the field of social media, there was only one option:
Doing it myself.
But doing it myself professionaly doesn’t mean I do everything myself.
Imagine yourself in the hospital. You cut yourself and the cut is rather deep so you need stitches. Imagine then a nurse comes in, preps you for the stitches, lays down the needle and wire and walks away with the words “There you go, you can do it yourself.” You might be shocked. You might burst out laughing. You might check your calendar to see if it’s April fools. Unless you’re (being) trained in stitching in the human body, you would never consider to do it yourself.
Imagine your on a wild adventurous trip. You’re in the desert, or in the jungle, there is no communication possible and the nearest village is miles and miles away. You cut yourself and the cut is rather deep so you need stitches. You’re on your own, but you came prepared. You carry a survival kit, especially for these kind of circumstances. You do not hesitate and get a needle, wire and desinfectant from your kit and start stitching your cut. Even though it hurts like hell, you go on, you need to survive.
These two examples show that the context you’re in, the circumstances, your knowledge, what you carry around, determines your action and your view upon the words DIY.
I could DIY my education because the university was migrating from the Dutch system to anglosaxon Bachelor/Master structure. A lot of students who had lost time along the way needed their own schedule. The people from Communication Studies were handling requests for individual programs on a weekly basis and that made to process of sending in my request for a literature study instead of taking classes a lot easier and quicker. The result is that I can now informally claim to have a degree in a field that doesn’t really exist, but totally suits me as a person.
I then became an independent worker not entirely out of choice. I could have made concessions and find a job in marketing or something, and if I would have been on my own I would have needed to, but as it were, I had a partner making enough money already to cover both our basic needs. So I had space to grow my own business. On top of that he happens to be trained as a book keeper (years ago, in a different life), so he could help me with my books. An entrepreneur was born.
So several requirements were met for me to do what I’m doing right now. Certain circumstances at university paved the way for my unique Master program, and I was lucky to be part a household where we’re not dependent on my income. It provided me to create my own path as a professional in the field that I wanted to work in.
But being an independent professional doesn’t mean I can stitch myself or should I ever be allowed to stitch other people’s cuts (although in case of emergency…who knows what could happen?) and in a totally different context I hardly consider to DIY.
For instance, my parents became adults in an era where DIY- stores became popular. Their whole generation started families with the notion that practical stuff around the home you would fix yourself. We, my husband and I, hate to do it ourselves. Whenever there is some chore around the house to be done, we wait until we have no choice but to do it.
We talked about a cat-flap in our home for three years and never came to the point to install it. Only when we had to and found the most geeky one with an RFID reader, we installed the cat flap. We’d rather be able to hire someone to do things for us. Sadly we still haven’t found someone in our town that we can trust and rely on in case of house-chores and therefore every now and then we are forced to dust of our tools.
It’s interesting to know how comes I DIY in one area, such as my education and professional life, but can’t or just hate to do it in a different area.
Thinking hard enough about it, I can’t seem to escape the thought that it must be about passion.
Loving to do something so much, that you’re willing to put time in it, almost regardless of the consequences.
That passion is one of the main drivers for me to do things myself.
But passion alone is not enough to explain why I DIY. I do a lot of stuff on a daily basis that have hardly anything to do with following my passion. And I could have become a doctor and be just as passionate about that profession, as I am about interviewing people. DIY is not a goal in itself, it is a means to an end. And that got me thinking what DIY often leads to. And it started to dawn on me. Doing It Yourself is a way to EMPOWER yourself.
For my parents it felt empowering to be able to buy the tools and materials to do chores around the house. To me, sawing, painting, repairing, feels like a nuisance that costs me time and doesn’t feel empowering at all. What would make ME feel empowered is to be able to afford to hire someone who does it for me.
When I’m allowed to be following my passion for sharing and telling stories using video, I am more than willing to put in the hours, work on all the different aspects involved to create a piece of film, and thus I learn to do more things than just point and shoot video. Learning this stuff empowers me to to create more valuable materials and work for others.
And it even gets better. By doing things right now, like presenting at SHiFT, empowers me to do even more stuff myself, do a better job at it the next time.
So if you would ask me now, why I DIY, mys answer would be that the empowering force of these three little words, Do It Yourself is why I’m doing it myself.
And now I even know what IT refers to: the things I like doing the most. I DIY video’s, not gardens.
Now that I know that DIY is really about empowerment, I can start to include you in the equation. Because I like to DIY certain things, but the ones I dislike I’d rather you would DIY. So if I can make a video about you doing the gardening, we could be headed for a win-win situation.
Because I can never do all of it myself. I’m only human, there are 24hrs in a day, and I like to sleep a considerable part of that time. I can’t do more than my body allows me to do and neither can you. Therefore we need each other.
And if we start scaling the empowering force of DIY up, we can start thinking about the bigger picture here: a friendlier and cleaner planet.
So I want to take this opportunity to suggest what we could work on together, on stuff that matters to me and that, hopefully matters to you too.
I believe every person on this planet can be more helpful for stuff that matters when they are empowered themselves.
I believe that every person on this planet is more capable of doing it themselves than their governments seem to think.
What we could work on together is to:
- Empower people by educating them. School is a good start, but also in sports, in music, in art, in electronics, in engineering, in drawing, etcetera;
- Empower people by giving them tools. People are already empowered by the Social Web, can publish online wherever they want, and are about to discover the places where they can make and design real and tangible stuff, but don’t stop there. Think of all the tools we haven’t invented yet;
- Empower people by giving them space to discover. People have to figure out for themselves what they’re passionate about, how they can contribute to stuff that matters, to them, locally and globally. I you’re a boss, avoid being strict about endresults, the good stuff happens in the unexpected outcomes;
- Empower people by trusting them. Trust the skills, knowledge and good will of people. Whether you are working in government, running a business, make that trust part of your structures and processes. Most people on this planet are of good will and are very knowledgeable in their field.
Trust in them to do good and empower them with space and tools to learn, in every thinkable way.
Dear listener, trust the person sitting next to you. Trust that he or she will have something to tell you and could empower you.
You’re done listening to me, now it’s time to start talking.
Enjoy your lunch. So I want to take this opportunity to suggest what we could work on together, on stuff that matters to me and that, hopefully matters to you too.