WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: What’s up with that?

by Judi | Apr 27, 2017 | Capacity Development, Left Brain

There are two kinds of WordPress sites: hosted by WordPress on their .com site, and the site you build on your own host by installing the open source WordPress software from their .org site. (See wordpress.com and wordpress.org) To get started if you are new to this,...

Carpe Diem

by Judi | May 24, 2015 | Advocacy, Capacity Development, Featured, Professional Development

Occasionally I bump into someone, a group or organization, who is looking to start up a new program that sounds eerily familiar – identical with programs I’ve known in the past. More specifically, things like Board Development and Volunteer Management...

The Distraction of Branding – Part 1

by Judi | May 17, 2014 | Capacity Development, Careers, Professional Development

Help Me Overcome Over-Analysis Paralysis and Choose a Website Idea From This List of 3 Richard: this first bit is for everyone who reads this – Secure the domain name that is your own name. Even if you never use it visibly, when you DO become a famous...

Art is Your Business – October 2011

by It's Me! | Sep 16, 2011 | Capacity Development, Careers, Creativity, Professional Development

Join me in Wells, BC to help weave the tapestry of this great warp and woof of talent and experience. Over the course of these days in October, the little town that could (create) will be bursting with artists sharing and learning and building their creative...

Arts Marketing: Military Campaign or Hero’s Quest?

by It's Me! | Apr 1, 2011 | Capacity Development, Cultural Economy, Professional Development

I recently re-read John McLachlan’s post on the quest for authentic arts marketing, and the comments it drew from other readers, and got me thinking. As I began to write my own comment, it got longer and longer and I realized I was actually writing a post for my...

Cognitive Surplus: put it to work..

by It's Me! | Apr 11, 2009 | Capacity Development, Creativity, Right Brain

I love synergistic thinking. Clay Shirky has hit on something that I appreciate with all my quirky soul. A fascinating analysis of the side-effect of paradigm shifts on the humans trying to cope with them. This is an excerpt from the transcription of the video...