Every now and then I get a chance to verbally smack someone. And it feels oh, so, good. Yesterday I was chatting with my friend and these words left his mouth, “I can’t be that creative. I’m more analytical.” Verbal smack! “That’s a cop out. You can be creative if you’re just willing to try.”…
Last Friday I found myself in a room filled with creatives and artists. These were some of the best Dallas had to offer – all meeting together to brainstorm a project. We sat bunched in groups at separate tables. We all fired our best ideas onto a sheet of paper that our table representative presented…
Last night I approached a potential sponsor for Echo Conference. A big sponsor. I mean…a really big sponsor. And having them on board could save our attendees money in a big way. I had the epiphany while jogging. I needed to contact them. They were an obvious choice. But…they were a huge company that probably…
Yesterday some of the RT Creative team sat down to brainstorm the theme for #Echo13. We had two main concepts we were kicking around. There was a ton of great conversation around the first. We were getting excited and so much good stuff came from our brainstorming. But the second was an idea I was…
Here’s a new project I’m working on to build momentum and excitement until Echo Conference 2013. I’m taking different photos each day of the Echo logo in various states. It’s going to stretch me creatively – having to do this every day. And that’s very good. Enjoy!
When I took this new job, I went from writing 4-5 blog posts each day to writing 6-7. I went from working on two projects during the day to working on four. Am I getting stretched a little bit thin? Not really. I’m convinced people operate at about one-fifth of their actual capacity. I think we…
There are two parts to this crazy thing called love. Inspiration and action. Most of us are great at the first part. Unfortunately, many of us fall short in the second part. Inspiration is all about that thought. That spark. That feeling. When we think about our wife during the day and wonder how she’s…
I absolutely love to argue my opinion. To me, that helps the best idea surface. If someone can convince of why something’s a good idea, I get on board and get excited. Unfortunately, that doesn’t go over so well when you have a boss. This is the dilemma I found myself in the other day.…
When I started Sunday| Magazine, I was trying a new advertising model. It was unproven, but I truly believed it would work. The problem was, I couldn’t really be sure it worked until I’d tried it for about a year. I’m pleased to say, a year later, my advertising model did work. I checked out my…
Today I hopped in my car and sped back to the office. If I wasn’t careful I was going to take longer than one hour for my lunch break. I couldn’t let that happen. With my pedal to the metal I squealed into the parking lot and ran up to my office. I was five…