"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
Thomas A Edison

Archive: Creative Gymnasium

What We Need Is Rubber Ducks!

January 24


What We Need Is Rubber Ducks!

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Rubber Ducky, you’re the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Ducky, I’m awfully fond of you;
(Woo woo be doo)
Seriously who doesn’t like Rubber Ducks.
In fact according to some – Rubber Ducks and Fundraising Events are a perfect match!

Stand Clear! Artist at Work!

October 15


Stand Clear! Artist at Work!

A San Francisco digital agency called Opod has a microsite called Opodsketch. Artists are encouraged to upload their sketch for others to view… a digital art gallery that is so crazy-cool because you actually get to view each creation as it is being drawn… in super fast time. Cool. Very Silvery Cool [...]

Shepherding Cats – Difficult at the Best of Times

September 12


Shepherding Cats – Difficult at the Best of Times

Okay – another quick little exercise for the mind to get those creative juices flowing. Can you encircle the little black cat in this flash game. Shepherding cats – almost as difficult as guiding large groups of international delegates at some of our events! Can be done but  I am yet to achieve this with [...]

‘There’s no crying in Baseball!’

August 27


‘There’s no crying in Baseball!’

Recently we touched on the application of themes as an effective means of granting an event an instant identity. Themes carry with them a host of rich preconceptions and associations that can assist you in developing your event look, your styling approach and your programming. Slogans and sayings also work well in this regard. [...]

Brainstorming with Paperballs

August 23


Brainstorming with Paperballs

Some fellow called Ralph Waldo Emerson is often credited as saying “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door”. Designing memorable events that deliver with impact is not unlike this.

 
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