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We live in an advertising and/or media-centric world where messages are meant to influence and sometimes manipulate audience members. Whether images, stories, etc come from marketing campaigns, political campaigns, or news media, manipulation is often the tactic being used, which is a shame. Products, messages or people relying on
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According to Warren Bennis, “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” The most important point to remember in regards to leadership is that it isn’t confined to simply existing in organizational ranks; it resides throughout our lives. Leadership is a mindset and lifestyle, not a position, and
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For three years, I had the privilege of being part of the Publix Supermarkets family. During that time, I worked with incredible coworkers and for incredible managers. I felt cared for and appreciated. I felt like I was making a difference every day I put on my uniform. I can
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“It is man’s social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent.” — Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, living in a time before the Internet and social media, could not have imagined the level of connectedness
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“People influence people.” – Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook This simple quote from the creator of one of the most popular social networks in history is the foundation of modern marketing and advertising strategy. Facebook connects individuals in staggering ways, removing the need for close proximity in order to cultivate friendships.
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Hello again, everyone. A few weeks back I ended my last post with an announcement that Digital Letterpress posts would slack off for a bit. I’m happy to say that I’m back in regular form now and will be updating the blog every week for the next couple
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I began this blog nine weeks ago with the observation that change will eventually take place in any area of life whether or not someone is prepared. Adapting to that change is crucial for survival and longevity. Currently, our society responds to channels that allow individuals to broadcast themselves. Blogs
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As times change, the way we educate and grow changes. At least, it should change. I’ve spoken many times in this blog about the dangers of becoming stagnant and refusing to change. With the introduction of technology into society, major concerns have been raised over its affect on children
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If the rise of new media has done one thing, it’s created massive amounts of communication channels. Technology allows us to receive messages, news, advertisements literally every moment of the day. Our desire to be entertained and for our attention to be constantly fed is a reality. Products, voices,
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Thanks to the Internet, we don’t consume content like we used to. If you’ve kept up with this blog at all in the past two months, you will notice that as a recurring theme in my posts. The Internet has literally changed how our society lives, behaves, interacts,
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One of our basic human desires is to be heard. Whether we want that to be over a microphone in front of a crowd of people or simply just a single friend, we want someone to hear and listen to our voice. We want to share thoughts, opinions, feelings that
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Imagine, for a moment, a world without Facebook. I know it may be difficult to remember what social interactions were like pre-2006 (the year Facebook released to the public) when we were basically still sending messages by pigeons and smoke columns. The social networking site has so fully infiltrated our