Free Tools for Managing Your Big Projects Creative folks are always looking for new ways to order their ever-increasing menu of ideas. Here are some free tools that can help you manage your projects and take them to the finish line! TaDa List – Very simple check off list which allows you to literally create your lists and check off your tasks when you’re finished. You can share your lists with others if you like. TaDaList works on Mac, PC, and iphone. To Do List – for personal project management. ToDo list organizes your tasks into projects. It has a built in calendar... (Read More ...)
The following University of California study has me wondering about the ability to dream and how it relates to creativity. Have you noticed that the more you dream, the more ideas you have? Or that the more dreams you have, the more “inner healing” and insights you seem to receive? I’ve noticed that the more dreaming I do, the more inner work goes on. God seems to be up to something, drawing me into a new level of emotional healing. REM Sleep Stimulates Creativity By Maria Schamis Turner Sleep has often been associated with creative insights, but its role in the process... (Read More ...)
Organizing the Creative Brain I’m all for automating the organization of ideas. Here are a few free tools that can help you keep your treasure trove of ideas filed in a way that’s easy to retrieve later when you’re ready to bring them to life! First up is one of PC Magazine’s best free software pics for 2011. Blumind is an easy to use mind-mapping software that supports notes, icons, color themes, progress bars, etc. Great for organizing your new ideas and the price is right! You can download this mindmapping tool free at http://blumind.org/. (for Windows) I didn’t... (Read More ...)
Writing an article or blog post when you’re inspired is a cinch. We open our laptops or grab our journals and the ideas flow like water. The process seems almost magical. And then there are those moments in which we sit and stare at the page and wonder if we even know how to spell our names correctly. Ever have one of those days? You know the writing task for the day is going to be a doozy when you can’t even think of how to begin your article! Here are five simple ways to conquer that Opening Paragraph/Introduction and get you finishing that article in no time! 1) Ask an interesting question. Example:... (Read More ...)
I’ve researched the brain and learning for more nearly three decades. As an elementary school teacher, I was determined to find out new ways to help children who had difficulty with reading and comprehension skills. Some of the techniques I discovered and implemented in the classroom I continue to use to this day while I’m working on projects. Throughout this website, I’d like to share some of my favorite brain strategies with you. In the classroom, I tried everything from Mozart to high-tech, expensive concentration CDs. I personally used sound therapy and tried various brain... (Read More ...)