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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:16:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Lead an Effective Brainstorm Session</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Here are tips to aid you as you lead your next brainstorm session&mdash;successfully.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Boost Your Brainstorming Energy: 5 Tips</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Are your brainstorming sessions falling flat? Here are 5 ways to boost the energy and tap back into inspiration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Access and Unleash Your Creativity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[According to Tom Monahan, we're all born with creativity but are eventually conditioned not to use it. This guru of imaginative thinking reveals his strategy for accessing and unleashing your creative prowess in this insightful interview.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Let Your Life Inspire You</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Creativity is a byproduct of life&mdash;not just a 9-to-5 exercise. Smart companies are giving their designers the chance to have a life, with hopes of seeing a creative ROI (return on investment). Here's the scoop on some of the creativity boosters they endorse.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Encourage Collaboration on Your Team</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Collaboration is healthy for creativity. Here, we go in-depth about&nbsp; how to encourage collaboration on your team&nbsp;  for the best results.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tips for Brainstorming with Words</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Here are 4 tips to help you when it comes to brainstorming with words.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Brainstorming in Action: Developing New Products</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When your team is brainstorming the development of new products, Hartman suggests immersing brainstormers in the product itself. Learn more.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ditch the Scorecard: Allow Your Best Ideas to Win</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After a truly successful brainstorming session, it's often impossible to trace the origin of the best ideas of the day. Usually, the best ideas evolve under the collaborative effort of all the brainstorm participants. In fact, the moment you start to assign ownership to ideas, true creativity stops.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Design As Storytelling</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We all love stories. Stories breathe meaning into the stuff of life. But what about visuals? Can they tell a story? I sure as shine-ola hope so! It's how so many of us make a living.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Writing Primer for Designers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Designers rely primarily on type, image and color to communicate. But what you communicate is just as important as how you say it. Juliet D'Ambrosio (who's a creative director at her day job) offers tips on how to polish your writing skills.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Overcome Creativity's Greatest Foes: Fear, Time, Mistakes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our creative pro delves into HOW readers' biggest creative obstacles and offers advice and insights to help you conquer each and every one of them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What Disrupts Effective Brainstorming?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Are your brainstorm sessions leaving everyone uninspred and without answers? Consult our checklist and see what the problem might be.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>14 Ways to Brainstorm More Effectively</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Brainstorming is how you get your greatest ideas. Don't let your creativity suffer with bad brainstorming sessions. Here are 14 ways to revive this staple of the design process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Free Your Creativity: Overcome Unhealthy Expectations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We all have them, and if we're not mindful they can kill our creative process. What are these stealthy assassins? Our very own expectations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>One Designer Shares: How to Use Design to Tell a Story</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Award-winning designer Jakob Trollb&auml;ck explains why you should start thinking of yourself as a storyteller and how to use design to move the plot along.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Master the Metaphor</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[They may seem more appropriate for English majors and copywriters, but metaphors can be powerful solutions for visual problems, as well. Here's why&mdash;and how&mdash;to use metaphors effectively in all of your design projects.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Get A Life</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Designers tend to let their need for creative stimulation distract them from good career or business decisions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Add Excitement to Mundane Jobs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How do you turn every project (even a lowly production one) into a dream job? One designer offers 3 steps.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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