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Beth Nyland
Want to be stronger? Run in circles!
As a small child, I didn’t get out much. I grew up on a farm several miles outside a small…
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Beth Nyland
Advice from smart small businesses in my tiny town
in Creativity, External Communication, Life & Business, Social Media, Spencer Grace, Story Mode, Visual Communication / / 0 commentsAbout a year ago, I relocated to a small Midwestern farm town called Geneseo, Illinois. It’s a picturesque little community…
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Beth Nyland
Join me for a March of creative change
How To Be Creative is a theme that surfaces again and again when I sit down to write. Not because…
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Beth Nyland
“I don’t know” is an opportunity, not a shortcoming
As 2022 drew to a close, several of my friends announced that they were stepping away from social media, at…
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Beth Nyland
9 acronyms for a more enjoyable business vocabulary
So much workplace communication is just crap. Big words trying to sound smart and important. Vague words trying to obscure…
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Beth Nyland
Um, yes, you ARE creative
When people ask me what I do for a living, I say I’m a creativity consultant. The obvious comeback is,…
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Beth Nyland
Are you boring? Stop that.
When Jill and I started our Story Mode program, we easily landed on our motto/tagline/hashtag: Refuse To Be Boring. This…
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Beth Nyland
In brainstorming, 39 is a powerful number
A decade ago, I accidentally invented a brainstorming rule. Scratch that. The only “rule” in brainstorming is that no idea…
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Beth Nyland
Creativity requires optimism, so get off that struggle bus
“I thought it would be easy.” When Jill and I use this prompt as a warm-up exercise in our Story…
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Beth Nyland
Innovators don’t make disclaimers
When it comes to creative communication, I am not fond of rules—unless I’m breaking them. I tweak templates, bust boundaries,…
