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June 2010

English v. American – Spelling Dilemmas

3rd June 2010
11:49am

Posted by Glenn Mason

Filed under Misc

I’m sure you have the same kind of debates in your office as we have in ours:

“Do I spell the word programme with one or two m’s?’ and ‘what about fulfil – should it have two l’s at the end, or just the one?”

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Picture person?

2nd June 2010
12:12pm

Posted by Kate Ironside

Filed under Creative

Do you prefer pictures or words?

If anyone ever needed convincing that there are better ways to support a presentation than with powerpoint, then this film by the RSA might just do it.  At 10-minutes long I know you’re thinking you don’t have time, but once it starts I challenge you to be able to stop it before you get to the end.

The film is about what motivates people at work, which in itself is an interesting subject, highlighting some of the things that can bring about real engagement…  The kind of engagement that adds value to a business (more productive, innovative or proactive), as opposed to the kind that simply makes people happier at work (laudable though that may be).

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