By Cody McIntosh Published Jan 16, 2020

10/10 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

UP FROM THE 36 CHAMBERS... IT'S THE GHOSTFACE KILLA. Both the namesake of their debut album, which is not only their most critically acclaimed record, but also definitely the fan-favorite, shortly followed by Wu-Tang Forever and Liquid Swords. It's, of course, a film done by the Shaw Brothers as with many on this list to be…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1928, a letter from the Laureate was read by the French Minister, Mr. Armand Bernard

(Translation)

I wish I had been able to express my feelings in person. Permit me to do so through the French Minister, Mr. Armand Bernard, who has kindly consented to convey my message. I…

Award Ceremony Speech

Presentation Speech by Per Hallström, President of the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy, on December 10, 1928*

In his L’Évolution créatrice (1907) [Creative Evolution], Henri Bergson has declared that the most lasting and most fruitful of all philosophical systems are those which originate in intuition. If one believes these words, it appears…

THE lines of the Federated Malay States, Straits Settlements, and Johore State Railways have a special interest of their own. They have played a major part in the opening up of a valuable part of the British Empire which, not long ago, was the stronghold of pirates and warrior tribes. The modern history of the country is, in itself, a romance, due to the enterprise of British pioneers and scientists. British Malaya is not “a white man’s country”, but because of the…

As CMI research shows, marketers with a documented content marketing strategy are more effective than those who don’t have a written strategy. Yet,only 27% of B2C and 48% of B2B marketers have developed a plan.

If you lack a written strategy, a one-page plan is a great place to begin. If you have a detailed strategy but struggle to gain traction, boiling it down to one page will make it easier. A one-page strategy can help you:

Crystalize your content marketing strategy…

Editor’s note: Because the content marketing industry continues to evolve, we thought it would be a good time to revisit this essential position in an updated post.

In my research, there was no current template available for a Chief Content Officer job description. Now there is!

Thanks to our call out to the content marketing community a few weeks ago, we’ve put together a Chief…

The invitation to write a proposal may be a milestone in the sales cycle—an opportunity to get one step closer to a client and a new project.

The best proposal, though, is one you don’t have to write. A competitive field reduces the odds of landing the business. So, if possible, sidestep the formal proposal process entirely.

The best proposal, though, is one you…

If you want to make a change in the world, you start with yourself. Make the changes you want and in the process you’ll inspire others to do the same.…

Be seen to be green.

Being Green is Sexy.

Clean and green!

Don’t act mean – Be Green!

Don’t be mean, go green.

Don’t panic – go organic.

For the love of green!

Forever green!…

What makes a successful TED Talk?

Here at the Science of People we endeavored to find out. Why do some TED Talks rack up millions of views, change lives and are talked about everywhere?

All TED Talks are good. Why are some great?

We set out to answer this question with one of our first crowd-sourced Citizen Science projects. Over…

Data is confirming what we already know: recruiting is an imprecise activity, and degrees don’t communicate much about a candidate’s potential and fit. Employers need to know what a student knows and can do.

Something is clearly wrong when only 11% of business leaders — compared to 96% of chief academic officers — believe that graduates have the requisite skills for the workforce. It’s therefore unlikely that business leaders…

Malaysian Creative Industry: In A Nutshell

Creative Multimedia, Arts & Culture, and, Heritage, Where's our future?

With only 45,031 workers, creative industries gave Malaysia USD 2.7 worth of revenue, what is the magic formula?



Is it just timely or too late to talk about creative industry in Malaysia?…

Today, more than ever before, technology plays an important role in society. It is changing and will continue to change every aspect of how we live. It is changing the way we communicate, the way we do business, how we learn and teach, and even it’s changing the way our brains work.

Because the arrival of technology, the learning environment is changing. Students have more options than they ever would have imagined. In olden…

Massive Open Online Courses, known under the widely used acronym MOOCs, have taken the modern education world by storm, offering a wide variety of options for students worldwide. Their greatest advantage is, of course, the fact they are provided for free or at low prices, which is why both people with no official education and those with a university degree are readily embracing the opportunities.

Clearly, the rapid rise in…

How you present your eLearning content to your audience is critical. Engaging your learners requires a creative approach to visual design and, more often than not, effective online presentations are creative presentations. Luckily, there are several tools you can use to build your own presentation, such as Prezi, Aurasma, and Powtoon; all you need to do is bring in your fresh ideas. In this article, I´ll share 10 creative ideas for online presentations eLearning…

Creative Content Association Malaysia (CCAM) is an industry led government funded association of the leading content creators in Malaysia formed in 2012 for the express purpose of promoting and exporting local content and creative services to overseas markets and international broadcasters. This will be done by utilizing the latest digital technology, creativity, as well as by exploiting the unique cultural of Malaysia.…

Chapter 1·Concept and context of the creative economy

1.1 Evolving concepts and definitions

Fundamental to an understanding of the creative economy — what it comprises and how it functions in the economies of both developed and developing countries — are…

1.1.3 Cultural industries

The term “culture industry” appeared in the post-war period as a radical critique of mass entertainment by members of the Frankfurt school led by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, followed subsequently by writers such as Herbert Marcuse.4 At that time,…

Overview

The Creative Economy Report 2008 is the first study to present the United Nations

perspective on this emerging topic. It is an initiative of the partnership between UNCTAD

and the UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation. Furthermore, it is a pioneer

example of the work being…

Too often, a conversation results in wasted time — and nothing productive to show for it. Whether you’ve run into someone at a conference or you have a scheduled call, you can use specific tactics to have a more meaningful conversation. Here are 13 ways to add meaning to your conversations:

1. Don’t get too excited about your next thought.

People can tell when you aren’t truly…