January 2009

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• Creativity, Idealism

  Creative leadership in a time of great transition

  01.28.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I don’t know about you, but some days my little monkey brain has about had enough. Enough change, enough global anxiety, enough information, enough speed of business, enough of being under the fire hose. Then I meet someone who doesn’t even have a cell phone, e-mail, or internet access.
  Sounds like whining, huh? Or a grass […]

• Resources, Methods, Collaboration

  Resource: bringing users into the design process

  01.16.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  I was playing “one thing leads to another” this morning (aka following links) and came across this fantastic article by Allison Druin of the University of Maryland’s  Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. In Druin’s article, “The Role of Children in the Design of New Technology,” she builds a case for the involvement of children directly […]

• Events, Methods, Collaboration

  Managing design projects is an art, too

  01.15.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  If I have learned nothing else in my design life, I know that a great project manager can make the difference between a successful, even joyful project and a painful slog to the leaden finish line. It’s rare that project managers of design projects (in the broadest sense of the word “design”) get the support […]

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Cartographies of Imagination, by me, Sarah B. Nelson, is about navigating the world of collaboration, through methods, tools, techniques and ideas. I'll share methods, tools, and ideas to inspire you to draw on the collective wisdom around you. I am available for consulting projects. Let's talk.

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