What are you doing this weekend? Have you considered attending the Capital City Film Festival?
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Ever heard of the Sophists? Let their Dissoi Logoi inspire your brainstorming.
Do you need a summer internship in finance, graphic design, learning design, marketing, video production or writing? Join us in Old Town Lansing!
How meetings are run makes a world of difference to how productive they are—and how connected people feel to “the cause.” Do you discuss or dialogue?
Adult learners' brains are active, always at work—any learning experience is competing with everything else going on for attention. How can you compete?
MessageMakers has been recognized as one of the 2011 “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch”!
We recently discussed how adult learners are directed, goal-oriented folks. Here are a few tips for responding positively to this state of affairs.
Ian Busch, MessageMakers videographer and video editor and an award-winning independent filmmaker, discusses side project Interactive Sketchbook for iPad.
We're at the end of our adult learning foundations series focusing on the acronym "ADULT." Today, T:
Adults are TASK-ORIENTED.
Adult learners are life-experienced, making being a "talkaholic" trainer a danger to effective learning. What strategies can one use to avoid this pitfall?
We've been working through the acronym "ADULT" and considering foundational information about adult learning. Today, L: Adults are LIFE-EXPERIENCED.
Team Tell Stories wins 3rd prize in the winter 2011 East Lansing Film Festival 48/5 competition for "Waiting"!
We're reviewing foundational information about adult learning, focusing on the acronym "ADULT." Today, U: Adults are UNCOMFORTABLE with risk.
Enjoy Big Foot Films' "The Encore," winner of 1st prize in the Winter 2011 East Lansing Film Festival 48/5 Film Competition.
At Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art's ii:V:I Community Turnaround Awards last night, we were thrilled to see Rebekah Cathey receive the Go-To Award. As our office manager, she's our go-to person, too.
Over the next few weeks, we're discussing foundational information related to adult learning, based on the acronym "ADULT." Today, D: Adults are DIRECTED.
Today, we got to see the awards competition world from the other side of the table, serving as judges for some of the Aurora Awards' video submissions.
Over the next few weeks, we'll share foundational information on adult learning, following the acronym "ADULT." This week, A: Adult brains are ACTIVE.
How do you handle web registration for volunteers/event participants? We've finally found a solution we like and signed on as an official source with TRS (short for "The Registration System").
Wake up the kids in your life with this video of the Verve Pipe's recent live performance of "Wake Up" from their A Family Album, recorded at the Mid-Michigan Children's Museum.
If you have older, important Word documents archived on your server, don't open them directly. Copy them to your desktop first. Here's why.
Enjoy our president's editorial in the Lansing State Journal: "Built on the arts: Old Town creates atmosphere of culture, creativity."
You've made up a great-looking layout. How can you make sure your clients will be able to comment, even if they haven't paid for Adobe Acrobat?
As the new year dawned, Michigan welcomed a new governor and other officials. MessageMakers was there, producing and recording the festivities.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane and give 2010 one last tribute.
What did you learn about learning in 2010? Inquiring learning designers want to know.
Santa came to town and was kind enough to visit us and brighten up the darkest day of the year.
What do you think of these 2011 event trend predictions?
The past 12 months have brought some great work in video and film. Here are a few minutes of review for you.
Looking for a winter/spring internship in finance, graphic design, learning design, marketing, video production or writing? Check out MessageMakers in historic Old Town Lansing, Michigan!
We're glad to announce that Big Foot Films (partially comprised of MessageMakers staff) has won the Fall East Lansing Film Festival 48/5 Contest—their 2nd in a row.
We’re pleased to announce that our president and founder, Terry Terry, was honored with the 2011 Greater Lansing Catalyst for Change-Individual Award at the “Greater Lansing on Top” annual dinner.
Happy U.S. Thanksgiving! In honor of the holiday and those "interesting" family celebrations that are bound to take place, here are some thoughts on transformational experiences.
For those of you who didn't get to experience this weekend's motorcycle shoot in person, enjoy a few photos.
It’s rare to get exactly what we want from others—making negotiating part of all life, business and personal. How can one become a master of negotiation?
Rev up your weekend! Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20 (and possibly Sunday, Nov. 21), we'll be filming a motorcycle video in Lansing, Michigan.
Chilly days and occasional frosts remind us that winter is coming, and with it, the holiday season. We'd love for you to join us to celebrate a good year passing. You are invited to MessageMakers's holiday open house on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 5-10 pm, at 1217 Turner St., Lansing, MI 48906. RSVP appreciated.
Meet our latest creative force—formerly a contractor with us, but now a full-time member of our team—Andy Doerr, graphic designer.
How can social media services like Google Alerts and Tweet Alarm help you keep track of your reputation or your professional interests?
Congratulations to Jacob Mendel, winner of the Most Promising Student Filmmaker Award at the 13th annual East Lansing Film Festival Lake Michigan Film Competition.
Restaurant owners in need of Internet promotion tips: check out our article in this month's Michigan Restaurateur magazine, being distributed now!
This weekend, the Mark Schauer for Congress campaign turned to MessageMakers for support of an event welcoming Former President Bill Clinton.
MessageMakers is glad to have launched its new web design this week and with it this blog presence. As we continue to share our hints, tricks, and great stories, we wanted to reach out to you the readers.
You may not have met our A/V manager yet—but that doesn't mean he hasn't been around the block with MessageMakers.
What is the purpose of the GSA MAS schedules program? What are its benefits (to the government and to businesses who are scheduled)?
Hootsuite makes it easy to manage a variety of social media presences. Find out how.
How and why would you become a Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA)? Here's the scoop on Greater Lansing's program.
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