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Becoming part of the RBBP Tribe

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
November 9, 2011 at 12:00 am
Don’t know what RBBP means? Well it stands for Right-Brain Business Plan®. Starting in 2012 I’ll be running workshops as a Right-Brain Business Plan® Licensed ... (more)

Dealing with the Failure to Yield

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
November 4, 2011 at 10:00 am
I’ve never written about any personal health problems with any great detail but my most recent experience has prompted me to do so for several reasons. Several months ago, ... (more)

How to – Create an Online Weight Loss Plan

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
November 1, 2011 at 10:00 am
I’m not talking about food. I’m taking about blogs or whatever place you hang your avatar out for the world to see. Recently I decided to go on a “weight loss” ... (more)

Book Review: The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
October 27, 2011 at 9:30 am
iStockPhoto/mattjeacock I’ve been reading lots of posts about how much to charge for creative services. And what I have learned is that there is no right answer. No one ... (more)

How to – Not Make a Decision

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
October 25, 2011 at 9:30 am
iStockPhoto/DNY59 So you have an idea? What to do next? Well you think about everything that can go wrong. You worry about how it will affect everyone…yourself included. ... (more)

The Day My WordPress Site Died…

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
October 19, 2011 at 10:00 am
Well at least temporarily for a few days. My hosting company had some server issues which were fixed but for some reason my site didn’t work once they made their fixes. Nothing ... (more)

I want to do social…but I don’t want to engage

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
October 12, 2011 at 10:00 am
iStockphoto.com/JulNichols Huh? I’m not crazy. I’ve heard that alot. A client wants to add Twitter or Facebook… or whatever social network to their site but ... (more)

Adventures in Freelancing: The Rubbish Pile

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
October 10, 2011 at 10:00 am
I’ve been working as a user experience contractor for a few years now and I have to say there are more than a few things I find annoying…what follows is the short list. ... (more)

What you need to survive going into the field…it’s not just your research plan.

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
September 12, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Heading out into the field to conduct interviews? Besides a research plan you’ll need other stuff…like food for example. Below is a mindmap to get you started. You ... (more)

Lessons from the Starbucks Experience

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
September 9, 2011 at 10:00 am
In his book Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul, CEO Howard Schultz identified what leadership keys he believed were important to the transform of ... (more)

Visual Approach to Interviewing

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
September 7, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Since I’m a independent contractor interviewing for new gigs has quite often. As I’ve mentioned before I’ve a visual thinker so I prepare for interviews in a ... (more)

A Design Thinking Mashup

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
August 5, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Can innovation be reduced to a process? Well that debate has been raging about design thinking for several years. Some think it’s a failure others believe it works. With ... (more)

The 5 Best Visual Thinking Videos You May Have Missed

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
July 27, 2011 at 9:00 am
What is Visual Thinking? Visual Thinking = Picture thinking, visual thinking, visual/spatial learning or right brained learning is the common phenomenon of thinking through visual ... (more)

Book Review: The No Asshole Rule

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
July 25, 2011 at 9:00 am
First off the complete title is The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t I read this book several months ago. It was first published ... (more)

Want to be more productive and creative?…TAKE A BREAK!

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
July 13, 2011 at 5:30 pm
The average American takes about 15 minutes for lunch and usually eat at their desk. Oh and before I forget they don’t stop working while they eat either. What sort of a ... (more)

Happy 4th July…

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
July 4, 2011 at 9:00 am
iStockPhoto/Funwithfood This year The United States of America celebrates it’s 235th birthday. Some report it is the biggest birthday celebration in the world. Who is ... (more)

Book Review: Overcoming Underearning

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
June 29, 2011 at 9:00 am
iStockPhoto/keeweeboy It is no secret that when it comes to wages that women on average make less than men doing the same job. Back in my programmer days I once worked for a ... (more)

Why being a girl geek totally ROCKS!

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
June 27, 2011 at 10:00 am
iStockPhoto/Laser222 June is National Women in Science and Technology Month. Who knew right?! But there are still few women entering the ranks of Science, Technology, Engineering, ... (more)

My Summer Reading List

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
June 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Yes, I’m addicted to reading. There are worse things I could be addicted to…like my current caffeine habit a.k.a legal crack. Here are a few books I’m looking ... (more)

This meeting is for WHAT exactly….

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
June 13, 2011 at 10:00 am
To Whom It May Concern: I can’t say that I love meetings…who does. They interrupt my work flow and 9 times out of 10 nothing gets accomplished during a meeting except ... (more)

Milestones in My Own Journey: Part 2

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
May 9, 2011 at 8:00 am
iStockPhoto/aluxum In my first Milestones in My Own Journey post I talked about how I ended up as a programmer. Now I’m going to talk about how I got out of it. What do ... (more)

What should digital Healthcare be doing?

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
March 2, 2011 at 10:00 am
iStockPhoto/DNY59 Here’s a list of what Jonathan Richman – who writes about pharma and healthcare believes should be the basics of a social media program for pharma ... (more)

Milestones in My Own Journey: Part 1

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
February 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Shelley-Ann J. West If you’ve read my About page I mention that I used to be a programmer and that I switched careers. In a series of posts I’m going to talk about ... (more)

Why I Hate My BlackBerry

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
February 1, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I bought my BlackBerry almost 2 years ago. I could say my experience has been a love hate relationship from day one. But I would be lying. It’s been mostly hate. Here are ... (more)

Questions To Ask Before Hiring a Web Design Company

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
January 24, 2011 at 11:00 am
If you are just starting to build a brand presence. Creating a website can be a big part of establishing that presence. Not every new business needs one but it’s a great ... (more)