Our FilmOneFest iPad app goes live!

We are pleased to announce that our free FilmOneFest iPad app is now available on the iTunes iPad app store. FilmOneFest is a celebration of one-minute films as an art form, also a film festival held in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, and the FilmOneFest iPad app is a collection of one-minute films from filmmakers all around the world with supporting stories, artists’ statements and interviews. To find out more: Visit the FilmOneFest Home...

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Using Appreciative Inquiry in our Film Festival App

We’ve just posted video of your FilmOneFest app, and the momentum is growing ahead of the actual event in July. The app is turning out great, but what makes a real difference is of course the content, so a big thanks to the film makers. If you’d like to read about the interview process, Robyn has posted on how she used the Appreciative Inquiry process to interview film makers in the making of this app, check out her post at positivematrix.com Our vision for the app was to have more than just a list of one-minute films that you could see on You Tube or Vimeo. We wanted the...

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Mimi Cross Interview – Author of the Crankamacallit iPad app

In this interview, Mimi Cross, author of the recently released Crankamacallit iPad app, talks about her experience in creating an interactive children’s story in this new medium. The interview was designed in an appreciative inquiry format,and conducted by Robyn Stratton. Music by Mimi Cross and Kevin Salem Please note we’ve just posted the Crankamacallit Demo Reel The Crankamacallit Home...

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Version 1.2 of Embracing Change iPad App Coaches Users To Be Change Agents

We just released Version 1.2, with enhanced audio tips, Social Media integration, improved navigation and more… Thanks for all the great suggestion to make this app a hit! Press Release from PRWeb Version 1.2 of this innovative iPad app provides step-by-step coaching of change management skills with additional audio and video tips to strengthen business leadership, transform everyday relationships, and facilitate the design and sustainability of visionary change. So, what’s new? The new release of Embracing Change improves on some of the original interactive features making this...

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Axiom News features Polymash App

We are extremely pleased that Axiom News has just released an article on our recently released “Embracing Change” app. Below a brief excerpt, to read the full article follow this link. Last year, Stratton-Berkessel published the book Appreciative Inquiry for Collaborative Solutions: 21 Strength-Based Workshops. Since then she became intrigued by the use of tablets like the iPad to consume content. She says she started to see some business applications come out for tablet devices, and thought about how great it would be to turn one of her workshops into an app. ...

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Our iPad app breaks into the top 100 ranking for the busines scategory

Glad to share that “Embracing Change” climbed into the top 100 it’s first week out, and we have not started our marketing campaign yet. Stay tuned:)

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5 Techniques to Choose Better Language for Innovation and Collaboration

1.) Learn to Focus on the DOs, and let the DONTs take care of themselves If you go into a team innovation meeting, and spend 30 minutes analysing what is wrong with the current state, does this create the right environment to innovate in? Observe the mood, energy, body language of such meetings… Image by JB Photo via Flickr Innovation is about what is possible, about inspiration, about a positive mindset, and the language we use directly impacts our ability to contribute. Gripe sessions get in the way. Positivity engages. Broadening our horizons to focus on the possible rather...

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Six Steps For Using Twitter For Your Conference Or Event

Twitter Trumps Online Conference – Six Steps For Using Twitter For Your Conference Or Event I recently read the below post by Jeff Hurt (@JeffHurt) about the use of Twitter at conferences. My wife and I own a groupware collaboration company with a multi-input chat feature using hand-held wireless keyboards (see our partner site Positive Matrix), and we have been pondering how the advent of advanced Twitter tools is shaping the future of participatory and collaborative workshops. We will be posting more on this topic. I recently attended the American Society of Association...

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