Category: Education

The Search for Meaning

We are nearing the halfway point of 2021. What have we learned when it comes to how to make a difference? According to independent surveys, many of the citizens of the USA are well on their way toward making a difference via their lifestyles and values of consumers. Many consumers are shopping their values. It seems that the search for meaning is in high gear, possibly as a coping mechanism while facing the pandemic. Buying habits reflect this desire for health and happiness in the kinds of searches people are making online. Key terms searched include “jogging, “ “ideas,” “unique gifts” and “simple.” Individuals are looking for ethical vendors.

Friends Might Not Always be Objective

In keeping with the desire for ethical and transparent communication, we thought long and hard whether we should upload the statements made from three sites that we work closely with and can be seen below. As you know our goal is to make a difference in your life so you can in turn make the difference in the lives of others. The statements below are made by friends, so they are not being totally objective.

Over 30 Unpublished Business and Marketing eBooks for Artisticpreneurs

As many of you know we are in the work-in-progress mode with over 30 eBooks that we hope to release publicly sometime soon. We are doing this project because it is aligned with our mission to develop eBooks on business and marketing that are aligned with the values of the reader. Thus far, the amount of artisticpreneurs who have seen these materials is exceedingly small relative to the audience we hope to have if we green light the project.

Meanwhile

Meanwhile, we thank the creators of the three websites below for their hard work and determination, as well as the kind words from the heads of the ongoing focus groups for each site. These groups have access to our unpublished eBooks and are being asked questions about them. If you would like to learn more about this process, feel free to check out the links below.

Artisticpreneur

Blog Coalition

Celebify

The Challenge to Survive

If you want to make a difference in people’s lives, one of the ways you can do this is by providing them with education and strategies that they can utilize to make their small businesses (or any venture) stronger. This is especially important these days when, because of COVID-19, small business owners are having a hard time surviving and some have even lost their companies entirely.

What is Digital Transformation?

It is for this reason that this week we are bringing you information that we hope you will find helpful for applying to your own business or to pass on to someone you know. In this blog, we recently spoke of the importance of digital transformation so that your business can weather the storm, even when providing in-person services are not possible due to blockades such as the pandemic. So, what is Digital Transformation? It is having as many of your products and services as possible be able to be implemented digitally without having to depend on in-person activity.

Positive Digital Transformation Stories

We are fortunate to have had success with various digital businesses products and services. This includes Video Film Web, Art Gush and NYC Workshops. With VFW we were able to do things like creating websites regardless of them having proximity or not. Art Gush is now a consultancy firm able to help others via phone or video chat. And finally NYC Workshops now does on demand virtual education sessions.

Video Film Web

Video Film Web had success for 12 years despite existing in midtown, in one of the most competitive cities in the world, New York, NY. Although VFW did most of its client services in-person in our studio, education and other such products/services were done remotely, including the intern learning process.

Art Gush

In the past we have also had positive outcomes with digital education products in the form of eBooks and online courses via what is now called Art Gush.

NYC Workshops

And finally, NYC Workshops has remained relevant because it now offering customized on demand virtual education.

Knowledge is Power

One of the best ways that you can make a difference in the lives of other people, is by providing them with the knowledge they need to achieve a particular goal. This includes an overall problem that stands in the way of the solution they need to make more money.

Sad Closings

As we know, the pandemic has caused many businesses to have to close entirely. Many of these entrepreneurial ventures necessitated in-person contact with the customer, something that was no longer possible due to fear of catching COVID-19.

Digital Offers Hope

Although things are looking up a bit due to vaccines, as of this writing there are businesses that are hanging on by a thread. A solution that is possible for some of these organizations is to find ways for them to make money from their customers through new methods that are digital and do not require working with the client face to face.

Three Publications

Especially now, as the pandemic continues, it is recommended all businesses that have an in-person component, now undergo digital transformation of some kind. This subject matter is currently being explored by 3 blogs from the Blog Coalition which, as of this writing, has the participation of nearly 60 publications in all. The 3 websites are Media Administration, USA Go Digital and USA Online Business. Please click on the publication below that is of the most interest to you.

Media Administration

USA Go Digital

USA Online Business

NYC Workshops are Being Created

Those who conduct educational events here in NYC often do so as a form of “giving back” and making a difference. Now in New York City some folks are creating learning experiences for the web so that they can continue to do what they used to do in-person, only now it is a virtual process. New Yorkers, despite many difficulties (COVID and Division), are still using their talents to help educate others. One such method of doing this, is to develop and implement NYC Workshops.

USA How To “How To”

We know that all across the country there are those who want to make a difference by sharing what they know how to do. So, USA are you ready to take what you know and make it into a “How To” workshop? This is very possible because facilitators all over the USA are engaging in teaching what they have knowledge of to their fellow Americans via Zoom and other programs. Creating or participating in an educational experience can help all of us to not feel so alone. Yes America it is time to develop your own “How To” or to put it another way, USA How To.

NYC Create to Save Our Beloved City

Manhattan, NY, has been hard hit by the Pandemic and the division in our country. But New Yorkers are a tough breed and now they are helping to get our city back on its groove through making a difference. You see, with the governor’s help and the will of tough New Yorkers, we are slowly building back together the creative expression and joy of learning new things. This is a city that thrives on the sharing of knowledge and experiences. The Big Apple as we fondly call it, is getting back on track despite the Pandemic and a people nationally divided. The prescription required is, NYC Create.