
- Choose images to accompany your writing. Get images from Stock photo sites, take your own photos or browse free license sites to look for images that strengthen and reinforce your words.
- Choose soundtracks. Use music to help narrate your day, enliven your events and warm up your web communication. (This makes me think of my recent trip to Philadelphia where I walked through the rain for miles with the Rocky theme song in my head, slowly winding my way to the “Rocky Stairs,” which I ran up triumphantly singing in my head “Gonna fly now, Flying high now …”)
- Incorporate movement. Find ways to move more throughout your day. Learn Tango, Tai Chi, hiking, fencing, football, or anything that makes your body feel alive. Incorporate movement into your work with clients, your meetings and your holiday parties.
- Clear unnecessary clutter from your surroundings. Have you noticed that when you are surrounded by stuff, you don’t really see the beauty of a room? Or when you visit a website that is full of buttons, boxes and images that you don’t know what to do? Remove excess stuff so you can display your ideas clearly. Look at a beautiful example from my friend, minimalist Colin Wright: http://colin.io/
- Add video. You may not have Beyoncé’s production team or budget, but you can tell amazing stories with a video camera. Look to Abe Cajudo for ideas.