Training and Assessment Innovation

Where can you find free, good quality images that are cleared to use for your blog posts or social media content?

More and more, you can find images online that allow for use on your blog, or in any creative work, without copyright restrictions or having to pay for licenses.

Searching for stock images can be a difficult and time-wasting task. So take a look at these websites to save you time and possibly frustration.

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While many leaders rely on proven past methods (often learned in B-school), others are taking new approaches that help them transcend what they already know. These fresh methods help them handle the day-to-day, while becoming responsive to other things that matter.

 

One of these “new” methods is a coaching approach that has been used with individuals, now making its way into the C-suite.

 

“The ‘coach approach’ asks leaders to define who they want to be at this moment and in the future,” says Jennifer Antolak, president of Learning Journeys, a life coaching academy. “And it’s about helping others understand that we support their choices.”

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As a brand with a social media presence, you can no longer get away with posting simple text and links on social media and calling it content. Graphics, videos, GIFs, and other visual content is taking over every social media platform and in order to make your posts stand out, engage, and generate shares, your brand needs to create high-impact visual content.

 

Of course, not all of us have the time or resources to spend all day Photoshopping images that will be seen just for a few seconds by our fans on social media. Luckily, there are many free and very inexpensive, web and mobile apps available now that include powerful photo editing features, interesting typography, and high-quality images. These apps give you the ability to easily create visual content to share across all your social networks in just a few minutes. Here’s a list of some of our favorite apps to create highly-engaging visuals on the web and mobile.

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If you're one of those people who perks up at the thought of a brainstorming session, it can be hard to empathize with those whose hearts sink as soon as they receive the meeting invite.

In particular, your more reserved employees who don't enjoy jostling for the spotlight are less likely to really want to partake. But not to worry, says editor Laura McClure in her recent TED blog post. You can make few simple modifications to your meetings, hopefully making them less painful for your more introverted team members. When everyone is more comfortable, you get to hear more ideas.

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Companies spend a lot of time and money trying to motivate their employees.

 

But when was the last time a mug with your company’s logo or a coffee shop gift card made you truly excited? Real motivation doesn’t come from external rewards--it comes from making some shifts in how you think about your situation, says San Diego, California-based personal empowerment expert Susan Fowler. 

 

“Give a whale a fish and it’ll jump as high as you want. Give a pigeon a pellet and it’ll turn 360 degrees. That whole animal behavior theory is what the workplace is built on. We’ve got to get away from that because we’re not pigeons and we’re not whales,” she says.

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