Are You Planning Another Ho-hum Christmas Card?
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Yvonne Adele helps organisations build a culture of ideas by teaching people at all levels to access their untapped creative thinking skills.
Will your Christmas card this year be one of many and thrown out early January? Or, if you are thinking of sending a bottle of wine or an email with an animated message? Then you desperately need to think again.
In addition to sending seasons greetings, many people send Christmas cards as a way to keep top of mind with clients, colleagues, family and friends. But how can you really get your message heard?
Take time out to stop and deliberately think of something relevant to your business, that fits inside an envelope, costs less than printing a personalised card and is tangible enough to last 12 months. It is actually quite easy.
Four years ago I realised that we could do something more meaningful and memorable for the same price as a customised Christmas card. So in:
- 2004 - we sent a foam puzzle that could be made into a 3D cube
- 2005 - we sent a set of post-it notes with our company logo and website
- 2006 - we sent a mini whiteboard/magnet to capture creative ideas (size of a DL envelope)
- 2007 - we sent a fold out puzzle card to “be more creative over the holidays”
These were well received, with people emailing me to say how much they enjoyed it — when is the last time you got emails from your Christmas card?
So what have you got planned for Christmas?
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Thank you!
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RE: Are You Planning Another Ho-hum Christmas Card?
Thank you for your great ideas. Can you let us know
where these puzzle type cards can be sourced.
I have googled and searched and can't seem to find
anywhere.
Thanks again for this wonderful idea.
Cheryl
RE: Are You Planning Another Ho-hum Christmas Card?
More details here http://www.adshel.com.au/christmas
RE: Are You Planning Another Ho-hum Christmas Card?
In October 2008, I was privileged to speak at the African Creativity Conference (ACRE 14), the largest of its type in the world. While there, we came across some ?Wine Whirls? at a local market and were inspired by the creativity of St Vincent School for the Deaf, a small school who choose to do something positive, creative and innovative to raise much needed funds.
check out http://www.fuzz2buzz.com/en/creativity-wired/ for more information
RE: Are You Planning Another Ho-hum Christmas Card?
year. The best site for finding amazing card ideas is,
HoHumCards.com, it's a blog which shows all kinds of amazing
cards people, and companies, send out every year. There is a
section called "Corporate" which shows some of the most
innovative ideas I've ever seen for a company to express their
personality. They are fun and memorable.
