It's a battle we fight every day. Our productivity is under attack by the flashing lights of emails, text messages, and meeting reminders. Under attack by your laptop, tablet, friend requests, twitter feed, mobile phone, and the relentless bombs dropped by every form of media. You are always busy, but you never get anything done. Even worse, you feel like your social and family life always get left behind. It's time to take back your life, your productivity, and creativity. It's time to fight back.

1. BATTLING
THE CREATIVE
CRUSADE

3. Leadership Conference Report Form
Date:
Regional Director:
Please fill out and return to your Regional
Director by the requested date. Don’t forget
to send a copy of your club’s budget along
with this report in the same email.
Club Name:
President:
Prez Elect/VP:
Phone:
Phone:
Email:
Email:
UPCOMING LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE INFO
GENERAL INFO
Membership Meeting Dates:
Current membership as of today:
Board Meeting Dates:
Membership this time last year:
Board Structure:
Membership Difference (+/-):
(briefly describe number of board positions, reporting structure, etc.)
Number of club representatives attending:
Names and titles of representatives attending:
Dues Structure:
(briefly describe annual dues amounts, membership options for
professionals, students, freelancers, etc.)
PROGRAMS
Accomplishments since last report:
Problems/issues since last report:
FUNDRAISING
Programs Chair:
Fundraising Chair:
Chair Phone:
Chair Phone:
Chair Email:
Chair Email:
Average meeting attendance–members:
Number of fundraisers since last report:
Average meeting attendance–guests:
Funds raised since last report: $
Describe a popular topic & speaker’s contact info:
Number of new members
recruited from these fundraisers:
Briefly describe a successful fundraising event:
Favorite workshops/topics from previous conference:
PUBLIC SERVICE
Public Service Chair:
Chair Phone:
Chair Email:
Briefly describe current public service project(s):
ADDY ® AWARDS
(Please complete as much information as you can at this time.)
ADDY® Chair:
Chair Phone:
Chair Email:
Targeted judging date:
Number of people at this program:
Targeted event date:

7. THE BATTLE OF
TIME

10. TWO
FOUR
FIVE
ONE
THREE

11. GIVE YOURSELF
DEADLINES

16. GIVE YOURSELF
THE FREEDOM OF
A ROUTINE

21. An amateur has amateur habits, a
professional has professional habits.
!
*Steven Pressfield - Turning Pro

22. THE “PERFECT”
TIME DOES NOT
EXIST

24. THE BATTLE OF
FOCUS

28. GIVE THE GIFT OF
YOURSELF IN THE
PRESENT

31. showers

36. FOCUS ON ONE
THING AT A TIME

38. Eliminate the things in your life that are
getting in the way of clarity and focus.
!
*Todd Henry- The Accidental Creative

40. THE BATTLE OF
INSPIRATION

45. THE LOVE OF
COMFORT IS THE
ENEMY OF
GREATNESS
Todd Henry - The Accidental Creative

47. GARBAGE IN,
GARBAGE OUT

49. IF THE ONLY TOOL YOU
HAVE IS A HAMMER,
EVERY PROBLEM LOOKS
LIKE A NAIL
Maslow’s Hammer

50. matchstick

53. The frightening and most difficult thing
about being what somebody calls a
creative person is that you have
absolutely no idea where any of your
thoughts come from, really. And
especially, you don't have any idea about
where they're going to come from
tomorrow.
!
*Hal Riney

55. IT RARELY
HAPPENS IN AN
INSTANT

57. We will often find inspiration only upon
our first awkward attempt at progress.
!
*Todd Henry- The Accidental Creative

61. !
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Gather information
Digest the info (seek mashups)
Let your subconscious mind work
The birth of the idea
The polish and shaping of the idea
!
!
!

62. TAKE ACTION

64. What you do is what matters. Not what
you think say or plan.
!
*Craig Damrauer

65. WHEN ALL ELSE
FAILS, LIVE TO
FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

66. !
SOURCES:
Chasing Daylight - Eugene O’Kelley
Making Ideas Happen - Scott Belsky
The Accidental Creative - Todd Henry
Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon
Manage Your Day to Day - 99U
A Technique for Producing Ideas - James Webb Young
Creative Boot Camp - Stefan Mumaw
ReWork - Jason Fried
The Power of Full Engagement - Tony Schwartz
Turning Pro - Steven Pressfield