I love a good manifesto
June 23, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: Uncategorized, reviews, writing, humor, parenting, career change |
man·i·fes·to [man-uh-fes-toh] –noun, plural -toes. a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization
My daughter is a master of the form. Her bedroom door has, for years, been a constantly- changing canvas of proclamations, notices, lists, edicts and declarations:
Ten Utterly Useless Things to Do (including) Making Pyjamas Out of Duct Tape.
Why I Should Not Have To Change the Cat Litter.
Lost: Deadly Bull Spider including How to Catch Him.
Warning: Contents Under Pressure.
I Should be Able To Go to Dollywood I Am Not A Slave.
She makes me immensely proud.
A couple of months ago, I found a website that contains nothing but manifestos: ChangeThis.com, an online newsletter whose aim is “to disrupt the media pattern with powerful, rational arguments from leading thinkers.” ChangeThis uploads several new manifestos a month, written by very well-known authors and business gurus as well as more obscure ones. Recent top-pick-topics appearing on ChangeThis include:
- The Invisible Badge: Moving Past Conspicuous Consumption
- PR 2.0: A Communicator’s Manifesto
- Escaping Corporate America: Changing Your Career Can Change Your Life
- Seinfeld on Marketing: 7 Marketing Lessons from the Cast of the Show About Nothing
- The Upside of a Downturn Business Improvisation: The Diving Catch of the Corporate World
