140 Things to Do with Kids...

140 Things to Do with Kids...

140 Things to Do with Kids...

With temperatures dropping a bit as Friday approaches, this will be a perfect weekend for enjoying an outdoor movie or listening to a free summer concert on a beautiful summer night. Grab your lawn chairs and head to a local park for these family-friendly outings. Make sure to check event details in advance, as some … Read more

Cheil North America Launches Media Agency...

Cheil North America Launches Media Agency...

Cheil North America has launched a full-service media agency called Attention Arc. The new shop, led by co-presidents Asieya Pine and Swapnil Patel, was formed by merging creative agency McKinney’s media buying arm with direct marketing agency Lockard & Wechsler Direct (LWD). It opens with more than $500 million in media billings, 150 employees, and … Read more

Fun Vocabulary Activities for End of...

Fun Vocabulary Activities for End of...

The easiest way to use the activities and games is simply as whole-class instruction, and to perhaps pick one or two to complete a day. Alternatively, teachers can set up different activities and games at several different stations and keep students rotating to make time fly and word learning fast and effective! Regardless of which … Read more

How much does YouTube pay per...

How much does YouTube pay per...

If you, like thousands of other YouTubers, are hoping to make money on the video platform, you’re probably wondering what your income might look like. How much does YouTube pay per view? The short of it is that YouTube pays each time someone views an ad, rather than a video. The video hosting platform takes … Read more

A Road-Test with the DJI Osmo...

A Road-Test with the DJI Osmo...

Over Thanksgiving on a recent trip, I went to Joshua Tree National Park. I figured this would be a perfect time to test out my new DJI Osmo Pocket 3! Compact and capable, I wanted to see how this little powerhouse would hold up on a car-mounted adventure through some of the most scenic stretches … Read more

Homemade Upcycled Crayons – ARTBAR

Homemade Upcycled Crayons – ARTBAR

The idea for these homemade upcycled crayons came from a search I was doing for my newsletter. I was trying to find some fresh sources — blogs that I didn’t know about (which is hard to imagine since I’ve been blogging for 12 years and blogs are becoming a dying breed), but guess what? I … Read more

A Step-by-Step Guide for Sales Teams

A Step-by-Step Guide for Sales Teams

Struggling to turn RFPs into confirmed bookings? You’re not alone. The hotel sector states its RFP win rates are between 5-7%. The first step towards generating group business is mastering the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, however, many hotel sales teams find it to be a challenge and time-consuming. Want to make your proposal stand … Read more

2023 Free Summer Activities and Programs...

2023 Free Summer Activities and Programs...

Check out these frugal & FREE Summer activities, programs & workshops for kids where you’ll find lots of ways to entertain your kids! Summer is coming! A time when kids & families are looking for free Summer activities to do close to home — and most of us parents are hoping that it’s not all … Read more

Podcasting With NetSPI — Visual Captive...

Podcasting With NetSPI — Visual Captive...

We recently had the opportunity to collaborate with NetSPI on a fun project—producing two episodes of their podcast, Agent of Influence, hosted by their Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Nabil Hannan. This project was especially exciting for us because podcast production isn’t something we typically do at Visual Captive. We’re always eager to broaden … Read more

English Inversion #1: Why? When? How?

English Inversion #1: Why? When? How?

Only by swimming with sharks will we overcome our fear of them.Photo by Michael Liao on Unsplash One of the first things you learn when you start learning English is the word order in sentences. The subject comes before the verb:  SUBJECT                           VERByou                                        learnyou                                        … Read more