Advice – Page 4 – Philip Nel

The Art of PowerPoint: A User’s Guide

August 8, 2010Philip NelAcademe, AdviceAcademe, Advice, Manifesto, Scott McCloud2 Comments

Would you like to stop abusing PowerPoint? Good. This blog post can help.

Mash-up vs. Purple Crayon

July 30, 2010Philip NelAcademe, Advice, Autobiography, Children's Literature, Innovation, PublishingAcademe, Advice, Autobiography, Children's Literature, Crockett Johnson, Innovation, Life, Publishing3 Comments

Different kinds of scholars, different kinds of scholarship. But many paths to success in academia.

Fortunate Failures; or, How I Became a Scholar of Dr. Seuss

July 23, 2010Philip NelAcademe, Advice, Autobiography, Children's Literature, Failure, Opportunism, Publishing, SeussAcademe, Advice, Autobiography, Failure, Life, Opportunism, Publishing, Rowling, Seuss1 Comment

How a failed book proposal launched a career. Mine. Viva failure!

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