Hugh MacLeod is an advertising executive and popular blogger with a flair for the creative.  In this publication he gives his 26 tried-and-true tips for being truly creative. Each point illustrated by a cartoon drawn by the author himself.

If you've ever felt the draw to do something creative but just haven't been able to pull it together, you'll love this manifesto.

Hugh MacLeod is a brand consultant, copywriter and cartoonist. Born in America but educated in the UK, he has spent most of his life shuttling between the two countries. He started out in straight TV advertising writing in the early 90s but with the advent of new media it evolved into new brand thinking and cultural transformation.

The guide is available as a downloadable and printable PDF file.*
 

Mark Ramsey is the creator and writer of MovieJuice.com, the movie satire site called “cheerfully smartass” by Roger Ebert, who named it “one of the top 20 movie sites online.” Ramsey has appeared on E!, VH1, MSNBC, and CNN, where he brings along his uniquely irreverent brand of movie reviews. Ramsey has also participated in pilot programming for the soon-to-launch cable network MovieWatch. He is a board member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the nation's largest film critics group, whose annual awards will be televised this January on the WB and are known as the most accurate predictors of Oscar winners.

The guide is available as a downloadable and printable PDF file.*
 

The ultimate creative activity is the uplifting of the human spirit. It is our responsibility to bring art back into the hands of the people and to do so in an accessible manner. 

Mary Anne Davis is an artist and self styled social sculptor. Davis has a Bachelors degree in Fine Art from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and a Masters of Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Her work has been sold at the Whitney Museum Store, The Guggenheim Museum Store, and currently in New York at the Museum of Art and Design Store. Clients nationwide have included Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, and many more. Exhibitions and projects include events at Gallery Idee in Tokyo, The Asia Society in New York, The London Biennial and a participatory performance at Art Omi in Columbia County called the Mala Meal Project.

The guide is available as a downloadable and printable PDF file.*
 

A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down, but what do years of sugar-rich beverages do to our children? Tyler tells us how sugary drinks may ‘Kill Your Children.’ Lackey artfully delivers facts that should scare any conscious parent. He presents a simple solution: don't drink sugar. Of course, it's much easier said than done, since sugar-rich drinks endlessly fill supermarket aisles.

"It may not be politically correct (yet) to stop serving sugar to our kids, but hey, it took decades to make smoking socially unacceptable. How long will it take parents to stop poisoning their children?"

The guide is available as a downloadable and printable PDF file.*
 

Access child Internet Safety information from various governmental and nonprofit organizations and print out a Staying Safe Online contract for you and your child. 

Information from:

• The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Central Intelligence Agency Internet Safety
• CyberAngels - Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
• The US Department of Justice - Online Safety Guide
• The US Department of Criminal Crime - Online Safety Guide
• The US Federal Bureau of Investigation - A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
• The Federal Trade Commission - Kidz Privacy Adults Only
• GetNetWise - Online Safety Guide