Premio Dardos Awards

Premio Dardos means "prize darts" in Italian. Interestingly I did not know that tidbit, until Brad Shorr named my work on Brain Based Biz for the award. Then later the same day, Alina Popescu named me, too. The Premio Dardos is "bestowed for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing."

The idea is for bloggers to bestow the Premio Dardos award on 15 bloggers and let them know in a comment. Then, to accept the award, write a blog post like this one.

I've approached the awards in a creative way by naming two people for each of the eight multiple intelligence categories. As you read articles by awardees you can jumpstart your creativity as you approach future topics.

Verbal-linguistic Jannie Funster makes points, by surprising readers through intentional bloopers as she writes a post titled, Like a bord on a wire. Read these to see what I mean. To do bloopers well stretches her noodle and yours too! Think you'd like to try Jannie's method some time?

Here're Lisa Barone's tips if you get stuck every time you sit down to write. One that really caught my attention is the notion of starting with a short sentence. Which one might help you?

Logical-mathematical Patti Digh values readers by naming her 5,000th commenter, Marion L. Murff, and highlighting her work. Optimizing a milestone number is a great approach to give credit to loyal readers. Patti's 37 Days weblog asks, "What would you be doing today if you had only 37 days to live?" Check it out!

Does your credit score affect your job search? Absolutely/ Carl Winfield says, "how you pay your bills could make the difference when you look for your next job."

Interpersonal Andy Beal decided to write on a topic that will get some great discussion surging from readers. I sense you did that by bringing up Why Google and Twitter Need to Ditch "Nofollow" for All Our Sakes. What are your thoughts?

What questions can you think of as a great way to bring out several views on an issue for your next blog?

Barbara Lopez notices a common mistake in elevator speeches is that professionals have the idea others want to know about them. Want to set yourself apart as you interact with others? Focus on the other person first!

Intrapersonal Jeanie Marshall shows why it's important not to let go of goals after achieving a dream, but to set goals again and again. No one can develop anything for you but it's learning good methods to develop yourself and Jeanie shares many possibilities for that on Empowering Personal Development.

Anita Bruzzese provides excellent tactics on how to respond to a nasty e-mail at work. At times we get a little torqued when a jarring message arrives. But, Anita shows savvy in how you can handle this. What would you offer?

Bodily-kinesthetic A few business bloggers tackle exercise and fitness and Jackie Cameron is one. She discusses what it takes to stick with an exercise program. Are you habitually "breaking into hip-hop all over the place like Jackie?"

Justin Qualler of Working Man Fitness.com names 3 things you can do st stay in shape at the office. The three work unobtrusively when you're at your desk. Don't miss Jason's video if you want to avoid office worker slouch!

Musical Do you have some favorite music you'd feel guilty about if others knew you liked it? Terry Starbucker asked readers to share their guilty tunes and he has compiled a list of 49. Are any here that you would pick. You can win prizes if you complete Terry's guilty tunes survey to pick 10. It'll be interesting to see the results!

Imagine singing if you are thinking about advancing your college career! Dawn Papandrea tells about a Careereoki contest in which career hopefuls videotape themselves singing about their dream career (karaoke-style) to compete for the grand prize. If this approach would make a difference for you, check out A Musical Career Makeover

Naturalistic Michael Hoffman asks, Can a 15,000 foot mansion be green? Amazingly it can and it helps us to rethink ways our homes might be green.

Simon U Ford asks if we're raping what we love most; our deceptive relationship with earth. Let's do something to give back to our natural environment on Earth Day.

Spatial Mark McGuiness harnesses creative energy of Seven Marketing Secrets of the Mona Lisa. You'll be amazed at what you might take away in relation to your own creative projects. Who would guess marketing secrets could emerge from this well-known painting! Mark McGuiness's genius shines at Lateral Action.

Steve Roesler advises, Use Simple Graphics to Tell Your Story. There's some humor in this one so you'll have a great laugh, especially if Old Man Winter left his calling card.

These blogs have a luster that sets them apart. Which one in particular sparked your interest?