It has been about one week since the publication of Making Ideas Happen by Behance founder/ceo Scott Belsky. The book became an immediate bestseller upon launch, debuting at #15 on Amazon and leading every business and creative category. The book was also included in the Wall Street Journal as a national bestseller in business. Design and business blogs around the web have since had a chance to read the book and weigh in with reviews.

Here is an ongoing collection of some notable reviews:

--->  In Bubble Wrap (800-CEO-READ)

--->  Web Designer Depot

--->  Anita Campbell, Small Business Trends

--->  Design Mafia

--->  Cool Hunting

--->  John Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing

--->  The Lance Life

--->  Design Droplets

--->  Silicon Valley Watcher

--->  Flavorwire Daily Dose

--->  NetDiver

--->  Sean Womack, Confessions of an Idea Junkie

---> Sacramento Book Review

---> Abundance Blog

---> Sacramento Book Publication

---> Eventualism

---> PluginID

---> Joe Woolworth

---> An Idea Blog

---> Ross Hudgens: Authentic Marketing (Video Review)

---> Tim Schraeder

---> All Business Answers

---> Brad Ruggles

--> Abduzeedo: Abducted By Design

--> Rediscovering the Lovely

--> Relevant Media Solutions

With this book, our team wants to start more discussion around organization, execution, and sound leadership in the creative industries. For this reason, we're pleased to see so many thought leaders chime in.

We were also thrilled to learn that, just a week after launch, Making Ideas Happen is the 3rd bestseller in Apple's iBooks store for the iPad. Clearly, the creative community continues to be early adopters...

Productivity can decline during summer when the sun is shining. In an effort to increase productivity and encourage ACTION, we are giving away over $1,000 in Action Method products.

Grand Prize (1)
$300 worth of Action Method Products
One (1) Premium subscription to Action Method Online ($100 value)
One (1) Extremely Limited-Edition Behance T-shirt

Runner-up Prize (1)
$100 worth of Action Method Products
One (1) Premium subscription to Action Method Online ($100 value)
One (1) Extremely Limited-Edition Behance T-shirt

Creative Tweet Prize (5)
Choice of one (1) Action Method Product
One (1) Extremely Limited-Edition Behance T-shirt

All you need to do is include the #getaction tag in any tweet on Twitter. You can be creative with your tweet or re-tweet our sample message below. In order to be eligible, you must also follow @behance or @actionmethod so we can contact you via Twitter Direct Message if you’ve won.

You can tweet #getaction as often as you like. Each of these tweets will be eligible and a winner chosen at random. A daily prize will be given for the most creative tweet involving #getaction.

The Runner-up Prize winner will be announced on Thursday July 16th and the Grand Prize winner will be announced on Friday July 17th. Winners will be contacted via Direct Message on Twitter. Don’t forget to follow @behance or @actionmethod to be eligible.

Sample Tweet
Having a slow summer? #getaction :: @Behance is giving away $1,000 in Action Method Products!!! Click for details http://bit.ly/k7QTi

Tweet It

Rules
1. This contest is offered by Behance LLC and is open to anyone with a Twitter account who is at least 16 years of age. Employees and agents of Behance LLC and/or its affiliated companies and family members of such employees are not eligible to enter.

2. The contest give away will begin at 9am EST on Monday July 13th and finish at 5pm EST on Friday July 17th.

3. Creative Tweet winners will be chosen at 5pm EST on each of the contest's 5 days. Runner-up winner will be announced at 5pm EST on Thursday July 16th. Grand Prize winner will be announced at 5pm EST on Friday July 17th.

4. The prizes are all products of Behance LLC. We will dispatch the prize within 31 days of the contest closing date.

5. To enter the contest you must send out a tweet from your own Twitter account and include #getaction in your message. The rest of the message is up to you, and you are welcome to re-tweet our contest launch tweet and the prize URL.

6. To be eligible you must follow @behance or @actionmethod so that we may contact you via Twitter Direct Message if you win. No purchase required.

7. You can tweet as many times as you like (though entries using automated tweets will be disqualified). All tweets within the contest's run-time are eligible for prizes.

8. We will choose Second Place and Grand Prize winners randomly from all the entries within the contest’s run-time. Most creative tweets will be selected at the discretion of Behance LLC staff.

9. Entrants' personal details will be used by Behance LLC strictly in accordance with Behance’s privacy policy.

10. Neither Behance LLC nor its affiliated companies shall have any liability for (i) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the competition; (ii) any malfunction of or damage to the prizes; or (iii) any restrictions or delays imposed by any customs authorities or any import or other taxes of any kind imposed by any taxation authority in respect of the prizes.

NOTE: a shout-out to the team at moonfruit for the great inspiration on this Twitter contest.

Behance founder Scott Belsky delivered a keynote presentation at this year's re:think conference - for leaders in the event management industry. The presentation was based on the Behance team's research on "making ideas happen" and how some of the most productive creative people and teams in the world function. Keynotes and consulting engagements are all a part of Behance's Advisory Services.

Behance's research on how the most productive creative teams operate is the featured cover story in the June 2008 issue of HOW Design Magazine, one of the biggest design industry magazines in the US.

The story covers a list of the "obstacles" observed by the Behance Team as well as eight tips that all creative teams should consider adopting...

We were pleased to see the concept of "decorating with progress" from Jonathan Moore and Elder Jerez, Jr. at 2Advanced Studio.

Following up on the Behance tip, "Surround Yourself With Progress," we got to see the practice in action around Elder's desk.  Once Elder completes design comprehensives for a client he prints them out and covers his workspace with them. Thanks for the pics, guys.