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Nik Daum | CreativeMornings
It has been a tradition at CreativeMornings to work with an artist in our community to create an illustration for the monthly theme. Monthly themes inspires conversations and ideas outside of our world, inviting speakers to share a story around the theme, what it means to them, and how it relates to their work. The global theme for July is Intention. While the artwork speaks for itself, we wanted to get to know the artist on a personal level and introduce them to the creative community.
Partner With Us In 2019
CreativeMornings is often described as an engine of generosity. Our free monthly events in nearly 200 cities welcome over 20,000 morning people to meet their neighbors and get inspired. Partnerships and our 1500 volunteers are the foundation of CreativeMornings. CreativeMornings isn’t about stamping logos on walls and calling it a partnership. We choose partners that are champions of the creative life.
Jen Hewett On Letting Go Of Perfection And Growing Multiple Skills To Enrich Her Creativity
When you have more than one creative craft and different avenues for your freelance business, how do you decide where to put it all? How do you write about yourself or showcase your projects? The future of creativity is very much multi-faceted. Nowadays, side hustles and growing new skills that enhance our creative process is a natural way to continue learning and expanding your identity.
Own Your Content
Together with WordPress.com, we’re launching a 12-week campaign interview series diving into the minds of some of the web’s most prolific digital and creative innovators. They are professionals whose careers have thrived on owning their content long-term and not solely relying on social media to house their best work. With more and more work being published on the web to reach a wider audience, we begin to surrender our creative work to terms and conditions that are largely ignored.
Toolkit How To Make A Proper Introduction For Collaboration
This toolkit is a growing library of wisdom that highlights the hurdles of owning your content and building your platform. We not only curate the wisdom from creative leaders and artists, but also from the community—a balance of both, like cheese and wine—so that you’re supported and empowered to build your home on the internet. In the last decade, many different platforms and methods for connection have influenced the way we communicate.
Ryan Merkley On Licensing Creative Work And How Attribution Is Gratitude
The Internet created a tidal wave of creativity and knowledge, and left in its wake the conditions for unrestricted sharing—but it didn’t come with a set of rules or principles that the world would abide to. Everything we’re seeing in the media, to the lack of attribution in work, and companies stealing from freelance artists is not shocking, but disappointing. That’s what comes with wide boundaries and freedom.
Heather Meeker On The Basics Of Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual property law is a topic that is easy to ignore, yet it’s paramount to have a foundation of understanding so you can protect yourself and your work. It’s a topic that lacks urgency until someone steals your work and makes a profit or a cease and desist arrives in your mailbox. The Internet has loose boundaries and infinite possibilities, and it behooves us to know some of the basics so your work doesn’t suffer the iron grip of the terms and conditions.
Jocelyn K Glei On Ideation And Being Accountable In Your Projects
When inspiration strikes the heart, it’s our role as makers to give it form. Choosing a medium is part of the process and it influences the way we engage with the people we seek to change. What if instead of a podcast it was a video series or vice versa? What if you have to learn an entirely new skill to convey your idea? Is there a right answer? We spoke to Jocelyn K. Glei, the curious mind behind the insightful podcast, Hurry Slowly.
8 Talks On Cultivating Self Love
“I learned that opening myself to my own love and to life’s tough loveliness not only was the most delicious, amazing thing on earth but also was quantum,“ said author Anne Lamott. "It would radiate out to a cold, hungry world.” The creative life requires self-love—accepting our mistakes, being kind to ourselves when we miss the mark, and learning to love even the smallest flaws that make up who we are.
Morning Person Of The Day Chris Young
Meet Chris Young, Head of Design at Code M and 14x CreativeMornings/Auckland attendee! Describe the work that you do and the impact you’re trying to make. As for me, I’m the Head of Design for an in-house creative studio called Code M, which is part of a technology investment business called Millennium Corp.
Brand is behavior
If brands of the past were static, today’s brands are treated as living beings. That means we’re judged and measured by our decisions and how we show up in the world. Strange times. Today’s brands are built differently: They’re open, collaborative, built with networks, and must adapt every few years versus every decade. They are more responsible for uplifting the communities and cultures they seek to be a part of.
The Future of Work Looks Like… The Avengers
The Future of Work Looks Like… The Avengers The ancient tectonic plates of the workplace are shifting. But like the plates beneath the earth, they shift so slowly that we don’t feel the movement. It’s only when there’s an earthquake-sized shift that anyone notices and the work culture as a whole changes.
No artist is pleased
Does the creative life get easier? I asked myself this after I wrote my second book in 2012. It was an idea that was conceived during a three-day workshop hosted by Seth Godin. His advice was practical: Write the book and share it with 10 people. If those 10 people don’t immediately share it with their friends, write another book.
Remote Work
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24 Ideas That Will Change The Way Your Remote Team Works
The culture of work may be changing, but the value and effectiveness of clear communication is not. In fact, as people spend less time in the office—which results in less face time with the team—clearly communicating ideas, emotions, and concerns is necessary when body language and the benefits of proximity are absent. Teams that work well together communicate effortlessly.
Friends Work Here - Brooklyn
Seth Godin once wrote, “who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.” The coworking space and community Friends Work Here in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn is a space where those collisions happen.
Toolkit How To Showcase Your Projects
This toolkit is a growing library of wisdom that highlights the hurdles of owning your content and building your platform. We not only curate the wisdom from creative leaders and artists, but also from the community—a balance of both, like cheese and wine—so that you’re supported and empowered to build your home on the internet. Your work is a reflection of who you are. How you curate your projects influences the story people tell themselves about you.
Toolkit How To Write Your About Page
This toolkit is a growing library of wisdom that highlights the hurdles of owning your content and building your platform. We not only curate the wisdom from creative leaders and artists, but also from the community—a balance of both, like cheese and wine—so that you’re supported and empowered to build your home on the internet. Your about page copy is like a form of identity for the internet. It reflects who you are, what you stand for, and the work you do.
Meet Our Water Illustrator Sofia Varano
It is a tradition at CreativeMornings to work with an artist in our community to create an illustration for the monthly theme. A monthly theme inspires new conversations and ideas that we otherwise wouldn’t think about. At our events, speakers are invited to share a story around the theme and what it means to them. After a month, we are excited to see the talks and inspiration that are born out of the theme. The global theme for March is Water.
Creativemornings Partnerships Coordinator | CreativeMornings
CreativeMornings is a free breakfast lecture series with volunteer-led chapters in 196 cities and 66 countries. Since 2008, we have provided an accessible (and fun) place for creative communities around the world to meet up, make friends, and get inspired. Partnerships Coordinator CreativeMornings HQ is looking for a full time Partnerships Coordinator to join our team in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY.
Talk Of The Day Amena Brown
Once you accept creative anxiety as part of the process, you’re more likely to start. In this CreativeMornings/Atlanta talk, poet and author Amena Brown shares her personal tips on overcoming procrastination, the importance of starting small, and being persistent in creating work you love. Send one scary email today. A scary email is sending an email to someone who has no reason to say yes to what I’m asking or who will certainly reject me. If you got one, send it. Start and start small.
Evolving Workplace Productivity: 5 Workstyle Tips From Start-Ups
In 2011, many of us exist in fluid, fast-paced, non-traditional workspaces. Whether it’s because you’re a startup lacking resources, a freelancer stationed at home, or a team member working remotely, the physical idea of the “office” is changing. And our approach to the way we work needs to change with it. Last week, several panels at South By Southwest’s Interactive Festival addressed issues surrounding the modern workplace.
Why It Is So Important to Finish What You Start
Even if you spend endless hours constructing a narrative about how impactful an idea can be, nothing changes if you don’t deliver on that idea. Shipping—or bringing an idea to fruition—is what causes change to happen. Our job as professionals, then, is to finish what we begin. Sharing our completed work can be daunting, for sure, but it also happens to be the most compelling catalyst for change.
10 Productivity Apps Every Freelancer Needs
Making a living as a freelancer can be fulfilling, but it can also be lonely and stressful. You, alone, have to balance not just your “must-do’s” and “want-to-do’s”—but also your books. The good news? You don’t have to go it alone. In today’s digitally powered world, online tools abound that can address a great many of the typical freelancer’s productivity, workflow, organizational, and intellectual needs.
5 Things No One Tells You About Going Full-Time Again
As a freelancer, you’ve been growing your personal brand, stretching your skillset, and shipping projects. But something is off. You’re wondering where you’re going next. Or how you’re going to continue to work alone. Or maybe you’ve read about the unbelievable perks of startups, like floating rooms for daily naps or fountains of green juice. So you’ve decided that freelance life is no longer for you.
20 Ideas On The Craft Process And Impact Of Writing
In December 2017, we sent our annual survey to get a pulse on what our community seeks in learning and becoming. What tools are people using? Where are they finding inspiration? Who do they want to become? Two popular responses were how to be a writer and how to start a business. Both skillsets are pillars in the creative life, but for this piece we’ll focus on writing. Writing is about understanding and making meaning.
How to Work Alone
Being in a space that’s free from distractions while managing your time and output sounds like freedom (and is usually the fantasy of nearly everyone in an “open office”). But working alone isn’t some magical cure-all. As soon as you get into the groove of working alone, you realize that you aren’t alone and the battle was never external; it’s internal. Luckily, working remotely is a relatively new luxury.
8 Counter-Intuitive Ways to Improve Your Well-Being & Creativity
To help you break the busy-ness cycle and work happier, we’ve rounded up a handful of counter-intuitive ways to tweak your habits and your mindset. They range from obvious-but-oft-ignored tips to the slightly more eccentric. According to New York magazine, “between 1965 and 1991, the number of adults who regularly skip breakfast increased from 14 to 25%.” We all know that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” but few of us act on it.
Creative Leaders Embrace Tensionan Interview With Altmba Alumni Kristen Allison
In March 2018, we began a partnership with the altMBA—an online four-week intensive workshop designed by Seth Godin. Seth started it for one simple reason: “Most people go to bed at night with their best work in them — but I wanted to build a place where their best work could come out of them.“ We believe in the program’s values and process.
The Stoic: 9 Principles to Help You Keep Calm in Chaos
Observing individuals who lead a creative life, we can identify elements of expertise, grit, an understanding, and passion. What’s easy to overlook is the inner system within an individual—the set of principles that govern their mind and behavior. When failure ensues or the need to adapt is necessary, how does one respond? What do they tell themselves? In other words, what’s their philosophy?
Duncan Wardle, When Getting Outside Your Comfort Zone Means Saying Goodbye to the Corporation
Duncan Wardle spent 30 years at Disney, ultimately as Head of Innovation & Creativity. While anyone else would be happily contemplating their pension, Wardle left the cushion of corporate America to strike out on his own, coaching companies on cultures of creativity. Wardle will be hosting a breakout session at the 10th Annual 99U Conference taking place May 9-11 in New York City.
Luvvie Ajayi On Being Generous With Your Work
As your expertise grows, so does your responsibility to give back. But how do you decide when to work for free or accept lower rates? What does it mean to be generous with your work? And how does any of that impact your career and your art? We spoke to Luvvie Ajayi, an award-winning author, speaker, and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology, and activism. Luvvie’s work as a culture critic and activist has brought her much acclaim.
8 Talks On Cultivating Self Love
“I learned that opening myself to my own love and to life’s tough loveliness not only was the most delicious, amazing thing on earth but also was quantum,“ said author Anne Lamott. "It would radiate out to a cold, hungry world.” The creative life requires self-love—accepting our mistakes, being kind to ourselves when we miss the mark, and learning to love even the smallest flaws that make up who we are.
Weekly Highlights | CreativeMornings
In January 2016, the Weekly Highlights was born as a fun campaign in collaboration with our global partner MailChimp. What was intended to be a finite project became an indispensable and beloved newsletter for the creative community. It’s the first thing I work on when I come into the office on Monday, combing through dozens of links, sifting the debris of the Internet to uncover the gems. Since joining the team in June 2016, I’ve sent more newsletters to more people than I ever had in my lifetime.
Talk Of The Day Minya Oh
Before blogs and social media, before Spotify and SoundCloud, Minya Oh was one of the few Asian women working in hip hop journalism. In this humble and from-the-heart talk, Minya talks about her journey into the industry, the traits and mindset that kept her going, and how this became a catalyst for meaningful projects. I don’t know when exactly I stopped being “that Asian girl” and became Miss Info.
Toolkit How To Give Proper Attribution
This toolkit is a growing library of wisdom that highlights the hurdles of owning your content and building your platform. We not only curate the wisdom from creative leaders and artists, but also from the community—a balance of both, like cheese and wine—so that you’re supported and empowered to build your home on the internet. Have you ever held a door for a stranger and they didn’t thank you for it?
5 Questions to Weigh When at a Career Crossroads
This crossroad looks unfamiliar—for the first time in your career, you have options. You now have experiences under your belt, connections in the industry, and a work history that reflects your talents. This next decision is different than your first career decision because where you land and the work you do influences your trajectory. If you jump on the wrong train without forethought or because you’re anxious, you waste time, or worse, you end up somewhere that’s difficult to find your way back.
25 Quotes That Empower You
In creative ruts, it’s common to lean on wise words to help us make it through the day. A quote that dries the tears and fills you with a sense of possibility. A phrase that opens up the mind. Words that are so masterfully tailored to our condition that it seems the universe hand-made it. Words are the foundation to language, and language is the lifeblood of perception.
Toolkit How To Keep Your Guest List Inclusive And Diverse
This toolkit is a growing library of wisdom that highlights the hurdles of owning your content and building your platform. We not only curate the wisdom from creative leaders and artists, but also from the community—a balance of both, like cheese and wine—so that you’re supported and empowered to build your home on the internet.
How to Budget for an Irregular Income - 99U
I’ve been a full-time professional blogger for more than two years now. It’s been a fantastic experience, a sort of dream come true. But blogging for dollars isn’t without drawbacks. For one thing, the income is irregular. One month you might have record earnings — and the next you might experience your own personal financial crisis. Bloggers aren’t the only folks who struggle with the fluctuating incomes, of course. Many freelancers face the same issue, as do those whose pay is tied to commission.
Meet Our Moments Illustrator Patrick Seymour | CreativeMornings
It has been a tradition at CreativeMornings to work with an artist in our community to create an illustration for the monthly theme. February is all about Moments. The illustration is everywhere — in 160+ chapters' social media channels and at the events. While the artwork speaks for itself, we wanted to get to know the artist on a personal level and introduce them to the creative community.
12 Talks For Freelancers | CreativeMornings
Being a freelancer is a great testament to oneself. It’s a life of personal accountability while also managing the endless elements that a business faces. There is no one right way to freelance, but there are plenty of wrong ways. What should a contract entail? How do you kindly and professional speak to a bad client? How do you build pockets of learning and exploration in your day-to-day? What does self-care look like? Here are 12 talks to help as a guiding light. 1.
Sami Viljanto | CreativeMornings
It has been a tradition at CreativeMornings to work with an artist in our community to create an illustration for the monthly theme. September is all about Compassion. While the artwork speaks for itself, we wanted to get to know the artist on a personal level and introduce them to the creative community. We’re delighted to introduce you to… Meet Sami Viljanto Sami is an illustrator based in Helsinki, Finland.
The Stoic: 9 Principles to Help You Keep Calm in Chaos - 99U
Observing individuals who lead a creative life, we can identify elements of expertise, grit, an understanding, and passion. What’s easy to overlook is the inner system within an individual—the set of principles that govern their mind and behavior. When failure ensues or the need to adapt is necessary, how does one respond? What do they tell themselves? In other words, what’s their philosophy?
How to Become More Self-Aware - 99U
Alan Mulally, the celebrated business executive credited with turning around the fortunes of Ford motor company in the late 2000s, remembers an important lesson he took in self-awareness. It was during his first management position as a 25-year-old and he’d been nurturing a promising young aeronautical engineer whom he much admired.
12 Talks From Founders | CreativeMornings
It has become part of our cultural dialogue to glorify the path of an entrepreneur. We devour these stories because they’re filled with possibility and excitement; freedom and ambition. But like anything taken by the media and polished for our screens, we’re only seeing a fraction of the story. What we don’t see are the humble beginnings, the risky decisions, bruised egos, and other scenarios that could make a popular series on Netflix.
Adobe Joins The Creativemornings Family | CreativeMornings
We’re thrilled to announce Adobe is joining the CreativeMornings family as our Official Global Partner for Creative Tools. We’re partnering with Adobe to stretch our collective mission in connecting and empowering creative communities around the world.
Call of the Wild: Jack London’s Advice on Honing Your Creative Craft - 99U
Sometimes its hard to know where to start. In John Barleycorn, Jack London’s vivid memoir, he describes a predicament familiar to many an aspiring artist: “My difficulty was that I had no one to advise me. I didn’t know a soul who had written or who had ever tried to write. I didn’t even know one reporter.”While much of Barleycorn is a grim warning about the slow train of alcoholism, the book also feels like an act of mentorship.
8 Talks To Celebrate Lgbtq Month | CreativeMornings
In the United States, the month of June celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month to honor the 1964 Stonewall riots that took place in Manhattan. It’s an important historical event that inspired the gay liberation movement and ushered modern rights for the LGBT community. Within six months after the riot, gay activist organizations formed, and on June 28, 1970, the first gay pride marches took place in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Op-Ed: Confidence vs Shyness - 99U
As a design professor at the School of Visual Arts, each semester I do an impromptu survey of shyness in my class by simply asking who in the group believes they are shy. Inevitably, at least three quarters of the students raise their hands… albeit only shoulder high. I don’t believe this phenomenon is limited to students of the visual arts, but do other professions like accountants or TV repairmen suffer from this? Are we all shy? Shyness is not genetic. At least it is not proven to be.
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