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How To Become an F1 Creative Designer with Stefan Bridges! In this episode of the Sector 1 Motorsport x Formula Careers podcast, we're joined by Stefan Bridges, an accomplished Creative Designer with an impressive career in Formula 1, automotive, and consultancy design. Currently leading as Head of Creative Design at Red Bull Advanced Technologies, Stefan is working on cutting-edge projects, including the development of the RB17 HyperCar. In our conversation, Stefan unpacks his journey, shares insights on the creative process within Formula 1, and reveals what it takes to design at the cutting edge of motorsport. Tune in for an inspiring look at how design shapes the F1 experience—and Stefan's tips for aspiring designers eager to break into the world of motorsport. This podcast is in partnership with Formula Careers. You can find them here: formulacareers.com Listen now on Spotify, iTunes and YouTube We are Sector 1 Motorsport, the first stop you should make for your motorsport fix, a motorsport platform with big guests and even bigger conversations. Make sure to follow us so you never miss any of our content. Follow this link to find our social media: https://campsite.bio/sector1

Mothers hold a special role at their child's wedding, often facing unique challenges in fashion and styling. Balancing tradition with modern trends and fitting the wedding theme can be tricky. Here enters Lorraine Lee, Founder and Creative Designer of Zion Creation, brings over 30 years of experience in creating elegant cheongsams and gowns for mothers. She offers expert insights into current fashion trends, timeless styles, and practical advice for navigating multiracial weddings while respecting cultural and religious customs. On Culture Club, Hongbin Jeong and Roshan Gidwani talk with Lorraine Lee, Founder and Creative Director of Zion Creation, about how mothers can balance tradition, modern trends, and cultural customs in their wedding attire.   Presented by: Hongbin Jeong and Roshan Gidwani Produced and Edited by: Alexandra Parada (alexparada@sph.com.sg) and Meng Choon Chua Want to get featured on our show? Drop me an email today!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ms. Jessica (Jess) Reagle joins Rooster and Joe to discuss topics ranging from the evolution of Special Education terminology to the realm of possibilities when everybody works together and has ‘a voice and choice'. Ms. Reagle is a Special Education teacher at LeJeune High School (Camp LeJeune, NC) and Ms. Jess is the Owner and Creative Designer of her dream come true, Jessica's Dance Academy. She shares how her passions collide every day to create inclusive love. Jess truly believes dance is one of the most beautiful, organic, and expressive art forms and as a true educator and mentor, she fosters both a competitive environment at her studio and an intentional focus on the healthy parts of competition: personal growth, exposure to many different dancers and choreographers, et cetera.  We invite you to join us for an hour of narratives worth celebrating! Email us at Podcast@AinsleysAngels.org if you would like to ask a question, nominate a guest or recommend a future topic. Audio version of the Together, We Shall Podcast can be found on Buzzsprout (link below), on the Apple Podcast app, as well as on Spotify, Amazon, and the Ainsley's Angels YouTube channel for those seeking closed captioning or just like to watch vice listen to podcasts. https://twspodcast.buzzsprout.com   Together, We Shall Podcast is hosted by Kim ‘Rooster' Rossiter, President and Co-Founder of Ainsley's Angels of America, and Joe Orth, Executive Vice President of Ainsley's Angels. This inclusive podcast takes you into a world of tangents and thoroughfares, focusing on a conversation to be determined. Highlighting current events, insightful antidotes, and life lessons with banter, sit back and listen to a little bit of humor and a few emotional deep dives during each episode. Let's roll! If you would like to join us on the podcast, a place to share/tell stories and connect, or nominate someone to join us on the podcast, email us at Podcast@AinsleysAngels.org 

What a way to bring back the Twenty Something series in style.  Texas native Sam Lynn Raney, a phenominal young graphic designer, photographer and videographer delivers an extremely entertaining episode for all to enjoy.  Listen in.    Like listening to the GJBH Podcast? Head on over to our website genuinejbh.com and be sure to check out our NEW GJBH gear!! Check out our Sister Podcast- THE BRAND CHAMPION MARKETING NETWORK Join the GJBH Facebook or Instagram Community! Add Brad on Snapchat: @jbradley7434  Head on over to our website genuinejbh.com and be sure to check out our NEW GJBH gear!! Join the GJBH Facebook or Instagram Community! Add Brad on Snapchat: @jbradley7434  Want to learn more about advertising with the Genuine JBH Podcast?  Call or Text us Today! Lakyn Lind: 507-450-9541 Brad Hook (Text or Snapchat Only Please): 641-344-3193   We are incredibly grateful for all who support the GJBH Podcast especially our amazing sponsors. Be sure to check them out and give them a follow on social media! Voss Angus: Facebook Page, Instagram Upperhand Genetics: Website , Facebook Page Platt Showpigs: Website, Facebook Page, Instagram True North Technologies: Website, Facebook Page, Instagram Phantom Halter: Website, Facebook Page , Instagram Pusheta Creek Steaks: Website, Facebook Page Iron Creek Cattle Company: Website, Facebook Page, Instagram    

Wormhole Pinball Presents: Episode 18 – Stephen Silver, the Creative Designer at Multimorphic, came to the wormhole to sit down and discuss their newest title for the P3 – The Princess Bride.  Stephen discusses the great teamwork that went into the design and build of the module, as well as the P3 itself and much much more.  

Laura López, de "Actualizados Comunicación", empresa que se adica á xestión da comunicación dixital. Hoxe falamos Día do Community Manager e como ser un bo xestor de comunidades. Parece ser que hoxe estamos de celebración nas axencias especializadas en redes sociais. E é que cada cuarto luns de xaneiro celébrase un día moi especial: o Día Internacional do Community Manager. E, este profesional naceu coas redes sociais e a partir dunha demanda que consistía en atender as sociedades virtuais e a necesidade de construír unha comunidade arredor dunha marca. Polo tanto, esta figura comezou sendo a responsable de xestionar a presenza online dunha marca e de interactuar cos seus seguidores en redes sociais. Nese sentido, o seu papel centrábase en responder preguntas, resolver problemas e manter unha comunidade en liña positiva e activa. Pero, a día de hoxe, a súa función ten evolucionado moito e ten unha posición estratéxica dentro dunha empresa. "Community Manager. Como o seu propio nome indica, é o xestor de comunidades en redes sociais, o responsable de crear comunidade arredor dunha marca". "Temos que investigar e comprender o noso público obxectivo". "Ás veces as liñas que separan os diferentes profesionais que nos podemos atopar no departamento de marketing dixital son complicadas". Ás veces as liñas que separan os diferentes profesionais que nos podemos atopar no departamento de marketing dixital son complicadas e, máis aínda, cando se trata de axencias pequenas nas que un mesmo perfil ou función pode confluír en unha ou dúas persoas. Pero, hai certas tarefas ou características que nunca van a corresponder ou ser un coñecemento directamente relacionado con esta profesión. E nós fixemos unha pequena lista, que xa nos dá algunha pista ao respecto: ✔️ Saber arranxar unha impresora non é ser Community Manager e que traballemos en redes sociais non implica que nos manexemos coa posta a punto de impresoras. ✔️ Ter un sobriño adolescente cun teléfono móbil cunha boa cámara, perfís nas redes sociais do momento e que fai bailes de TikTok non é ter un Community Manager para o teu emprendemento. ✔️Un Community Manager tampouco é aquel que che dá resposta afirmativa a un “faime un deseño aí rápido para o faldón dun xornal, que queremos lanzar unha publicidade”. Cando falamos da xestión e comunicación en plataformas dixitais adoitamos referirnos a todos os perfís que traballan niso como Community Manager cando, en realidade, podemos matizar e falar sobre diferentes postos de traballo diferenciados. ✔️ Social Media Manager. É o responsable de que as redes sociais dunha marca funcionen a nivel operativo e estratéxico. É dicir, é esa figura que marca os obxectivos e estratexias no Social Media Plan, o que analiza todas as métricas e datos para saber onde falla a comunicación dunha marca, cales son os seus puntos débiles ou, pola contra, cales debe potencia para medrar. É, en resumo, o responsable da coordinación dos proxectos nestes soportes dixitais. ✔️ Community Manager. Como o seu propio nome indica, é o xestor de comunidades en redes sociais, o responsable de crear comunidade arredor dunha marca. Como é de esperar, traballa cóbado con cóbado xunto o Social Media Manager á hora de valorar a estratexia para os diferentes proxectos. Pola contra, esta figura só se encarga da parte operativa das redes sociais e debe coñecer á perfección o público ao que se dirixe, para saber como conversar con el. Por iso, desta figura agárdase que estea ao tanto de todas as tendencias e da actualidade, que manexe as distintas canles e plataformas e tamén que realice diferentes informes. ✔️ Digital Content Manager. Xestiona os contidos que difunde unha marca ou empresa a través da rede, tanto os contidos dun blog, como os de posicionamento ou mesmo os de redes sociais. É a figura que marca o calendario de contidos e coordina aos copywriters ou redactores para cumprir cos tempos establecidos. ✔️ Copywriter. É o responsable dos contidos, pasando polo texto dun anuncio ata a redacción do artigo dun blog. A estas figuras, só se lles esixe dúas cousas: creatividade para ser quen de comunicar da maneira máis axeitada unha idea ou concepto e capacidade de investigación para poder falar de case calquera tema que se lle propoña. ✔️ Creative Designer. É o encargado de crear deseños que capten a atención, tanto para redes sociais como publicidade ou outro formatos. E, as tarefas de deseño son transmitidas polos Project Managers ou Account Managers. ✔️ Digital PR. É a versión dixital dun relacións públicas. Estes perfís adoitan estar máis enfocados á xestión de influencers, medios de comunicación ou blogs. Poderíamos seguir falando de centos de posicións que podemos atoparnos nunha axencia de redes sociais ou, máis amplamente de publicidade. Porén, para que nos fagamos a idea de que o Community Manager encárgase dunha pequena e específica parte de todo o proceso de comunicación, é máis ca suficiente. Consellos para ser un bo CM ✔️ Coñecer a nosa audiencia. Temos que investigar e comprender o noso público obxectivo. É dicir, entender as súas necesidades, intereses e comportamentos axudaranos a crear contido máis relevante. ✔️ Dominar as plataformas. Debemos saber como funcionan á perfección as principais redes sociais e adaptar a nosa comunicación a cada soporte e á audiencia que hai en cada unha delas. ✔️ Creatividade e orixinalidade. Nun mar de contidos inmenso, é importante destacar e, a maneira máis acertada sempre vai ser a creatividade. Para iso, non hai nada mellor como coñecer as tendencias actuais, estar actualizado e buscar inspiración de maneira regular. ✔️ Empatía e atención ao cliente. Interactuar coa audiencia é unha tarefa fundamental do community manager para crear comunidade e, para iso, é necesario traballar a nosa empatía e a habilidade de atención ao cliente. Isto é porque, aínda que queremos que nos cheguen comentarios positivos, non sempre vai ser así. ✔️ Análise de métricas. A mellor maneira para medir éxitos e fracasos e poder corrixir erros nas nosas accións online son as estatísticas. Para iso, deberemos comprender as métricas chave e as plataformas principais de análise. ✔️ Adaptabilidade. En relación á constante actualización, temos que ser quen de adaptarnos aos cambios rápidos que se poden dar no panorama dixital e saber sacarlles partido. Máis Información ACTUALIZADOS COMUNICACIÓN: ✔️Páxina Web: https://actualizadoscomunicacion.com/ ✔️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actualizadoscomunicacion ✔️Twitter: https://twitter.com/actualizadoscom ✔️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actualizados_comunicacion/ ️"SUSCRÍBETE" ao podcast. MÁIS ENTREVISTAS: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-salta-da-cama_sq_f1323089_1.html Máis Información e outros contidos: ✔️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PabloChichas ✔️Twitter: https://twitter.com/pablochichas ✔️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pablochichas/ ✔️Clubhouse: @pablochichas ✔️Twich: https://www.twitch.tv/pablochichas

Welcome to Dussé and Backwoods, The Real Negus Roundtable. I'm your host TUNDEEEEEE!! Aka Chocolate Papí aka TunGotJokes Twitter/IG/TikTok: @Tungotjokes Special Guest: @MADPAID On this episode of DAB, Tun decides to go international with his special guest and has a Mongolian Barber and Creative Designer who goes by the name "NABA'", on the show and things got VERY interesting. The conversation first starts off by Tun introducing NABA, but then instantly being inquisitive about the Mongolian culture which NABA was more than happy to give insight and extensive detail about. NABA first explains where geographically the country of Mongolia is located, which is in East Asia. He then goes on to talk about how he as a Mongolian man has to constantly correct people when they think that he is "Chinese", just because people always assuming he is because of how he looks. Later on, one thing that Tun brought up was the fact that in Mongolian culture, respect and honor is a HUGE thing amongst the Mongolian people. NABA then goes on to explain about how things specifically like your "Hat" or "Belt", has to be treated a certain way when presenting it or putting it away, because as Mongolian people they believe those two things have certain level of honor to them. The discussion continues to get more and more interesting as we drive deeper into NABA's upbringing and his experience in Mongolia. To the point were we then discuss his love for basketball, and his infatuation with Hip Hop music and westernize Hip Hop Culture. NABA goes on to drop a crazy fact about how he ended up learning to speak English was through rap music and watch "And1 Mixtape Vol. 3". Like usual, our listeners are definitely in for a treat like always, this is one you do not want to miss! So sit back and enjoy the crazy world of Dussé and Backwoods. Yay! Yay!

We're so lucky to have some great guests with us today to discuss achieving operational excellence & leveling up as an owner/operator and so much more.  The panelists are also content partners.  Content partners help Voyage in so many ways from sponsoring our mission, spreading the word about the work we do and collaborating with us on content like this.Karina Luna (Karina Cohen)Intro: A Latina forging her path in a male-dominated Logistics industry.Voyage Story: http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-karina-luna-pivot-media-north-hollywood/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamKarinaLuna/Marissa Navarro | Designer & FounderIntro: I'm a Creative Designer specializing in all things related to Interior DesignShoutout Story: https://shoutoutmiami.com/meet-marissa-navarro-designer/Website: www.newdaycollective.comInstagram: @mawissaxoRachel Pereyra | Fractional COO & Agency Operations ExpertIntro: I am a fractional CPO and operations consultant for scaling service-based businesses.Voyage Story: http://voyageaustin.com/interview/community-highlights-meet-rachel-pereyra-of-mastermind-business-services/Website: https://www.mastermindbusinessservices.com

Godsway is a passionate Creative Designer with a keen eye for style, color, and texture, and he is a dedicated professional with over 6 years of experience in branding businesses of various sizes. His expertise lies in bringing creative ideas to life through detailed drawings, mockups, and designs. ♥ Thank you for listening to Obehi Podcast. Share also with your friends who might need it. ♥ Want to learn more about our storytelling mastery for small businesses? Start by downloading the first chapter of ⁠The Storytelling Series⁠: Beginners' Guide for Small Businesses & Content Creators by Obehi Ewanfoh. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/obehi-podcast/message

In this episode, we explore "Killing Your Ego" with Raul Longoria, the Creative Designer for Team RJon. As the “graphics guy” for Team RJon, Raul shows how he turns simple documents into a visually compelling designs.

Today we are joined by Zain Javaid, Creative Designer at Endpoint. This graduate of The Canadian University of Dubai, is a passionate designer who challenged himself to follow an unconventional path after his bachelor's degree in Architecture. His work in wayfinding and signages at Endpoint is the bridge that translates brands to the built environment. With over a decade of experience from his solo design venture, ZainJDesign, he has worked within a diverse range of design niches that facilitated his experience in brand innovation. So without further ado, lets get into the episode! . . Follow our awesome guest! Zain Javaid  - ⁠⁠LinkedIN⁠ | Instagram Project SpitFire - Instagram . . This episode was made possible by the amazing team at Skystruct. Learn about how they are changing the game in the architecture, design & construction industry by clicking ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ . To stay updated with our episodes, please follow us on your favorite streaming platform The aForm Show - ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIN⁠⁠⁠ Audio by Strum@ease - ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Youtube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theaformshow/message

Cette fois-ci nous rencontrons Capucine Trabarel, alternante UX chez Pollux. Au départ conseillère de vente, elle a su se frayer un chemin dans l'UX Design. Maintenant dans une équipe de plus de 100 designers : Pollux, l'agence du groupe La Poste, c'est avec joie qu'elle nous partage ses conseils, ses épreuves et sa réussite : intégrer une entreprise où l'UX est au cœur des préoccupations !“ Les Tips de nos invités :

Pour ce premier épisode, nous retrouvons Margaux Membré, Alternante UX/UI designer chez La Redoute. Elle nous parle de sa transition professionnelle : du développement web à l'UX design. En passant en revue, son parcours, les changements dans son travail, l'évolution de sa réflexion, son salaire ou encore sa manière d'appréhender le design, en bref on va voir sa vie d'alternante chez La Redoute ! Les Tips de nos invités :

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, Founder of Rubber Cheese.Download the Rubber Cheese 2022 Visitor Attraction Website Report - the first digital benchmark statistics for the attractions sector.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcastCompetition ends July 31st 2023. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miloft/https://thebusinesscreative.com/ Mark Lofthouse is a themed entertainment creative and digital designer. During his 16-year career within the themed entertainment industry he's had the opportunities to work with theme parks, heritage sites and leisure facilities across Europe - creating fantastical experiences that wow audiences. His background spans varied roles from operations management of theme parks and head of business for a manufacturing business right through to the lead creative for scare mazes - this combination of creative and operational knowledge has helped him carve out a varied career that now sees him working with the biggest names in theme parks!The Business Creative are a Creative Agency specialising in entertainment experiences that connect an audience to a brand, in a real life environment. Transcriptions: Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip The Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. Each episode, I speak with industry experts from the attractions world. These chats are fun, informative and hopefully always interesting. In today's episode, I speak with Mark Lofthouse, an Immersive experience specialist. We discuss the career path Mark took to work in the sector and the four pillars you need to succeed as a creative designer in the theme park industry. If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify and all the usual channels by searching Skip The Queue. Kelly Molson: It is so good to have you on the podcast. I feel like we've been talking about doing this for ages and we're finally here. Welcome. Mark Lofthouse: Thank you so much. Yeah, it does seem like it has been forever ago, doesn't it? Actually, that we started talking, but we're here, life is good. That is all we can ask for. Kelly Molson: Exactly. And we're going to have a good chat and good things are going to come from it. But first, I need to ask you some icebreaker questions. So what ingredients would you go for in your perfect sandwich? Mark Lofthouse: You know what I'm a bit of a fan of? I like chicken, but spiced chicken. I love a bit of cake in my life, so I'd have that. I'd have jalapenos on it, turkey, bit of lettuce, some onions, a bit of chorizo, if they've got it. Yeah, but that's like my perfect sandwich. And lots of chipotle sauce. The Southwest chipotle sauce is like to die for. It's my favourite thing ever. Kelly Molson: I love it. Mark likes a bit of hot stuff there. Yeah, you had me at chorizo. Not going to lie, you had me at chorizo. All right. Okay, good. If you could enter the Olympics for anything, what would you be Olympic level at? And when I say anything, I'm saying, like, the Olympics could be, like you could be like the Olympic baker or like, the Olympic complaining champion. What would you be like Olympic level at? Mark Lofthouse: I think I'd be like maybe jumping to conclusions. I think something like napping. Do you know what I think? Genuinely think that would be the best Olympic sport ever, wouldn't it? Kelly Molson: Olympic level napping? Mark Lofthouse: Yeah, because you know what, I work that much and I'm always on the go all of the time when I have a nap, I feel like I'm the best person ever at napping. So I think I genuinely would be the best at that. I'd win gold. Kelly Molson: Are you like one of these people that a nap anywhere? If I said to you, now you can go and have a 20 minutes nap if you want, you'd be like, yeah, I've done. And 20 minutes later you'd wake up, because it would take for me if someone gave me 20 minutes nap. I'd be like, oh, I've got to think about that for a while. And then I'll lay down. But I might look at my phone and then I might get a five minute nap out of that 20 minutes. Mark Lofthouse: Yeah. If you give me the opportunity to go and have a nap because it doesn't come around very often, I will be very good at that. I'm a very efficient napper. Kelly Molson: Okay, good. I like that. Efficient napper. Olympic level napper. Mark Lofthouse: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Gold medal. Kelly Molson: All right, final icebreaker. I would like to know what your favourite visitor attraction is. It's a really horrible question that I ask people who come on a visitor attraction focused podcast, but I'm intrigued to know what yours is. Mark Lofthouse: Right, I have two kind of contrasting ones. I'm always a fan of theme parks and specifically Fantasy Land in Germany is probably my favourite. And I think it's because it's quite hard to get that true immersive, which obviously that word is batted around so much, but to get that true escapism feel is really difficult to come by. But the park seems to do it seamlessly and I think I've always been such a huge fan and in admiration as well, of what they managed to achieve. So that is one of them. But I also love going to kind off the beaten track places that you think, you know what, let's give it a go, let's go and try and do it. And then it becomes one of the best places to visit. Mark Lofthouse: So one of them, as much as it's a visual attraction, it's kind of a natural attraction as well. So the fairy pools in the Isle of Skye, now, it's becoming more and more popular because of Instagram, but it's literally just a little ravine that comes through off the mountain with water coming through it. And it was the best day out I've ever had. Literally spent the entire day jumping in and out of natural pools and waterfalls. And honestly, it was just the best visitor attraction I've been to. But it was such a natural setting. It was completely natural. Wasn't man made at all, apart from the car park, that was it. And it was just the best. So if you're ever in the Isle of Skye, you have to go and do it. Kelly Molson: That sounds absolutely a bit of me, Mark. What an amazing place. Mark Lofthouse: Yeah. And the photos that I've got are just the best as well. I love them. I love looking back at them.Kelly Molson: Instagrammable moments it is all about. Oh, good. All right.All right. I like that. Okay. Your unpopular opinion I'm going to feel. Mark Lofthouse: About for saying this, and my connections on LinkedIn, please don't judge me for saying it. My unpopular opinion is that I'm much more excited about the products and experiences that Universal are creating over Disney. I know that it is quite controversial. So, again, this is kind of splitting hers because I love both of the companies, but I think from a proposition point of view, that the level of detail, the type of attraction, type of experiences that Universal are working on as a creative team. Not just in the park, but now they're opening this Halloween Horror Nights experience in Las Vegas, where it's nowhere near their park and the new park that they're opening in the States as well. I think it's just so exciting for that company. They just seem to be growing and growing and opening new avenues of business. Mark Lofthouse: And I think I love Disney, and that is an understatement. But I'm so much more excited about what Universal are putting out there at the moment. But it is an incredibly unpopular opinion when you voice that because there is such this tribe mentality between Universal and Disney. But there we go. I've said it. It's out there. Kelly Molson: All right, listeners, we need to know what your opinion is on Mark's. Are you agreeing with them or is this an unpopular opinion? Tweet us and let us know. Brave man, Mark, for the industry that you work in, brave. Mark Lofthouse: I probably just shot myself in the foot there. Kelly Molson: Maybe a tiny bit, but tell us what you do. Mark Lofthouse: I kind of a jack of all trades when it comes to visitor attractions and themed attractions, really. So, by heart, I'm a creative. I've been based in this for about 16 years now, working as a freelance creative for theme parks, heritage sites, leisure facilities. And that will be anything from coming up with marketing material, graphic design, digital design, right through to project management, event management, and overseeing creative concepts for them specifically in events, primarily. So, yeah, I've been doing that for 16 years now. So it covers such a wide variety of things to do. So one day I might be working with the Business Creative, who's an amazing creative agency who I work with a lot, and coming up with kind of concepts for Haven and Tui and these kind of leisure facilities. Mark Lofthouse: But then the day after, I might be working on a terrifying horror attraction in the USA, coming up with a branding, coming up with the proposition and what that is. So it's so varied, the work that I do, but I'm kind of an operational mindset in a creative body is the best way to explain it. Kelly Molson: It's a really weird combination. When we first got into contact, I kind of very much saw you as like a designer, like a graphic designer kind of thing. And I was like, “Oh, well, I can really relate to some of the stuff that you do because that was my background as well”. And then when we started talking, I was like, gosh, your role is really complex and quite unique in what you do. Mark Lofthouse: Yeah, absolutely. I think I've kind of just collected skills over the time that I've been working. So it's things from I've been a digital designer for a company and that's all I did. I created Decks, I did graphic design for companies and then the job I got after that was the operations manager of a theme park. So it's just that leap and that jump is really hard to explain to people. But I've got quite analytical mind and I've got quite a, like three put is my thing at theme park. So always having to look at efficiencies, especially in operations. So it was really weird for me to take the leap from creator to go, “do you know what, I'm going to go and do that”. And I just did it. Mark Lofthouse: I took a leap of faith, did it, thought I could do it, and it turned out really well for me. And it was such a I learned so many skills by doing it that it's kind of second nature now. So I've got a kind of desired skill set, which is operational mindset, but somebody who understands creative, who also understands the operations of it. Because it's the same with many companies where you have these incredible creative people who work there but it's really hard for them to understand how their creative idea can actually form a live experience because it's so different to go yet that works creatively on a piece of paper or on a computer. But then to actually go, well, that won't work because the corridors are too narrow to have that amount of guests passing through it and things. Mark Lofthouse: Whereas I kind of do all of it from beginning to end, which is a lot of work. But no, it's really good. It's just things that I've started to pick up and do and it's just kind of second age of doing now. It's just what I know. I don't know how to do any different apart from do that really it's brilliant. Kelly Molson: And I love talking to people about how they take their skills and how those skills kind of form their wiggly career path. What we're going to talk about today is about developing a creative career in theme park industry. And we're going touch a little bit on the mindset that you probably need for that as well. So my creative career started at I was at school. I had to pick what I wanted to do for my GCSEs. There was a media studies module that I was like, "Oh, this is really interesting for me". So there was an element of design. I was always kind of like into art very much on the kind of design, like the graphics and kind of illustration side. So there was a graphic design module, there was a photography module. There was like a media studies module. Kelly Molson: So I guess it was like really early filmmaking and things like that and all of those things. I was like, "Yeah, this is great". On from my GCSEs, I then focused on graphic design. So went to the local college, did my BTEC National Diploma. And then after you did that, I could either go and do the HND which was you apply to go to university or back then, this is quite a long time ago. It wasn't as difficult to get junior designer roles without those qualifications. So you could kind of, “What do you want to do? Do you want to go and do another couple of years at Uni or do you want to go and get a job? Kelly Molson: And I chose to go and get a job and kind of then my career went blah, blah, and we can talk about that another time. How did you with your mixed kind of bag of skills, how did you kind of start your creative career? Mark Lofthouse: It's really scary how similar we both are. So I in school was the same, got to buy options. I'd always since being a child, I've been obsessed with theme parks, always. And it always takes back to I always remember going to it was when Morecambe Frontierland was open, so we're talking early 90s. And I've got such strong core memories from that time going to theme parks. We used to go there quite a lot. Every summer we used to head over that way to the lakes and I've always been obsessed with it, so I always knew when I was in school I wanted to get involved somehow. Don't know how, I couldn't even predict how that was going to happen, but I was going to be involved. I was determined. Mark Lofthouse: I knew I was going to be involved within the themed attraction industry specifically. Don't know how, but I got to choose my options same as you pick graphic design, because I knew I was all right with the computer, I knew what I was doing, kind of found the way around. I did my entire coursework. Everything was on a theme park, branding theme park, obviously branding a theme park, currently park, marks park, collateral and that type of thing. I did really bad in my GCSE, I will admit. I didn't do the best. I didn't knuckle down when I needed to. I didn't spend the time regrettably. I wish I would have, I wish I'd have kind of focused more now, but I'm not hugely academic. I like to learn through experience and I do think it's just a mix, isn't it? Whether you're one or the other? Kelly Molson: Well, yeah, it is. And actually it's okay if you don't do that well in your GCSEs. And I think what we're going to talk about proves that it's absolutely okay to not do that well in your GCSEs. Mark Lofthouse: Absolutely. I've got two cousins at the moment and they're kind of going through that struggle, go with the like, “Oh, we did really well, but we can't find this and that and the other”. I'm like, everything works out. Everything happens for a reason. Everything works out. I'm a firm believer in it. Set school didn't do the best. And then I was like, right, I'm going to go to the local college. I did media production, funnily enough, and it was during them two years that I realised I hated it and didn't want to do it anymore. I finished, I got my coursework, but I was in that weird time there where I went, “What now what do I do? Where do I go? I didn't want to go to university”. I said, I'm not academic, didn't want to go. Mark Lofthouse: But what I had been doing, kind of simultaneous with the college work, was I got in touch with a company who produced Halloween attractions, because I love theme parks, I love Halloween events, halloween is my favourite time of year. So I got in touch with a company who was kind of prevalent in the UK, and they still are, called Atmosphere Scare Entertainment, and they just produce Halloween events primarily for clients all over Europe. And I got in touch with them and I became a performer for them for one Halloween, which was literally me sitting in some sheets, jumping out of people. That's my extent of performance. Everyone's got to start somewhere. Mark Lofthouse: But I got hooked and I got hooked into seeing visitors reactions to something that you'd worked on, something that you did and how you interacted with that, and I got really hooked in it. So I then got my qualifications, left college and then just started working with the company more and more. So it became I was a performer for the first year and then I had a bit of design work the year after. Bit more, bit more, and eventually ended up scaling up to I was working freelance for them, but I was the  Deputy Creative Director of the company by the age of 21. Kelly Molson: Gosh, wow. Yeah, that's a great turnaround from someone a minute ago was like, I did really badly in my GCSE. I'm Deputy Creative Director by 21.  Mark Lofthouse: The only thing that got me there was well, it was two things. And it was that undetermination. I knew I was going to do it. I enjoyed doing the work I was doing, I don't know, the same as everyone. When you enjoy doing something, you put more of yourself into it. There's a really beautiful Greek phrase called Meraki, which is to put yourself so much into something that it becomes part of you. And it's kind of just a philosophy I've always run with and I love the idea of it. So I kind of just scaled up with the company and that was kind of it. And that's how it happened. I left the company in 2017, I think it was where I became the event manager of a safari park, just because I had kind of event background and knew what I was doing. Mark Lofthouse: And then I had the opportunity after two years to go to Dreamland Margate to look at operations and have a look at guest experience. And I moved all the way down to Margate, lived in there for a season until the end of 2019 and then came home and the inevitable happened in February. So what happened to themed attraction? Isn't sure. What happened to entertainment? It just ceased to exist, obviously, when the pandemic hit. So I became the business operations manager of a manufacturing business, which I never thought I'd do, which was manufacturing hand sanitising liquid, which as you can imagine during that period was a very difficult job to be in. So, yeah, I did that and then that kind of leads me up to where I am now. Mark Lofthouse: I started working with the business creative a year back, looking after sort of the operations creative operations, and then now I'm a creative partner with them. So I develop the concepts, I work on branding, I work on decks, proposals, that type of thing for them, and help them kind of get into new business avenues, which themed entertainment, Immersive Entertainment, Immersive Theatre is primarily one that we're looking at. So that's kind of a little bit of a whirlwind tour of me. Kelly Molson: Gosh, I love that. Yeah, that's been really wiggly, isn't it, if we're talking about a wiggly career. What I liked is that one of my questions was going to be, did you always think that you would work in the sector, but obviously from a really early age you were quite focused on that was going to be your thing. And I think it's really interesting because a lot of it's not. It's definitely not what I did. I didn't ever think I thought I wanted to be a designer and I'd love to be a graphic designer, but I never actually pinpointed a specific sector or a specific role, even within graphic design. And it's interesting how something that you've focused on can really define where your career goes. Kelly Molson: But even if you don't, actually, you can kind of come to it a little bit later with the skill set that you gain along the way. Because if I look back now, if I hadn't worked in all the different roles that I had, I probably wouldn't have made it to running my own agency because I wouldn't have had the kind of variety of skill set that I needed to kind of do that, and I wouldn't have seen all the different ways that certain agencies run and how they operate to be able to get to that point. Mark Lofthouse: Definitely. I think you can't learn enough. You can always absorb, you can always take advice, you can always work on yourself. And I think you don't know who you're going to bump into along the way. Like, there's some clients that when I was 17 and 18, doing graphic designs from my laptop on my knee when I was watching TV, like, we've all been there. Some clients I met there are now just incredibly huge companies who are doing entertainment around the world. And I think you don't know who you're going to bump into. You've just got to make sure that you're presenting your positive, happy, good, self and reliable to work with. Because, trust me, the person you meet when you're 17, you don't know where they're going to be in ten years. Mark Lofthouse: They could be owning the biggest company on earth and you don't know. And I just think it's so important to make sure that any connections that you make, you try to keep them good. You try to keep a good connection with people, because you definitely meet people who you would never expect to see them again. But actually, they probably hire your services again in the future, or you might hire those. So it's so key, I think, just absorb and learn everything you possibly can from people. And so important. Kelly Molson: Yeah. So it's not just about what you're learning, it's about the connections that you're making along the way as well. That's really important from asking for feedback and asking for support from people. What I wanted to ask is, what kind of support did you get along the way? So you spoke really highly of your kind of ex manager that really supported you into that role at a considerably young age to be in that role. What kind of things did they do to support you on that journey? Mark Lofthouse: I think a lot of it was belief that actually they just believed in what I was doing. They believed that I could do that for the company and help them as well. And I think a lot of the time they mentor me. So actually, when I was designing things, when I was 19, 20, before I started getting more involved in it, I designed things a certain way, like, for example, a Halloween attraction, I'd be designing it and I'd think it was the most terrifying, scary thing ever. And it just wasn't realistic and feasible to deliver at all. And actually, I learned so much from them putting a helping hand on my shoulder and guiding me through that process and going, “Actually, if you change this way, it'll work, because this and this.”Mark Lofthouse: And I think having that mentorship from people and it wasn't just him. I've had it kind of through my life, and I know I've been fortunate to have that with people. But I think if you put yourself out there and say, “I need guidance, I need help,” the good people will come through and help you with it. And absolutely, I think we all work in this quite niche and small industry, and I know that there is competition for seeing companies, not a lot, but why not help people in need? And I think we've got this new generation of amazing artists coming through the ranks at the moment who have got a really good tech mind as well. And I think we need to nurture what they have. They've got this mindset that a lot of us don't have. We need to nurture that talent. Mark Lofthouse: We need to grow with it and help them out because they'll help us learn as well. I think it's just this whole learning circle that you might be helping someone, you might be, I was getting help at a certain age, but actually, then when I started to go back to say, but why are you doing it that way? And I kind of questioned, then he learned from me that way as well. And I think it's really key that actually it is a learning circle where if you question things as well, it really helps. And I think to kind of answer your question, I have been very fortunate. Mark Lofthouse: I know that I've had this kind of support throughout my career with people in so many different wide variety of industry, but it's about reaching out and connecting with them because how do they know that you need help? How do they know that you're there? You can't have this fear at all about connecting with people. And I've noticed, especially with on LinkedIn, people who are just coming out of university, people who are just going into university, they'll reach out on LinkedIn and say, "Can I have help with this?" Mark Lofthouse: Or "I didn't really want to ask, but can we just have a call?" And I was like, "Yeah, absolutely, go for it." Because I was in that position once and I think we all were. Mark Lofthouse: We've all had somebody who helps us in bad situations and I think we need to put that back out there because there's this kind of disconnect at the moment and it needs to go. We all need to help each other as much as possible to navigate the murky waters that we're currently in. Kelly Molson: Yeah, you're absolutely right. You've just reminded me of something that we spoke about when Danielle and Ross from Drayton Manor were on a few episodes back in. Danielle, she was super focused and she always knew that she wanted to work in the attraction sector, but she told a story about how she just basically just connected with everyone and anyone and everyone that she thought she could on LinkedIn in that sector and just asked them, just ask them for support. " "Can I come and do this for you? Can I come and do this? Or have you got any jobs? I'm really good at this. Help me." And I think that took me back a bit because I was like, it's absolutely the right thing to do. But how many, I think she was 17 at the time. How many 17 year olds would do that now? How many of them would put themselves out there to actually do that? And I think it's a good message to promote because somebody will help you. Of ten people that you contact, a couple of them will come back to you, right? That's a really good response rate and you will get that next step further along towards what you're trying to achieve. Mark Lofthouse: What's the worst that could happen? They ignore your message. Kelly Molson: Exactly. Mark Lofthouse: It's not the end of the world. You want to see my LinkedIn. If I want to connect with someone, or if I want to find out something or see if there's any collaboration efforts, I message every single person I want to connect with. Because why not? What is the worst that can happen? Someone's going to go, “Not today”. Doesn't affect me. Kelly Molson: It's what the platform's for connecting and chatting? Yeah, I've just done exactly the same. So a couple of weeks ago, I sent out about 30 DMs to people, all people that I'm connected with, but we've just never spoken. And I'm like, "Why have we never spoken? We should like, let's grab a virtual coffee." I've got calls booked in with, like, 15 of those people. I mean, shout out to the other 15 people who have ignored me, but, you know, that's fine. Like, what's the worst that can happen? They don't come back to you. People are busy, like, they're not always going to respond, but you might just hear at the right time with the right person. I've got a brilliant oh, my God, I've got a brilliant case study of that. Kelly Molson: So when we first started this podcast so we started this podcast in the middle of 2019. We did the first episode and that first season ran until, I think it was a thing, until the February March of 2020. And then were like, "Oh, my God, the world has ended. What is going on? Is anyone going to listen to a podcast without visitor attractions?" They're all shut and I was like, "no, actually, do you know what? People need something now. They need something uplifting, actually. If I can get people on that are willing to talk about the exact experience that they're going for, now, this is perfect, right? That's going to help loads of people.” Kelly Molson: And the people that I reached out to, genuinely, I was sending emails going, oh, God, I feel sick sending that email. They're going to look at it and go, who the h*** are they? Like, why would I go on your podcast? Everybody said yes. Honestly, everybody said yes. I messaged Lee Cockerel, the Ex VP of Disney on LinkedIn, and said, "Listen, just massive fan. We've got this podcast. Would you be up for chatting on it? It would mean the world to us." And he was like, "Yeah, absolutely." I could not believe it. Couldn't believe it. So you just take a chance. Mark Lofthouse: Do you know what? I think the fear of the unknown is worse than the fear of clicking send on a message and you need to get over it. Everyone does. And I think I've been in that position. I was. Like, "Oh, my, I can't connect with that. Imagine you're at Disney." That is, just say no.  And I think putting yourself out there is so important. I think there's obviously little tips and tricks that you can do on LinkedIn, but I do think you just need to put yourself out there and I think people will more than likely help and I think everyone's going to somewhere. And I think my advice for people starting in the industry wanting to get into it is connect with people, chat with people, ask for 10 or 15 minutes of their time. Mark Lofthouse: It's not a lot to jump on a call and if people say no, that's absolutely fine, move on to somebody else. I'll just do what we do and copy and paste the message and send it to loads of people. I'm joking. I don't really do that. Kelly Molson: I personalise all of my messages, Mark, thank you.  Mark Lofthouse: I do. Kelly Molson: You've defined that you have 4 pillars that you think you need to succeed in the industry. And I really want to talk about this. So we've got mindset, hard work, creativity and feedback. And we've talked a little bit about feedback, but I do want to come circle back to that. Can you kind of just talk us through those four pillars and explain kind of what you mean about those and why they're important for succeeding in a creative role in the theme park industry? Mark Lofthouse: Yeah, absolutely. I think we'll start with mindset. Let's face it, we're kind of in a doom and gloom place at the moment, where you read the news, you're in this dark place with the news, all you see online is social media, people representing themselves a certain way. You compare yourself to them. I think, especially in a creative world, you've got to take yourself out of your ordinary life, mindset wise. So if you're coming up with ideas, you're coming up with creative concepts. Forget everything that you know, forget everything that is going on in the world and just put yourself out there with it. I think it's so difficult as well. We all go through bad spells with our mental health, don't we? You think, nothing's getting done, I'm facing that brick wall. You will overcome it. Mark Lofthouse: And I think it's so easy, especially in the creative world, that when you get to a mental block, you can get really defeated by it. You think, I'm just not very good at this. I just don't know what I'm doing. I can't get over this. I've had it a couple of times with some storylines that I've been trying to write, some narratives that I've been trying to write, and it just won't come out. I know what I want to get to, I know where I want to get to, I can't get there. And then I had this kind of brainwave I used to get in really dark mindsets where I was thinking, “I'm not good at this anymore, I'm just going to give it up, I'm going to go, I'm working a supermarket, something, I just don't want to do it anymore”. Mark Lofthouse: And actually, I got into the mindset of, “Put it down, walk away, come back in ten minutes”. And it really helped me. And I know it sounds ridiculous, I know everyone's going to be thinking, well, obviously, but when you're especially when I was freelance, if I walked every ten minutes, I saw that as pound signs above my head, that was time gone, that was money wasted. But I was probably losing more money sitting there getting aggravated at my computer, staring at a blank screen than what I would be if I come back in ten minutes, refreshed, had a drink, had something to eat, and I was in a better place. So I think from a mindset perspective, if you're not feeling it that day, creative work, that's fine, just do something else. Mark Lofthouse: If you're not feeling creative, why not start working on an Excel sheet? Because a lot of the time, I find specifically for me, if I'm not feeling creative, I need to do something operations wise, or I need to do something finance or something that separates, exactly that. And even if you're literally doing something that is completely relevant, it's not actually anything that you should be doing. It really helps you separate yourself and then you get back straight into it. So I think from a mindset perspective, it's to analyse where you are. If you're not feeling it, go away for ten or 15 minutes, go back to it, otherwise you're going to waste a lot more time by sitting there doing that. Does that make sense? Kelly Molson: Yeah, absolutely. Great advice. Mine's always just get outside. It feels like you get like that brain fog where you feel like nothing that you're doing is heading you in the right direction that day. So mind is always like, yes, get away from the desk, stick your head outside, take the dog out for a walk. If you happen to have a dog and a cat.Mark Lofthouse: That's literally what I do. I've got a dog, I take him out for 5-10 minutes just around the block, or I get the lizard out and play with I'll show you the lizard a bit, but I've got a lizard and I get him out and play with him in the front room. I just use something to separate myself. I know that sounds like euphemism. It is, genuinely. I'm just going to put that.  Kelly Molson: Pet podcast - we had Matthew on with Bug the Owl last week. Now we've got Mark and his bearded dragon. I've obviously put something out in the universe about guests with strange pets. Mark Lofthouse: We need more animals in our lives. Don't we need more animals? Kelly Molson: I totally agree, Mark. Yeah, good one. I love that. Okay, so hard work. Next one. Mark Lofthouse: It's not easy if you want to get involved in the creative world, it is not easy. And I'm not going to sell this under any illusion that it's an easy task to do. You're going to sit in an office, draw a couple of bits, and then you go home and get paid a lot of money. That's not how it works. I'm quite transparent as a person. I'm more than happy to tell people that because I think I was naive when I started, especially graphic design wise. I thought, it's great. I can sit at home. I can just do a couple of designs per week, and I'm done. That's not how it works. It really isn't. And I learned that quite quickly. Mark Lofthouse: And I think a lot of some people coming into this industry that I've met kind of are under either that illusion or under the mindset of, this would be great. I'm just going to be creative, and I'm going to have fun with work. Yes, it is fun, but there's a lot of hard work you need to put in. I think when I was starting out especially, it's really hard. Y You can prove that, you can write things. You can prove that you are good at customer service. How do you prove that you're creative? It's a really hard one to do. And I think when I started this, I started originally when I was 15, 16, when I started putting myself out there a little bit. But when I was 16, I used to think, "oh, this is fine. People are just going to believe that I've created". And it was a genuine mentality that went through my head. I was like, this is going to believe it. Yeah, this is going to know that isn't the case at all. Mark Lofthouse: And I think I had to put myself out there so much that I ended up doing fake case studies, not representing that they were real, but just to show what I could do. So I put together some propositions for attractions. I did a lot of concept artwork. I ended up spending so much time that I became a full time job for a little bit that I was just putting myself out there on a piece of paper, because how else are you going to get a buy in? Mark Lofthouse: And I think that's a lot of people kind of forget that with companies that they're purchasing your services. It is a business transaction, in essence, as well. So they've got to believe that you can do what you can do. If you went to Pesco and it was an empty wrapper and you took it out and you just had to believe that there was a sandwich in that, for example. Doesn't work that way, does it? You've got to prove that you can do what you can do. And my recommendation to anybody getting in it is spend time to work on your portfolio, spend time to work on creative concepts. Nobody might buy them. Mark Lofthouse: I still, to this day, work on things what are just kind of a labour of love process, that I work on them because I like the idea, I want to get it out my brain, I want to get it on paper because you never know where it's going to be. I had a couple of years back, I sold some skirma's concepts to a client that I had when I was like 18 and it took that long for them to get signed off, but they've eventually they've happened and they've been produced. But my emphasis is expect to put a lot of work in to get where you want to because it's not an easy process. Mark Lofthouse: And I think a lot of universities, a lot of kind of educational programmes will kind of instil the mentality a little bit of when you leave here, it'll be easy to get a job and you can do this, that and the other. Sometimes the harsh realities, that isn't the case sometimes. You've still got to put the effort in, you got to work so hard to get yourself out there and prove that you can do what you can do. Otherwise it's so hard, it's competitive to make it. You've really got to put yourself out there and put the effort into it as well. Kelly Molson: Yeah. There's a big thing about being noticed as well. Earlier when I said about back when I was deciding what I wanted to do and do I go to university or just try and get a junior job?  Kelly Molson: I went down the junior job route because just felt that suited me better at the time. But competition was still really high for junior jobs because you didn't need the qualifications back then. They weren't as rigid about needing a university qualification. But then obviously the competition was a lot higher because there were more people going for those jobs and so you've had to put a lot of hard work in to even stand out in that part of the process, let alone like, what your portfolio looked like. Exactly like you, I spent so much time on my portfolio on projects that weren't real because I had to prove that I could do that role. But the first part of it was actually getting the interview in the first place, so you had to put in a lot of hard work about how you were going to be noticed. Kelly Molson: What did your CV look like? In the end, I'll have to dig it out. I'll put it on Twitter, but my CV was like I wanted to be a packaging designer, so my CV was like the little mini boxes of Kellogg's, the special pack, what were they called? The pack that you get. So mine was one of those, but like the Special K, because obviously K for Kelly. So I did this special K box that had all of my information on it, but in the style of this little box of cereal. And then I put some cereal in it, put my covering note in it and popped like a gift in it as well, which sounds great, but then I got a few messages from people going, "Yeah, that just got battered in the post. And basically we opened the box, broken bits of cornflake everywhere." Okay. At least I made a statement right when you opened it. Mark Lofthouse: Yeah, at least you got in touch. I think that's such a key point, though, isn't it? That actually, it's so competitive nowadays and I think I really feel for people trying to get in it. Don't get me wrong, I still find it difficult to kind of get some of them jobs off the line, or especially with the business creative as well. There's so many agencies that people are looking at using it's competitive to get these jobs, isn't it? We're all after the same pot of money from a client. In essence, it is difficult. And like I said, under no illusions do I want to make it sound as though you can just get one of these jobs by people believing in you. I think it's really key to put the effort in and I think it'll help you as well develop as a person. Mark Lofthouse: When you talk about interviews, this is a true thing. I used to do fake interviews, so I used to get people that either relatives or distant relatives. It wasn't people that could throw me off or anything. I used to do fake interviews and things because how else are you going to get that experience? You can't, and those little tiny things, just get in touch with someone and say, “Could you set up a fake interview with me and you and ask me questions?” Because it's so different. Being in a scenario where you're faking it with friends and family, you're having a bit of a laugh, but actually sitting there, having that meeting with somebody and having that interview is so difficult. It's not a fun task, is it, for anyone? Mark Lofthouse: So I think even doing fake interviews with things like just relatives or people that you may just know of and things, it's so important to get that experience because how else are you going to get it otherwise? Kelly Molson: Yeah, that's really good advice. Yes, good. What you said about all these things, it's all about building your personal brand, is it? It's all going into, like, how much effort you put in is what you're going to get out of stuff. All right, cool. Third pillar, creativity. Obviously, if you are trying to develop a creative career in the theme park industry, you need to have a level of creativity about you. But what do you mean specifically about this pillar? Mark Lofthouse: So, as you said, it's quite a key one, isn't it, to be a creative you need to have creativity. But I think what comes with it is exploration, research and doing so we can all have ideas. Every single person on Earth is creative to some extent. People can hone into that better than other people can, but everyone's got creativity inside them. It's so key to actually go and explore and do things and research and get other people's opinion on your creativity. Because I think we've all been there, where we've gone, “Oh, this is brilliant, it's a great idea”. And then someone else has looked at it and gone, I don't have a clue what you're talking about. I don't get it at all. Mark Lofthouse: We've all been there and I think even I remember reading an article online and it was from an imagineer, and they were saying that actually sometimes that they've done it where they've gone, this is a brilliant idea. And all the team members have looked at it and gone, what on earth is that? I don't understand it at all from guest perspective. So in terms of creativity, it's about honing the creative skills that you have listening to and it kind of leads us onto the next one. But I think listening to feedback, getting that influence from people, but also going visiting attractions, going visiting places, absorbing everything from your surroundings and taking home key aspects of what was exciting about that. So think of the horse racing, for example. What can you take home? How did that make you feel watching that? Mark Lofthouse: What was it about the experience that excited you about it? Or equally, walking in a forest somewhere you feel a certain way and it's really key to understand those feelings that you have and what causes them, because that helps your creativity along the line. So, like I said, we walk in the dog. I sometimes feel really calm and I don't know why. And then I'll kind of try and work out why I feel so serene. I feel really calm because if you ever want to embrace that in any of your creative ideas going forward, how do you get that feeling across? So then I think it's because I've just looked at this and it was brilliant. I've listened to this and it was the sound of birds and above and the leaves rustling together and you've got to absorb everything to be a creative. Mark Lofthouse: I think you've got to just take inspiration from every single place that you can possibly get it from. And I think that's what is about a pillar to being creative. It's not to be ignorant and just believe in your creativity. You can always learn something, you can always get inspiration from other places. And it's really key to remember that, to just remember to spend time to focus on why you feel a certain way. If you enjoyed something, why, what caused it, how long did it last for? Why are you wanting to feel that again? How can you do that for other people? And it's just about creative owning on that creative. Does that make sense? It's a little bit of a waffle book. Kelly Molson: No, it's brilliant advice. I totally get it. When you said about if you're putting yourself into a certain state, that level of calmness, understand what it is that's making that happen, because then you can apply that to the other experiences that you're designing. That summed it up perfectly for me. Mark Lofthouse: I think it truly is the only way you could do it. I think, as creatives admittedly, I'm the same. Sometimes I think, "oh, this is brilliant, I'm on a roll." Now step away and come back and read what you've just wrote, because I've done it a couple of times. I look at it and go, “I haven't even got a clue what I'm talking about here. What on earth? What is happening?” And then I've thought it's because it's got no feeling down. I've just been writing down an idea because it sounds good, but what would I feel like if I was stood there? What would I see? What would I do? What would I hear? What would I smell? And it's really key to think about all that because then you can go, right, fundamentally, this is why that creative idea did not work, because it didn't have any basis to work. Mark Lofthouse: You've got to come up with all of these little idiosms and little ideas to think of why things have got to work in the future. But it's so key as a creative, I think sometimes we can all rely on just our creative brains going, yeah, I know that works from the past and all this works from the past. Think of something fresh every time you do it. Think of a different approach and put that feeling in there as well. Kelly Molson: And then our final pillar is feedback. So you touched on this a little bit earlier about asking for feedback. I think being open to the feedback that you receive is quite important as well. Right. I think there's definitely well, I mean, maybe I don't know. I don't want to be generalist about this, but I think that there has been kind of two mindsets about graphic designers. You often come across some graphic designers and can be a bit precious about what they've done. Kelly Molson: Like, we've all met them, Mark, many of them are my friends, and you spend an awful lot of time on some of these things. Sometimes you can be a bit precious about what you've done and you get some negative feedback on it and it can be soul crushing at the time. But I think you've got to be open to the feedback that you're receiving because you can always make something better. Mark Lofthouse: Absolutely. And like I said before, you can always learn from people as well. And it's so kind of key to remember that. I think there's two things, especially as a designer, you either go down the art route, where actually a lot of the work that you're putting out there is just your personal work and you want to just share your creativity and your art. In that case, you've got to remember that everyone has an opinion and they will earn it. That's number one thing. And I think the second one, if you're working for a client and a client comes back with feedback that you do not agree with, you've got to remember they're paying you. At the end of the day, they're the client. You might not agree with their comments, but you've got to take them on board. Mark Lofthouse: And I think we've all been in that position doing commercial design, whether that is a themed attraction, themed experience, or whether that is a graphic design or art, whatever that may be, where we've got feedback and just looked at it and gone, “You don't know what you're talking about.” Which is fine. They're not meant to. They're showing their opinion and saying, this doesn't work for me because of this reason. And they might not have your background in graphic design, they might not have your background in themed attractions, that doesn't mean their opinion is less valid than yours. And I think it's so key. I went through a phase where any critical feedback I got, “I was like getting the hoof over it.” But you know what? It didn't do me any well because I lost clients over it. Mark Lofthouse: I have clients that I loved working with that wouldn't use me again because of that phase that I went through. But I needed to go through that phase to get into the phase that I'm in now, which is take any feedback on board. That's fine, take it on. Because everyone has an opinion. And actually, what some people bring back, even if they're not qualified, so to speak, in what you do, I bet they've got some good ideas that actually you go, yeah, that's really good to work with. I think one way I always work with clients to kind of assist from the feedback point of view. And I know the business creative do it really well. Is it a collaborative approach with working. Mark Lofthouse: So at the beginning of the process, you will speak with a client and get their ideas on board at the beginning of it. And I think it's really good because then you get the buy in from the client as well. They'll say, "We like this colour, we like this design, we want this feeling from it." But by doing that, you get the basis of the client working with you at the beginning and not you working for them. And it's really key. I think creativity and collaboration go hand in hand. You need to have that collaborative effort, otherwise it becomes a dictatorship of creative beliefs. And that's not what anything should be. You should be working with a client on a collaborative level to say, “Yes, I'm working for you, but we're working together to get this outcome and that's where you need to be.”Mark Lofthouse: Whether that's graphic design, whatever is themed attraction, immersive experience. But by getting on board at the beginning of that process, you alleviate any of the pressure issues with the feedback along the way because you're working with them to develop these concepts. And by doing that, you're eradicating anything really contrasting towards the end of the project or any sign off periods that you have. Kelly Molson: Yeah, great. Mark, great advice. I think we've all been in the position where we have taken some feedback from a client before and taken it away, probably pulled her hair out, felt like we wanted to argue, but then had a little word of ourselves and gone, “Okay, well, how can we work with that?” And it's about evaluating every situation that you're in where you're receiving the feedback. And like you say, there are going to be elements of the nuggets from that feedback that actually will be really positive and we should talk about. But I think there is what you said earlier is absolutely right. You do have to take a step back and go, the client is paying for this. Ultimately we are in a commercial contract here and so how far do you take it? Kelly Molson: But I do think that there is always scope to push back if you genuinely think that the feedback that we received is going to have a negative impact on the outcome and the objectives that the client wants to achieve. So I think it is worth stating that, but you are absolutely right. There has been times in the past where you kind of forget that actually someone is paying for this and we really need to do the right thing here. Mark Lofthouse: Like you said as well, I think that when I talk about the collaborative approach, obviously that isn't just the beginning of a project that's through it. And by collaboration that does mean pushing back on certain elements as well. And that is part of a collaborative team. You aren't just say yes to everything, or no, full stop. You work with a client to say, "Okay, I'll get your idea, but how about if we did it this way instead?" So you still get your creative position in right? You still get the extent of what you want from a creative delivery, but the clients getting the product that they want and it's so key to kind of work that way. I used to be kind of critical with feedback. Mark Lofthouse: I used to, like I said at the beginning, think, “You don't really know what you're talking about. I know as a designer, I know what I'm doing. I've done this countless numbers of times. I know what I'm doing.” But sometimes people just need explanation as well as why have you come up with that. And sometimes you'll read an email and emails are the devil's work. And I will always say that, because you read much more into an email than you should do. Everyone does it, but you'll get feedback. And instead of looking at that and going, "Oh, what do they mean by that? Or is there any way that I can explain myself that you start to type back furiously". Don't do it. Always walk away from an email. And it's only in probably the past year that I've started doing it more. Mark Lofthouse: I'll get an email, come through and I think, I don't like the tone of that. I don't like this, that the other. And then I got, right, walk away from it. I'll come back and then go, “Actually, the tone is absolutely fine, I was overreacting.” Because you're not prepared to get that email coming in. So you're always on the back foot, you're always expecting the worst because you can never read what anyone's going to say. So I think with that as well, if you get any sort of feedback along those lines, try and jump on a call, try and jump on a Zoom call, try and jump on a Team's call, whatever that may be. Because seeing people's facial reactions as well really helps in terms of understanding where they're coming from with things. Mark Lofthouse: And you can obviously explain it a lot better. But, yeah, in terms of feedback, make sure you're getting the feedback, but also feeding back on that feedback to yourself to think, "Should I respond? Do I need to respond that way?" No, always have feedback on the feedback. That's what I think. Kelly Molson: I love it. And such good advice. Right, great. We've covered the four pillars. Mark, we're coming towards the end of the podcast. I've got two more questions for you. One, other than email is the devil's work, what would be the one piece of advice that you would like to share with anyone who really wants to start their creative career in theme park industry? Mark Lofthouse: This one is a bit controversial, but never fall in love with an idea that you have. So I learned this a long time ago now, when I first started, especially Danny Scare Mazes and Halloween events, because it's what I love. I absolutely adore into these type of events. I really fell in love with the ideas that I was creating and I just put my whole self into it and I thought, this is a brilliant idea. And some of the clients that I was working with didn't think that. And it hit me hard, really hard. And I think you have to obviously believe in what you are putting forward. Mark Lofthouse: I'm not saying that you've got to believe in the product that you're positioning to a client, but do not fall in love with it where you can't take this criticism on board because it hits you very hard. It's. Like getting punched in your stomach, isn't it, when you fall in love with an idea and then someone comes back going, “I really don't like this.” And you've really got to assess yourself with it. You've got to position yourself in terms of, yes, I believe in the product, but also it might not be right for other people because other people have different opinions, they see things from a different perspective. So I think, yeah, never fall in love with your own idea is probably a key one for me. And it's something I've stuck with for years, since learning that lesson long time ago. Kelly Molson: Learn it the hard way, Mark, but a good lesson to learn. Great, thank you. Right, we always end the podcast with a book that you'd love to share. So something that you love that you're really happy to share with our audience. What have you got? Mark Lofthouse: Yeah, so I've actually got it. I've got it behind me. I'll move my head. But it's the Immersive Storytelling book and I think it's been covered by so many people, but it is brilliant. It's written by an ex imagineer. I think, actually, she's still a Disney imagineer named Margaret, and she walks you through her vision of how to tell a story correctly in terms of an immersive environment. And it's just so well done, because she doesn't just say, it isn't a case study, this is what I do, this is how I do it. Because you can't do that storytellers, all tell stories in a different way. But what she does is tells you her philosophy of how to think about storytelling in an immersive environment. I literally got through neenoff the full book in an evening. It just engrossed me straight away. Mark Lofthouse: It's brilliantly written, really friendly approach to it, but I can't recommend it enough. It's called Immersive Storytelling. And it's brilliant. I really recommend it to anyone. Kelly Molson: Amazing. Great book. We have not had that one recommended on. We have some really good book recommendations recently. Listeners, as ever, if you want to be in for a chance of winning that book, if you head over to our Twitter account and you retweet this episode announcement with the words, I want Mark's book, then we'll put you in the draw and maybe you could be the lucky recipient of it. Mark, it's been so good to chat today. Thank you. I feel like we've got a really similar background, so we should definitely chat again at some point about our horror stories of feedback and client feedback and falling in love with projects that clients should love and then they hate. Mark Lofthouse: Thank you so much for having me on as well. I think it's so good just to chat with people about what you do and about how you sort of think about things. I think we're all guilty, aren't we, of just going, “Oh, I work doing this and carrying on with it.” But it's really nice, actually, sometimes just to open up about where you started and hear other people's stories as well. So thank you so much for thinking of me and I really appreciate being on here as well. Kelly Molson: No, you're very welcome. It's been a great chat and we're going to put all of Mark's contact details in the show notes, so if you want to have a chat with him about any aspect of this, which he's really passionate to, talk about it. So if you're starting out or you happen to be a client that's looking for creative work, then you'll be able to contact Mark with all of these details in the show notes. So thank you. Mark Lofthouse: Thank you. Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast.

Kolade Kolawole-Boboye is the Co-founder & Brand Management of LDN Records INC, a Director and Alumni at Hope Blooms.Kolade sees himself as a lifelong learner that wants to build relationships with others through creative entrepreneurial collaborations.Kolade is a member of the Hope Blooms Board of Directors, a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's Architecture Award for Outstanding Design in Greenhouse, successfully pitched to the CBC's Dragons Den & a Recipient of CBC's Dragons Den Top Pitches of all Time 2016, Hosted the 1st outdoor musical performance on spring garden in collaboration with Spring Garden Business Admin.Kolade is a creative, outgoing, dedicated individual who wants to build and expand his experience through creative work.Check him out @koladeboboye

My guest today is Lydia Endora, Founder, Creative Designer and Buyer at her self-titled fashion label. The seeds of a love for fashion were planted in Lydia's heart at a very young age by her grandmother. Combined with education and a work ethic modeled by her mother, she has tapped into her creative spirit and skills to find her own corner in the athleisure space of the fashion market.  With a focus on quality and obsession with the customer, Lydia has created a fashion line that features multifunctional pieces for the busy woman to seamlessly switch between activities during her day.   She says that this is a discerning and conscious fashion buyer who does not want to be forced to throw away clothes after a few cycles in the washing machine. And so, Lydia puts a lot of thought into who her customer is, right down to the activities she's engaged in as she goes about her day.  In addition to her process, we talk about hopes and dreams, listening to the whispers of your life and following your gut. We talk about  some of the challenges that smaller fashion houses encounter while trying to implement ethical business practices and of course, we talk about Lydia's personal story.LINKS AND MENTIONS Some of the fashion designers and exciting fashion leaders and spaces that Lydia mentions:Christopher John RogersBrandon Maxwell Telfar Brandince Daniel Harlem's Fashion Row – An exclusively black business bricks and mortar fashion marketplace in HarlemJoin the Squad and Subscribe to the Shades and Layers newsletterA GIFT FOR YOU

Marie Antoinette is a multi-talented creative who has made a name for herself as an author, filmmaker, and creative designer. In a recent interview, she discussed the concept of Colorism, which is the prejudicial treatment of people of the same race based on their skin pigmentation. This topic inspired her to create a documentary to raise awareness about the issue. Marie Antoinette also shared some insights into her personal life, including how she manages her time across multiple projects and prioritizes self-care. She also discussed the meaning behind her name. Finally, Marie Antoinette gives some valuable advice on how to address racism and Colorism in everyday interactions with people. She emphasized the importance of education and empathy, and encouraged everyone to be open to learning about and understanding the experiences of others.  ========================================= Full Bio:  “My work is about creating art in all forms for all people” – Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette is an Author, Filmmaker and Creative Designer. She was born and raised in Tampa, Florida. Passionate about community initiatives that encourage healthcare education and supports children as well as single-parent homes, Marie studied healthcare services, which led her into the field of anesthesiology. With a deep-rooted curiosity about fashion and art and how these industry sectors impact inclusivity, Marie's true calling emerged when a woman in a fabric store told her “You're pretty for a dark-skinned girl”. Surprised that skin tone and color were still such a big part of society's narrative, Marie started development on MELANIN; a documentary, book, and lifestyle brand that positively demystifies COLORISM (the biased or prejudicial treatment of people belonging to the same race, based on skin pigmentation). In 2021, Marie launched SAPPHIRE DIAMONDS. A bold and inclusive clothing brand. She also created the SAPPHIRE DIAMOND AWARDS, an award that recognizes members of the community who are making an impact through relevant socio-economic initiatives. This year, Marie will launch Part II of her MELANIN documentary and will expand her messaging about fashion, inclusivity, and art in partnership with several corporate and educational institutions around the country. A self-professed foodie, in her spare time, Marie loves to cook, enjoy meals with family and friends and spend time by the water. marieantoinette929@gmail.com https://www.marieantoinette929.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/marieantoinette929/?hl=en YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgtIDfVc0g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-antoinette-3a073624b/ ========================================= To get our FREE resource: 3 Ways to Reduce Burnout & Boost Well-being, visit colorofsuccesspodcast.com to sign up for our mailing list!   Ways you can support the show for FREE: Share our content Join our communities on streaming platforms and social media to give your suggestions on guests and reflection questions: Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Twitter

Players who are new to Tabletop Role Playing Games make the fatal mistake of thinking that class and race equal character.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In this episode we are going to explore creating compelling characters and give you some things to think about the next time you put pen to paper and start making that Half Dragonborn Half Tiefling Ranger Barbarian Warlock Noble. The rulebooks for RPG's love to talk about character classes, character races, character archetypes...with that many characters being thrown around you would think we are in a Monty Python sketch.  Players often fail to understand that characters are made up of personality traits…not stat blocks. Joining me today to talk about creating compelling characters is Christina Stiso one of my partners in crime on this podcast Christina is a long-time gamer and Creative Designer for Oddfish Games. She is a PhD student studying game-based learning and on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization “Tabletop Gaymers.”

You may have heard a little something about Wizards of the Coast updating, changing, and/or deleting their Open Gaming License that has been a part D&D for 23 years.Everyone, and I mean everyone in the business is talking about this. So, it only seemed proper that we kick off our new podcast “Epic Adventure” doing what everyone else is.Talking about D&D's OGL.But we are going to take that one step further. We are going to give some ideas of how to move forward and talk about other gaming systems that we recommend.But first who are we.My name is Steve Kellams and I am just a fan with a radio voice. I started tabletop gaming in the late 70's with Napoleonic miniatures. In 1981 I dove headfirst into Tom Moldvay version of D&D and since then roleplaying and tabletop gaming has been a passion of mine. I've been lucky enough to get the opportunity to host this podcast with a few amazing people who are going to join me on this Epic Adventure.Mike Howlett is the co-founder of Odd Fish Games, a great independent game company with some fun little systems and a phenomenal universal solo roleplaying system you should check out. He is a longtime gamer, writer, game designer with more irons in the fire than hours on the clock.Christina Stiso is a gamer and Creative Designer for Odd Fish Games. She is a PhD student studying game-based learning and on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization Tabletop Gaymers.Both Christina and Mike are joining me today to kick of the Epic Adventure PodcastWe are definitely starting with a bang.

In this episode I interview Renee Wroten, a Holistic Health Coach and wellness strategist. Renee and I discuss all things HORMONES. Specifically, we talk about the things you should avoid that can interfere with proper hormone production. Renee also talks about how she healed her uterine fibroids by changing her diet and lifestyle. Health starts with what we put in our mouths. Renee provides a long list of things everyone should stay away from to protect their hormones from becoming unbalanced. Tune in and learn from the best!Stay tuned at the end for a special gift from Ms. WrotenMore About Renee:I'm Coach Renée, your personal online Health and Wellness Strategist and I'm here to help guide you towards living a healthier and happier lifestyle through healthier options: spirituality, physical fitness and overall optimal health and well-being.Renée Wroten is the Founder and CEO of The Academy of Holistic Living. She is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, an Author, Personal Skincare Formulator,Connoisseur and Creative Designer of 20-Minute Healthy Meals and a Smoothie Junkie of tropical fruits and blueberries. She is the go-to Boss when it comes to helping women balance their lives forward to living healthier and happier lifestyles.Ms. Wroten has first-hand experience when it comes to battling a series of multiple personal health challenges that lasted over a decade of her life. In 2005, she was diagnosed with multiple uterine fibroids, which are muscular tumors, usually benign that grow inside the wall of the uterus.In her early 40s, in fact, at age 42 is when she had her first experience of a hot flash, something she never wanted to experience. “You never want to experience something without understanding the root cause”, says Wroten, which now explains why she went on a mission to research “how to naturally heal the body without over-the- counter, prescribed medications and surgical procedures without cause. Fast forward, she was hit with a long laundry list of food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances that her body started to reject; namely, wheat/gluten, corn, cruciferous veggies (broccoli and cabbage), citrus fruits, red meat, nuts and seeds. These food sensitivities/intolerances eventually led to intestinal permeability, leaky gut, chronic atopic dermatitis, chronic severe seborrheic dermatitis and adrenal stress, due to delays of underdiagnoses. After numerous bouts of testing and questions, the “all-inclusive” diagnoses received were classified as an autoimmune disease. Later she concluded that autoimmune diseases stemmed from years of battling with uterine fibroids. Finally, the autoimmune diseases started to wreak havoc on her immune system, causing her body to reject beneficial vitamins and minerals that her body was desperately craving, later causing vitamin and mineral deficiencies (mal-nutrients), which caused more health problems for Wroten. And that's when her research, turned passion for healthy living began, later enrolling in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition where she earned a Certification in Holistic Nutrition. During her education at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she had the pleasure of studying under world-renowned leaders and thinkers; these icons included Joshua Rosenthal, Founder and CEO of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition; Dr. Andrew Weil, an American celebrity doctor who advocates for alternative medicine; Dr. Joel Fuhrman, an American celebrity doctor who advocates a micronutrient-rich diet; Dr. David Katz, the founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center; Deepak Chopra, author and alternative medicine advocate; and Dr. Bernie Siegel, writer and retired pediatric surgeon who writes on the relationship between the patient and the healing process, just to name a few.She gives credit to God who has allowed these big thinkers to make a huge impact on her health and well-being. Because of this impact, it has propelled her into conducting further research into healing multiple Uterine Fibroids that plagued her body for 11 plus years. Recognizing the fact that “whole” foods, proper nutrition for her bio- individuality, proper rest and supplementing in the area where deficiencies were visible, leading towards the healing of her autoimmune diseases. Ms. Wroten regularly continues her education and conducts research for alternative methods for optimalwell-being to prevent the onset of illness and disease for the well-being of herself and the clients she serves.She is now The Holistic Boss of her healthy lifestyle and that is her unique way of putting her health before anything else and she wants to help you do the same so you can become the Boss of Your Healthy Lifestyle! She's been educating, mentoring and guiding others to live healthier and happier lifestyles through the Holistic Approach of living.You can find Renee at : Holisticboss.com or @theholisticboss on IGTo learn more about Tavia you can go to: healthcoachtavia.com and follow her on IG @healthcoachtaviaThe Sweet Life Coaching Podcast https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/the-sweet-life-coaching-podcast/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/ep-42-hormone-disrupters-w-renee-wroten-author-holistic-health-coach-and-tavia-morse-salvadalena-functional-nutritional-practitioner

In this episode I interview Renee Wroten, a Holistic Health Coach and wellness strategist. Renee and I discuss all things HORMONES. Specifically, we talk about the things you should avoid that can interfere with proper hormone production. Renee also talks about how she healed her uterine fibroids by changing her diet and lifestyle. Health starts with what we put in our mouths. Renee provides a long list of things everyone should stay away from to protect their hormones from becoming unbalanced. Tune in and learn from the best!Stay tuned at the end for a special gift from Ms. WrotenMore About Renee:I'm Coach Renée, your personal online Health and Wellness Strategist and I'm here to help guide you towards living a healthier and happier lifestyle through healthier options: spirituality, physical fitness and overall optimal health and well-being.Renée Wroten is the Founder and CEO of The Academy of Holistic Living. She is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, an Author, Personal Skincare Formulator, Connoisseur and Creative Designer of 20-Minute Healthy Meals and a Smoothie Junkie of tropical fruits and blueberries. She is the go-to Boss when it comes to helping women balance their lives forward to living healthier and happier lifestyles.Ms. Wroten has first-hand experience when it comes to battling a series of multiple personal health challenges that lasted over a decade of her life. In 2005, she was diagnosed with multiple uterine fibroids, which are muscular tumors, usually benign that grow inside the wall of the uterus.In her early 40s, in fact, at age 42 is when she had her first experience of a hot flash, something she never wanted to experience. “You never want to experience something without understanding the root cause”, says Wroten, which now explains why she went on a mission to research “how to naturally heal the body without over-the- counter, prescribed medications and surgical procedures without cause. Fast forward, she was hit with a long laundry list of food allergies, sensitivities and intolerances that her body started to reject; namely, wheat/gluten, corn, cruciferous veggies (broccoli and cabbage), citrus fruits, red meat, nuts and seeds. These food sensitivities/intolerances eventually led to intestinal permeability, leaky gut, chronic atopic dermatitis, chronic severe seborrheic dermatitis and adrenal stress, due to delays of underdiagnoses. After numerous bouts of testing and questions, the “all-inclusive” diagnoses received were classified as an autoimmune disease. Later she concluded that autoimmune diseases stemmed from years of battling with uterine fibroids. Finally, the autoimmune diseases started to wreak havoc on her immune system, causing her body to reject beneficial vitamins and minerals that her body was desperately craving, later causing vitamin and mineral deficiencies (mal-nutrients), which caused more health problems for Wroten. And that's when her research, turned passion for healthy living began, later enrolling in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition where she earned a Certification in Holistic Nutrition. During her education at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she had the pleasure of studying under world-renowned leaders and thinkers; these icons included Joshua Rosenthal, Founder and CEO of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition; Dr. Andrew Weil, an American celebrity doctor who advocates for alternative medicine; Dr. Joel Fuhrman, an American celebrity doctor who advocates a micronutrient-rich diet; Dr. David Katz, the founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center; Deepak Chopra, author and alternative medicine advocate; and Dr. Bernie Siegel, writer and retired pediatric surgeon who writes on the relationship between the patient and the healing process, just to name a few.She gives credit to God who has allowed these big thinkers to make a huge impact on her health and well-being. Because of this impact, it has propelled her into conducting further research into healing multiple Uterine Fibroids that plagued her body for 11 plus years. Recognizing the fact that “whole” foods, proper nutrition for her bio- individuality, proper rest and supplementing in the area where deficiencies were visible, leading towards the healing of her autoimmune diseases. Ms. Wroten regularly continues her education and conducts research for alternative methods for optimal well-being to prevent the onset of illness and disease for the well-being of herself and the clients she serves.She is now The Holistic Boss of her healthy lifestyle and that is her unique way of putting her health before anything else and she wants to help you do the same so you can become the Boss of Your Healthy Lifestyle! She's been educating, mentoring and guiding others to live healthier and happier lifestyles through the Holistic Approach of living.You can find Renee at : Holisticboss.com or @theholisticboss on IG To learn more about Tavia you can go to: healthcoachtavia.com and follow her on IG @healthcoachtaviaThe Sweet Life Coaching Podcast https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/the-sweet-life-coaching-podcast/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/ep-42-hormone-disrupters-w-renee-wroten-author-holistic-health-coach-and-tavia-morse-salvadalena-functional-nutritional-practitioner

Welcome back to a fresh season of the ABCDEI podcast. In this season co-hosts Susan Diaz and Rohini Mukerji present a 6-episode arc with in-depth episodes on different aspects of 2 core topics: intersectionality, and the return to workplace culture.  In the first episode of the arc, Susan Diaz sits down with Pamela Shainhouse, Award-winning Certified DEI&B professional to tackle the former. Pamela is the Founder, President, and Creative Designer of Allistyle Inc., a size-diverse and sustainable fashion line named in memory of her daughter Alli. Allistyle highlighted the need for beautiful, comfortable clothing for curvy women and was designed and manufactured from sustainable fabrics in Canada. She is a highly accomplished Entrepreneur and Consultant with more than 35 years of success across fashion, apparel, and professional fundraising sectors. Her broad areas of expertise include networking, brand development/management, and public speaking. Her new division, “The Shainhouse Group, a division of Allistyle Inc.” is a consultancy that specializes in the world “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEI&B)” within the corporate culture. Their sweet spot is in the fashion marketplace. Susan and Pamela dive into:

Caroline Moore meets with Mya Matthews, the owner of M3 Creative. Mya talks on her medium work like graphic design, social media, and woodcutting, how the consultation process goes with clients with that Mya works with, and why Mya started M3 Creative and what she's found out about herself in doing this business. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented by Office Mart. Visit them at 215 S Jefferson Ave in Cookeville to see what they can do for your office News Talk 94.1 · Presented By Office Mart

Caroline Moore meets with Mya Matthews, the owner of M3 Creative. Mya talks on her medium work like graphic design, social media, and woodcutting, how the consultation process goes with clients with that Mya works with, and why Mya started M3 Creative and what she's found out about herself in doing this business. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented by Office Mart. Visit them at 215 S Jefferson Ave in Cookeville to see what they can do for your office

Thanks to Marina for her time and for showing up as her authentic self. Listen in as we share wisdom, insights, bloopers and good laughs. Always a blast with people who found their true purpose in life. Join us on our podcast channels to listen in on more of this series. Be sure to follow us on all our social media or visit us at www.theandreaeffect.com to learn more about The Andrea Effect Channel.

We had Mr. J Hines in the building, Founder and Creative Designer for Affluent, one of America's best Men's Custom Luxury Clothing Brands! If you're not familiar J Hines has built out a one of a kind type experience for the men in his community 'The Standard' so I brought him in to share a few pointers! Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eqjInLXwz0 ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITY FOR WEEKLY MEET UPS, TRAININGS, AND EVENTS -- https://www.patreon.com/themdmpod?fan_landing=true&view_as=public Millionaire Merch: https://www.themdmpodcast.com/shop Tweet with us! Million Dollar Community https://twitter.com/themdm_pod Also keep up with us on Instagram @themdm_pod https://www.instagram.com/themdm_pod Promote your business to over 300,000 ears on The MDM Podcast for Black Biz Fridays; https://calendly.com/quiyspeaksllc/black-biz-fridays?month=2022-11 Loving the show? Please leave us a review! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themdm-pod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themdm-pod/support

Everyone craves creativity and wants incredible design, but how does creativity really come about for a project? But more importantly, once you get there, how do you make an immersive and memorable experience for your brand or event?Design is subjective, but great design is not. Great design takes process, listening, vision and talent. While creativity and ideas are important, having a solid strategy and process to execute is just as important.The key is to understand that the brand or event is the star of the show, not the design. Design should support the brand and be an extension of the brand's voice. It should also be strategic, taking into account all touch points of the brand or event journey. And finally, it should be executed flawlessly with attention to detail. When all of these elements come together, THAT's when great design happens.By understanding the event brand, objectives and target audience, we can develop a creative approach that aligns with the business goals to produce an impactful event.In this episode of Event Marketing: Redefined, I'm bringing you the most bada** creative designer I knows, my friend and colleague, Jeff Ocasio.Creative Officer of Rockway Exhibits, Jeff will dive into the trade secrets of what makes a brand experience successful.This episode featured event marketing topics like:- How to get the most out of your design agency- Trends in event/brand design- Tips for marketers from a design expert- How to create immersive spaces- Technology and what role it plays in design for event marketing- If you have a room full of our clients, what would you want them to leave knowing?- Why process creates incredible designIf you have been craving creativity or a fresh perspective on your marketing strategy, this episode is for you!Connect with Me:On my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-kleinrock-9613b22b/On my Company: https://rockwayexhibits.com/

Sheri Kaye Hoff interviews Shannon Barnard, owner of K9Bytes. Shannon Barnard is the Founder and Creative Designer of K9 Bytes. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband and English Cocker Spaniel, Rogue. It brings her great delight to help pet parents celebrate the joy of their pets with handmade dog and cat collars, leashes, treats, and toys. Her love and passion for pets are apparent in each item that she creates.

Jaime Foley, the Founder and Creative Designer of Jaime Foley Design has created a company with the goal of bridging the gap between the beautiful space people want and helping them create a comfortable lifestyle space “they love” and call home.An entrepreneur, creative, artist, wife, mother of two children… and two dogs, Jaime understands the power of your living space and how home can contribute to your wellness, personal organization, family and happiness.  This is a core belief of Jaime's and how she has approached all projects in life.  Jaime Foley is a perfect example of what it means to find and call home a home you love.More Info: https://www.jaimefoleydesign.com/

Order of Battle Podcast episode 68 Alexander and Jason sit down with Carson Mataxis, Curator and archivist of www.3DJoes.com to discuss his new project Operation: Recall.  This project combines the legendary Hasbro Design team of Kirk Bozigian: Brand Manager and VP of Boys Toys, Ron Rudat: Figure and Vehicle Designer, Mark Pennington: Figure and Vehicle Designer, Doug Hart: Packaging Painter, Ed Morrill: Branding and Packaging Partner, Bill Merklein: Contract Sculptor, and Marvel's own Larry Hama: Comic Book Author. They partnered with Carson's archivist and project management skills to pull in over 170 character design ideas from over 100 GIJoe and Toy collector communities.  Now the 16 Creative Designers and this legendary design team are doing a Kickstarter to fund an 80's GIJoe style 3.75” O-ring action figure toy line!  Carson breaks down how this idea was formed through his own 1989 idea, Retelo, how it grew into a full production run, sharing the stage with Creative Designer submissions, and how A fits into it all.  You can back the Kickstarter right now, fund for one figure or all 18, or more! The more this funds, the more figures get released with this first production run. Support the legendary design team and support the community's own Creative Designers.   I hope you enjoy the talk and take action!  Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3djoes/operation-recall-legendary-creators-back-on-active-duty Website:  https://www.operationrecall.com/ Website: www.orderofbattlepod.com Email: orderofbattlepod@gmail.com Twitter: @orderofbattlepd Instagram: @orderofbattlepod #gijoe

Featured in this week's episode of The Productive Designer, host Crystal Collinson chats with Realtor, Owner and Creative Designer at House of Huck Interiors, Meredith Huck.Meredith and her husband live in coastal Connecticut with their two young children. She is also a licensed real estate agent in the state of Connecticut. And enjoys supporting her clients to turn average houses into spectacular homes.Crystal and Meredith discuss transitioning from a corporate job to her passion project. Watching her colleague succeed with his interior design inspired Meredith to scale up her passion into an interior design business. Meredith shares that starting your own business can be challenging, it requires you to learn as you go and keep on learning. Meredith mentions that being organized and having a plan are essential in keeping your business processes. A to-do list will also help you visualize where you want to go, as well as keeping all your projects on track. And constant communication with your Clients keeps them updated on the project as well as demonstrating your professionalism.Meredith continuously networks with other Designers and reaches out to potential customers. Building a portfolio is a significant factor in getting your first client. You can also do pro-bono design projects for friends. It is a great way to showcase your skills when you are still building your business. In addition, you can post on social media to build awareness of your design skills. And with the hopes of reaching your target customers.So join Crystal and Meredith as Meredith shares her transition from corporate job to doing what she loves most. Then “Do something today that your future self will thank you for” and follow your passion.If you enjoyed the episode, show your support by buying me a coffee buymeacoffee.com/TPDpodcastHow to reach Meredith:Website : houseofhuck.com     I     IG : houseofhuckRecommended podcast/books:Design Biz Survival Guide podcast I Well Designed Business podcast I Homebody by Joanna Gaines

Today on Shut the Front Door we are delighted to be joined by award-winning luxury interior and furniture designer Fiona Barratt-Campbell. Fiona is the Founder and Creative Designer of FBC London and Fiona Barratt Interiors. With over eighteen years' experience leading Fiona Barratt Interiors, having trained at London's Chelsea College of Art followed by Parsons School of Design in New York, Fiona is sought by clients for her imaginative use of texture, colours and shapes, all interpreted into graceful and timeless designs. Since her very first commission in 2006 – a 12,000 sqft ski chalet in Switzerland, for Richard Branson – her company's international perspective has been awarded with ambitious projects in UK, Mallorca, Hong Kong, Moscow and Beirut. Design has always been in Fiona's DNA. Her chief mentor and greatest inspiration was her grandfather, property developer Sir Lawrie Barratt, founder of one of the largest residential property development companies in the UK in 1958, Barratt Homes. Married to Sol, and mother of three, Fiona we are delighted to welcome you to Shut the Front Door today….Shut The Front Door is produced by @vmdigital.ie | www.vmdigital.ie.Email the podcast: shutthefrontdoor@ventura.ie

Today on Shut the Front Door, we are joined by the talented Bee Osborn, Creative Designer and Founder of Studio Osborn. Bee trained in Inchbald School of Design in London and started working in interior design over two decades ago. In that space of time, Bee has become internationally acclaimed and multi-award-winning for creating beautiful spaces for both private homes and hotels.Inspired by repeated requests for decorative items, Bee has also developed her own brand, Osborn Interiors, and sells some of her favourite pieces both online and from her shop.Married with three daughters, it's my pleasure to chat to Bee on Shut the Front Door.Shut The Front Door is produced by @vmdigital.ie | www.vmdigital.ie.Email the podcast: shutthefrontdoor@ventura.ie

WHO... The past 20+ yrs, Lisa Jean Walsh has been driving the industry forward with brave, emotion-driven work that blurs the line between art, fashion and consumer. As a Creative Designer in NYC, LA and EU, Her complex concepts and deeply strategic approach have led to some of the most celebrated campaigns—from the era-defining Calvin Klein Body Collection, and COACH Heritage collections to mold-breaking creative partnerships with: J.Lo, Lauren Conrad, Vera Wang, Rachel Roy, ELLE, Juicy Couture, Dana Buchman, and Kenneth Cole. From Runway to Print, Lisa Jean has devoted her work to the sole purpose of fueling beauty and happiness.

 Mellow Clo's Founder, CEO, Creative Designer, CMO, etc. , Ted Lloyd is on the pod today to talk about starting a brand, standing out, and the future of Mellow Clo / gorpcore as a whole. 

Tune into the Season 9 Premier featuring 209's very own CEO & Creative Designer, Jesse also know as (@jhippie_). Starting with how the idea of Fashion was imprinted in him at a young age and what inspired him to embark on a career as a Creative Designer. With details on past ventures and tribulations that lead him into creating one of the hottest clothing brands to transpire from the city of Stockton; Fifty2Hundred! While finishing with topics of goals for himself & his brand and the exciting collections they have coming soon... with a whole lotta smoke Presented By: @cold1Water - https://www.cold1water.com @209_goodleafdelivery - https://shopthegoodleaf.com Follow | Like | Comment | Subscribe #Fifty2Hundred #ClothingBrand #Designer Instagram: @blowinsmokepod @dopeaholic @truephjt @zayah00 @sevenleaves.ca @fifty2hundred @jhippie_

Eto na, due to insistent public demand, ang prequel ng kwento nina Aries at Hannah. Ano nga ba'ng nangyari at humantong sila sa ganito? Ano nga ba'ng nangyari sa kanila? Anyare?! This is the story of how their relationship fell apart - told in reverse. This work of art is a collaboration among intelligent and creative people who knew one another through the Spotify exclusive podcast, Wake Up With Jim and Saab. Backtrack and song mix by Koko Quilatan. Vocals by Koko, Cristian Disbarro, and Seth Blanco, collectively called BDQ. Male character played by Andrew Beso. Cover art by Nicole Chavez, Ajj Morales, and Ayie Esguerra. And in true bida-bida fashion, I wrote the story, played the female character, and mixed the song and dialogues together (with the help of my aughtehs, Kathy Chavez, not yet a podsib, and Camille Lucelo, the original podsib). Yay! ***** Know more about us ⬇ Nicole Chavez is a communications specialist, working full time as a government information officer and a hustling all-around creative. https://knchavez.wixsite.com/pinkmachines Ajj Morales is a Creative Designer who likes to make things pretty with intent and purpose. https://www.behance.net/ajjmorales Ayie Esguerra is a self-taught digital artist/illustrator. https://artalyae.carrd.co Koko Quilatan is a full-time law student and part-time music producer. https://okkokomusic.carrd.co Cristian Disbarro makes song covers in his bedroom as an emotional outlet. https://soundcloud.com/xtian-disbarro Seth Blanco is your all-around music man: he plays, sings, and writes. https://soundcloud.com/seth-blanco Andrew Beso is a content creator, writer, and YouTuber. http://sharedbyandrewb.ctcin.bio I try to write and I sometimes sing with my uke. I recently discovered that I have a knack for the art of the spoken word; hence, the Monnica Mumbles series. This also introduced me to the world of mixing and editing music: song covers, spoken word pieces, and short radio drama-style skits for now, own music in the future! In this journey with me are my friends at the back room, Camille and Kathy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/monn/message

This week was invited to join Eudora and Sadi inside the VOICE OF AFRICA Radio studio her in TORONTO to discuss digital marketing tips for Real Estate clients. WATCH HERE Mrs Eudora Aletta is multitalented woman, she is best known as an humanitarian, Afropop artist, Songwriter, and an author She is also a radio personal with her own show called iImpactWorld TV airs every Saturday at 2:00pm on Voice of Africa radio. Furthermore, Eudora is a Liberian Canadian native from Kolahun District of Lofa County, northern Liberia, Africa. You can read her full story here: Eudora Aletta (African Queen) - The Wind of Change Author Founder & Creative Designer of Phresh Empire

Selamat Malam Sobat Malam. Episode kali ini obrolan malam-malam mengundang narasumber yang keren banget, dia salah satu temen saya yang berkarir di dunia industri kreatif dan juga sebagai budak corporate creative designer.

Founder & Creative Designer of Phresh Empire

Was gibt es neues in der Fashionindustrie? In dieser Folge wird über den neusten Stuff diskutiert. Wer wird der neue creative Designer bei KENZO? wie macht sich momentan das schwedische Unternehmen H&M? Dies inklusive Brandranking und weiteres in der neuste Ausgabe von Wandschrankvibes.

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM FOR MORE CONTEXT ON MY GUESTS: https://www.instagram.com/crownunfiltered/   VIDEO VERSION OF THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dyqUGz0LoE   ABOUT AXEL: Axel is an incredibly Creative Designer and a total anomaly.   He became a Car Designer through a series of interesting circumstances and never actually studied Design.   His father was an illustrator (primarily cars) and Axel followed in his steps. After a chance opportunity to design the Steinwinter Future Truck (Google it - insane!

Denise Nicole Francis is an Atlanta based Sr. Product Designer at a well-known Customer Relationship Management corporation with a focus in User Experience Design. Formerly a designer at The Weather Channel | An IBM Business, and a Visual and Creative Designer with Grammy award winning singer/songwriter India.Arie (who she still moonlights with as a designer) she still believes that her past ventures as an Architect with various Atlanta-based Architecture firms, shaped who she is today. In this episode, Amanda and Denise talk about work/life integration, maintaining passion for the arts through creative outlets outside of work, and the benefits of community groups within larger corporations. Enjoy! LINKS: Follow Denise on Twitter & Instagram: @denisu81 Learn more about the UX Hustle Summit: https://uxhustle.org/ Get on the UX Hustle Summit waitlist to receive a 20% off discount: https://uxhustle.org/waitlist --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/uxhustle/support

Tati is a graphic design ICON! She is sharing her tips on how to hack hesitation to be productive & efficient to leverage your time. How to create SHAREABLE content and showing up as yourself while staying on trend. Work with Tati here: @tatianasoash and https://tatianasoash.com/home

Hania talks to Lauren about teaching yoga and the creative process.

Howard Pinksy is the Senior XD Evangelist at Adobe and creates educational videos for Adobe. He shares UI/UX knowledge and experiences with the design community through video, live streams, at creative events, focusing on the process Adobe XD application. His journey first started in 2006, when YouTube was just a new website. Howard first started posting Photoshop videos, and immediately, his videos took off, became a YouTube partner, and his hobby became a career.Today, Howard has a Youtube channel of 466K subscribers. He regularly creates videos of his loyal designer community. In this episode, we talked about:·                  Howard's journey·                  An experience being part of the YouTube Partner Program·                  What is a design evangelist's goal?·                  Some expert tips when creating videos and thumbnails·                  Why are user experience and good design so important?·                  About Howard's LinkedIn Learning ProgramGet in touch with Howard:·       Visit his YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC48fSJKMFBka3Zl0u7DGf0A ·       Howard's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardpinsky 

Mariama Camara is the founder and Creative Designer of MARIAMA CAMARA, a New York City-based sustainable fashion brand, founder of Mariama Fashion Production, the leading African handmade textiles and accessories company and cofounder of There Is No Limit Foundation, a 501 ©3 international non-profit organization promoting women entrepreneurship, education, health, sanitation, and advocacy.  Mariama is an entrepreneur and humanitarian born in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. She is one of the most influential African women in philanthropy, fashion, and entrepreneurship.  In this episode, Mariama speaks candidly about her success journey and how one should never give up on their dreams despite the antiquated opinions of many.  Mariama defies all opposition and stands with great truth and honor.   She leads and shares her voice with both power and grace and continues to share her inspirational ideas that she creates into reality.   We speak about great success, failures, friendship, jealousy, people-pleasing, insecurity, and the road to being comfortable in being truly YOU -  unapologetically.  Mariama is a phenomenal example of what can happen when you are ready, willing, and able to go in with all the work, find a mentor and truly embrace your path without any regret.   Follow Mariama Camara  www.mariamafashionproduction.com www.thereisnolimitfoundation.org IG mariamacamaraofficial IG - @rawrealtalks_   CONNECT WITH JANET: http://www.janetnamaste.com IG - @janet.namaste Youtube - www.youtube.com/namastewithlove Support the show: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheNamasteLoveShoppe

Balancing their art career, making fine art, prints, murals, working in the film industry, and now with the Family- Atlas and their wife adopted three kids in 2013 from LA - has its rewards and challenges. Atlas made life-altering moves over the last year, and even though your actions may not be as big as theirs, so much inspiration to be gained from someone who made the worst of times, the best possible way to make the rest of their life, the life they want to live. To Hear Part Two Of Today's Episode And Our Archive Of 1350+ Podcast Episodes, Please Visit: https://aid.network/

Anna Haddock is the creator of The Coffee Table Blog and you can find her on instagram @Annakhaddock! She graduated from Meredith College with a degree in nutrition but through her college internships, she discovered her passion lies in marketing! Anna works in marketing during the day and spends her weekends & evenings sharing the best coffee shops, restaurants, and places to travel to on her blog! She is so inspiring as everything she does she has learned on her own by following her passions!

Janet Lucia St. Clair is a design & styling consultant in Raleigh, NC. She graduated from Radford University with a degree in fashion design and started her career in NYC as a fashion designer! After moving to North Carolina, Janet decided to go out on her own and into a more creative direction - she works on fashion & editorial styling, social media content creation, brand direction, interior styling, and so much more. She always knew she wanted to have a creative career and has always followed her passion!

We start off with a viewer comment about E3 going digital and reiterating the importance of networking when in the technology industry, and how a digital E3 eliminates one of the main avenues that the industry used for networking. Oculus has announced Oculus Air Link, a new way for the Oculus Quest 2 to play PC VR titles wirelessly - as long as you have a great wifi connection to a wired PC. The Creative Designer of Days Gone blamed consumers for the lack of a Days Gone sequel, stating that many of them didn't buy the game at full price and waited for it to go on sale or show up on PlayStation Plus, and that's why there's no sequel. Then we talk to OLR about consumer trust of AAA developers and publishers and why that can affect week one sales.

Bahasan kali ini soal pengalaman dari Abit, salah satu kawan di komunitas yang ceritanya sempet disinggung waktu ngobrol sama Fajrus. Gak pernah kepikiran akan jadi seorang teknisi lift di salah satu gedung perkantoran daerah Jakarta Pusat, tapi justru banyak banget pelajaran hidup yang didapet sama Abit. Begitu selesai jadi seorang teknisi, doi langsung banting stir jadi creative designer. Loh kok bisa? Gimana caranya? Nah mending langsung didengerin aja sampai selesai yah! :D

Had an great conversation with Courtney Green, Founder of Montana Territory Hat Co., on the Podcast and was completely surprised by her amazing story... The American West has always held my heart. I am endlessly inspired by the elements of this wild landscape. To me Montana has always symbolized freedom, hope, resilience, and work ethic. It is a place that is at once wild, rugged and raw and yet utterly peaceful; rich in unrivaled beauty, history, art, and culture. I am constantly humbled by my surroundings and this place that I get to call home.  When I started The Montana Territory Hat Company, I committed to an iconic product that represented a sense of place and time. Heritage Inspired. Of the West.  I believe in product that feels like art. Classic designs, quality construction, thoughtful details, built with a sense of pride and purpose. Something Inspired by the past, to be lived in and loved today, and passed on to future generations.  The Cowboy Hat is perhaps the most timeless and iconic symbol of the American West. I do not believe any other item has the potential to evoke the same sense of pride, purpose, and individual style. Some things do get even better with age.    I build every hat by hand one step at a time in my studio in Bozeman, Montana escaping occasionally with my two little kids to our family ranch to ride horses and help work cattle under the expanse of the Bridger Mountain Range and the big Montana sky.    Lets create.  - Courtney Resources: @montanaterritoryhatco https://www.montanaterritory.com/ Show Sponsors: @moderncowboyperformance www.moderncowboy.global @nrsworld www.nrsworld.com Show Music: “Cowboy” By: Kolt Barber https://www.koltbarber.com/ (https://www.koltbarber.com/) “The Ropin Pen” By: Trent Willmon https://trentwillmon.com/ (https://trentwillmon.com/) MC Podcast Production & Editing: Tyler Hillenbrand @tyhbrand

Hope woke up one day to realise that she hadn’t accomplished even half of the things she’d envisioned for her career. Motivated to recover from the low-grade depression she’d been in, she began making time for creativity again.Hope set out to find more purpose and meaning in her work, to connect with other creatives, and to explore her own interests and creative projects. She shares her story with Steve,  from bricks-and-mortar business owner to world-traveller; to mum of two and now brand designer with plenty of creative side projects on the go. This episode is sponsored by the very first Being Freelance course!Steve’s rolled up everything he’s learnt from over 6 years of conversations with more than 240 freelancers.There’s no ‘one way’ to be a successful freelancer, but this course will help you avoid the many mistakes that most of us make. Learn from our experiences.Find out more about the course. Looking to learn from and connect with other freelancers? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, and be part of the Being Freelance Community!You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfreelance.comLike VIDEO? - Check out the Being Freelance vlog - YouTube.com/SteveFolland

Under the government’s 'Living with Covid-19' plan, Level 5 restrictions mean that only six guests are allowed at a wedding along with the actual couple getting married. So what is the true impact of Covid on the Wedding Industry in Ireland? Joining Bobby for this week's Industry Review was: Peter Kelly, International Wedding Planner, Creative Designer and Managing Director of ‘Weddings With Franc’, Sharon Griffin, Managing Director of ‘Frog Prince Weddings” and floral gifting company ‘New Moon Blooms’ Tara Fay, Managing Director of Tara Fay Events. Listen and subscribe to Down to Business with Bobby Kerr on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Thank you for joining me for Episode #2 of Female Founder Fridays! In this inaugural episode I'm chatting with my dear friend Nancy Hoeght the Owner & Creative Designer at Blondie Baskets. In our chat Nancy talks about what inspired her to start her custom curated basket company, how she's filling her beautiful baskets with locally created goodies and lots of love, and also what she's learned along the way. We chat openly about that dreaded Critical Voice that sometimes gets in the way, and how Nancy has been able to just "push through with passion" to create a business that she loves. You can reach Nancy on Facebook or on Instagram where she'll create a beautiful experience in a basket just for you. I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as we did having it. P.S. There are a few "adult" words in this episode so be careful which small ears are listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/femalefounderfridays/message

Thank you for joining me for Episode #2 of Female Founder Fridays! In this inaugural episode I'm chatting with my dear friend Nancy Hoeght the Owner & Creative Designer at Blondie Baskets. In our chat Nancy talks about what inspired her to start her custom curated basket company, how she's filling her beautiful baskets with locally created goodies and lots of love, and also what she's learned along the way. We chat openly about that dreaded Critical Voice that sometimes gets in the way, and how Nancy has been able to just "push through with passion" to create a business that she loves. You can reach Nancy on Facebook or on Instagram where she'll create a beautiful experience in a basket just for you. I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as we did having it. P.S. There are a few "adult" words in this episode so be careful which small ears are listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/femalefounderfridays/message

Thank you for joining your hosts, Adam Hunter and Corrinne Lewis, for this interview with Rachel Leiker, Lead Creative Designer at Hardsuit Labs.

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Today we are talking with Michael Foster the Founder of Boojazz Studios, graphic designer, art director, Creative Designer, Game Developer, TV producer, and all around business guy. Thank you for joining me on the The Polymath PolyCast, a show by PolyInnovator! Please say hello to the INNOVATORS in the audience! We are here to talk about his book Manifestos, Reinventions and Declarations. Thank you Michael for your wisdom!! "The Desk is the Yoga Mat" "Manifestos, Reinventions & Declarations is a commentary on this unprecedented moment in history. This is a book about Now. The New Now we're living in and going through. We're living in a time when a day can feel like it goes on forever. And since billions of us are going through the same experience at the exact same moment in history, we can all be shifting the world culture together." His 3 Principles in life: It gets harder as you get older, but you have to keep looking for inspiration, those moments of magic, allow yourself to be emotionally moved by art... whether it be a movie, music, a painting or a video game.It's important to be brilliant and be quick, but allow yourself the necessary time and space to be creative when it counts.You accumulate thousands of good days and bad days, the trick is to have a few more good ones than bad ones. Links: https://boojazz.com https://www.youtube.com/user/boojazz https://www.matchmaker.fm/profiles/guests/d5d30af1-68a6-4c07-b3a8-43de9adc0ed6 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CGQSV1C/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_gyqdFbCSDHTAF https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-foster-1747b245/?fbclid=IwAR1IXX3N2jjD0ZJlgFNxFiQBPURFiu-Ontnj4b2QIhDzg692upUC3palZjg https://twitter.com/boojazz https://www.instagram.com/boojazzstudios/ https://www.pinterest.com/boojazzstudios https://www.saatchiart.com/boojazz https://www.facebook.com/larryscafe/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 3:00 Momentum into Becoming an Author 5:00 Inspirations in Math and Poetry; Internet 10:00 Exposure of Cultures & Novel Things 15:00 Creative Moments #Alphawave 20:00 Discovering Ikigai 25:00 Art is Promoting; Digital Art 30:00 Filming a Pilot 35:00 Book > Gary Vee > Michael's Book 40:00 Quality Pillar Piece to Microcontent 45:00 Japanese Culture Fascination 50:00 "Time is Never Wasted" 53:00 What is a Polymath to you? 01:00:00 Spacetime and Art 01:05:00 Wrapping your mind around Broad Concepts 01:10:00 Context Programming 01:15:00 Outro

Kwesi Hayford is an Esports Evangelist, Creative Designer, and Digital Media enthusiast with a passion for youth culture, technology and education. He inspires and empowers young people to create opportunities for themselves in digital media for the socio-economic growth for Africa.Currently creating synergy, developing collaborations of Esports with all stakeholders both Ghana and internationally with the Ghana Esports Association which focuses on grassroots participation and content creation.Kwesi Hayford has been very instrumental in organizing Esports events and helping professional gaming communities develop.He is also founding member of the Africa Esports Championship. The dream to connect Africa with a Championship tournament is currently ongoing, with 20 countries already on board and committed to the project.Kiddie Esports is one of Kwesi's initiatives to help kids develop a growing interest in Esports and build and correct pathways via Education, Empowerment and Exposure.

As a Creative Designer at social media phenomenon TikTok, Daniel Obichukwu acts as a creative eye overlooking a variety of designs and projects coming out of TikTok HQ. His day-to-day ranges from video editing to liaising with agencies and helping to build websites, working across a range of software programs that are an integral part of his job.  Feeling inspired? Access free resources and learning content recommended by Daniel, or take our quiz to find out what digital job roles best suit you at thisishow.uk/learn.

E50: Ikigai and Doggy Dance Off |  Creative Designer and Photographer Emma Solomon joins the Lockdown Sessions to reflect on her observations through lockdown and as we embark on Lockdown 2 shares how what she learned in the first lockdown is helping her cope with this second version of staying at home. As a business owner of nearly two decades, who saw her own business hugely impacted by the lockdown Emma shares her insights into how she coped with the lack of connection with people, how inspiring it was to run a daily talk show on facebook for the first 100 days and how she has coped with fatigue and the lack of physical connection that at times has impacted her levels of motivation. Her honest approach to sharing how she feels will resonate for many and the hope she sprinkles in how she has turned her hand to other things with such a positive mindset will be inspirational to all who listen. Brad and Emma reflect on what living together in lockdown has offered them and how Emma, who once lived in Japan, has truly found her Ikigai, the Japanese secret to a long and happy life. Listen and subscribe below so you don't miss an episode of Lockdown Sessions.Brad SolomonCTG Groupwww.ctggroup.co#LockdownSession #CTGGroup #Ikigai #PositiveMindset #DeepConnections#MrandMrs

Jason began his dance life in 2005 at San Marcos High School by joining their All-Male dance team. After graduating in 2007, he then found himself being emerged in San Diego’s dance community by joining the All Male junior team, "Flipside" eventually becoming a member of, "Formality" until the spring of 2010. In the summer of 2010, he became a member of Choreo Cookies. He hopes to inspire and motivate the younger generation as his idols did the same for him. Being on Cookies, he took upon the role as their Creative Designer for Social Media, Apparel, & their eCommerce store. In late 2014, Jason was promoted to Co-Director alongside Carlo Darang and Christopher Martin and has led the team to present day. Jason graduated from Coleman University with an Associates Degree in Science for Computer Graphic Design. He has now a Full-Time Visual Designer at Brand Value Accelerator. Intro: 0:00 Being a Filipino artist. How did you begin your journey as an artist?: 0:59 Pursuing graphic design as a career? What was that conversation like with you family?: 4:33 Majoring in graphic design. Experiences from college and how that has impacted you in your profession today?: 8:42 Time-lining his graphic design career.: 14:56 How has being a working artist during Covid-19 been?: 20:49 Kobe's passing: 26:34 How you found out and your initial reaction?: 31:00 Your experiences in leadership. Your style of leadership.: 34:30 The influence of previous directors and experiences on Jason.: 42:12 Impact of a strong support system and how that influenced Jason as a person.: 47:51 What would you tell your thirteen-year-old self?: 53:41

Listen in as Brad receives dating advice from creative designer, Todd McCormick. Todd leads us on a captivating adventure by answering the age old questions of Water first or toothpaste first? What makes the perfect pirate? and what to do when the bathroom stall door starts getting knocked on. It was quite the learning experience for us, and we hope it is for you! Visit Todd on Instagram @mostlytodd Join the #ToddSquad Follow us on:  Instagram @thetoddcastpod Facebook Email: thetoddcastpod@gmail.com

On this episode I catch up with the extraordinary yet humble Tony Lymon. He is a polyglot of talents and interests who grew up in one of the poorest areas in the USA. I was so fortunate to know Tony and become his friend during college. I was a huge fan during his Jam-Rock phase with King Konga. This is a long one but there are so many gems to learn from Tony. We talk about race and classism. We also go in deep on high school band and its critical role in education. Tony's non traditional path to completing his education is also enlightening. To reward those who listen to the entire podcast Tony gave me permission to add a track from King Konga's album Something Good! Check out the 2020 Virtual Reunion Performance of King Konga Here! Tony Lyom is the former Assistant Director of Bands at Petal High School in Petal, Mississippi and currently is the co-music arranger/show designer for the Petal High School marching band. Tony is the director show designer for the Petal Indoor Percussion Theatre, a national WGI Percussion Scholastic World Finalist. He has twice been awarded the Outstanding Junior High Director of the Southeast Mississippi Band Directors Association and the 2008 Mississippi Bandmasters Association AE McClain Outstanding Young Band Director Award. Tony was also the Founder and Director of Eminence Indoor Percussion Ensemble, a regional and national WGI Open Class finalist and championship ensemble. Tony holds a Bachelors degree in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Certification in 3D Architectural Rendering from The 3D Training Institute of New York. He was a member and principal percussionist in the world renowned Southern Miss Wind Ensemble and Southern Miss Symphony Orchestra. While at Southern Miss, Tony was the percussion arranger for the Pride of Mississippi Marching Band and USM indoor percussion ensemble. Tony was also a member of the World Champion Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps (Bloomington, IN) from 1991-1993. In his three years of DCI experience, he won the DCI-Midwest Solo Timpani Champion and the 1994 Percussive Arts Society International Solo Timpani Award. Tony's original marimba composition "Of Thoughts and Thinking" has become a standard in percussion literature. The piece was most recently recorded by German percussion artist Cornelia Monkse on the CD "Marimba 2" and was featured in the French documentary film "Le Ciel." After college, Tony pursued a professional performance career for eight years with the pop/rock band King Konga . While with King Konga, Tony toured the world selling out venues in nationwide. The group did a post September 11th USO tour for the US Military in Hawaii and South East Asia. The four-piece band gained critical acclaim reaching #81 on the AC Hot 100 Pop Charts with "Something Good." With a rare accomplishment by an independent band, King Konga captured the eyes and ears of many major record labels and the band went on to perform at Woodstock '99. Tony has also performed with The Mississippi Symphony, Mobile Opera, Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera and The Meistersingers Orchestral/Choral Ensemble. Tony recently wrapped up a season as the sound designer for The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps in 2018 and currently serves as Creative Designer for Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps. He is the owner of Eidetic Creative, a multimedia creative designs solution business. He currently resides in Petal, Mississippi with his wife Emily and 13 year-old daughter Colette.

Sheryl Lowe, founder of Sheryl Lowe Jewelry, talks about how she made her move from makeup artistry and built a career designing jewelry. “Start small and build strong foundations before you move onto the next one.” – Sheryl Lowe. Learn more about this episode of The Beauty Biz Show at loricrete.com/127

Tony Lymon is the former Assistant Director of Bands at Petal High School in Petal, Mississippi, and currently is the co-music arranger/show designer for the Petal High School marching band. Tony is the director show designer for the Petal Indoor Percussion Theatre, a national WGI Percussion Scholastic World Finalist. He has twice been awarded the Outstanding Junior High Director of the Southeast Mississippi Band Directors Association and the 2008 Mississippi Bandmasters Association AE McClain Outstanding Young Band Director Award. Tony currently serves as a Creative Designer for Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps. Tony holds a Bachelors's degree in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Certification in 3D Architectural Rendering from The 3D Training Institute of New York. He was a member and principal percussionist in the world-renowned Southern Miss Wind Ensemble and Southern Miss Symphony Orchestra. While at Southern Miss, Tony was the percussion arranger for the Pride of Mississippi Marching Band and USM indoor percussion ensemble. Tony was also a member of the World Champion Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps (Bloomington, IN) from 1991-1993. In his three years of DCI experience, he won the DCI-Midwest Solo Timpani Champion and the 1994 Percussive Arts Society International Solo Timpani Award. Tony's original marimba composition "Of Thoughts and Thinking" has become a standard in percussion literature. The piece was most recently recorded by German percussion artist Cornelia Monkse on the CD "Marimba 2" and was featured in the French documentary film "Le Ciel." After college, Tony pursued a professional performance career for eight years with the pop/rock band King Konga . While with King Konga, Tony toured the world selling out venues nationwide. The group did a post-September 11th USO tour for the US Military in Hawaii and South East Asia. The four-piece band gained critical acclaim reaching #81 on the AC Hot 100 Pop Charts with "Something Good." With a rare accomplishment by an independent band, King Konga captured the eyes and ears of many major record labels and the band went on to perform at Woodstock '99. Tony has also performed with The Mississippi Symphony, Mobile Opera, Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera, and The Meistersingers Orchestral/Choral Ensemble. Tony recently wrapped up a season as the sound designer for The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps in 2018 and is the owner of Eidetic Creative, a multimedia creative design solution business. He currently resides in Petal, Mississippi with his wife Emily and 13-year-old daughter Colette. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sketchbookpodcast/message

In this episode, we have Adenike Ogunlesi, the Founder of “Ruff ‘n' Tumble. She is a leading designer, manufacturer and retailer for children's clothing. She founded Ruff 'n' Tumble in 1996 and the company has scaled to about 15 stores with over 150 employees across the country. Interviewing her on set is Oyin Lewis, the Founder and Creative Designer of Purple Place Lagos, a highly sought after fashion design brand that specializes in making custom made wedding dresses and glamorous occasion wear. Join us as we listen to their Journey on Entrepreneurship in the Fashion Industry.

Cory FitzGerald has done it all. A deep knowledge of consoles and programming earned him early opportunities to travel the world, where he toured with Lady Gaga, Leroy Bennett, and more. Since that time, he has built a reputation as one of the best designers in the world. His recent projects include designing for Bruno Mars, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Jenner Lopex, Skrillex, and Janet Jackson among others. He's currently senior design partner at Silent House productions, and was the creative show director for Gwen Stefani's Las Vegas residency.

Today we have with us an Iranian based Architect who is a Design Technologist, Creative Designer & Startup Co-Founder, Masih Davari (https://www.linkedin.com/in/masih-davari-b1693a78/) . Masih who hails from an Architecture background quickly made the transition to the startup world. He is now the co-founder of InnoBrain AB (https://innobrain.se/) , a NeuroTech company offering innovative BCI Brain-Computer Interface applications. He shares the various benefits of how an Architect can be a positive influence to any startup. And he also shares the various challenges and obstacles that comes with running a startup. There's a lot of good stuff in the episode and Masih selflessly shares his journey and struggles. This is definitely going to be an inspiration to all those Architects who are trying to jump into the Startup space. For more on the episode, head to the Archgyan Website. (http://archgyan.com/40)

TOP 10 Small Business Ideas in India These 10 business ideas can be started without any investment or with very little investment. If you plan to start your business, you need to have the C2, 1) COMMITMENT 2) CONSISTENCY TOP 10 SMALL BUSINESS IDEAS LISTED BY KARTHIK NAIDU are: 1) Photography business 2) Makeup Artist 3) Content writer 4) Video Editor 5) Creative Designer 6) Yoga Classes 7) Tutorial 8) Dance School 9) Network Marketing 10) Making School Bags I post regular business ideas, to start without money or with little money. Stay updated with my LIVE sessions on Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC47I... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karthiknaid... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthik-n... Click on the Subscribe Button to get Regular Updates on Business Ideas #Business2020 #BusinessIdeas #BusinessIdeas2020 #karthiknaidu #top10smallbusinessideas #10businessideas #businessideas #businessideasinindia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karthiknaidu/message

Joining us today is Daphne Benzaquen, Creative Designer, CEO and Founder of Daph., a St. Louis based fashion and lifestyle brand inspired by her Peruvian heritage. Founded in 2016, Daph. is one of the only U.S. fashion and lifestyle brands that solely culminates modern, timeless designs with Peruvian resources and handmade craftsmanship.    In this episode:  Dr. Cheryl Watkins-Moore discusses how REAL Cannabis Company is using technology in a way that is not obtrusive to future customers but at the same time offers a secure environment for customers and employees as well.    Also in this episode:  Daphne tells us about her Peruvian heritage and how that has an influence on her designs. She goes into detail about how the concept of her fashion and design business came to be and explains her unique prototype process.  Daphne says that entrepreneurially thinking to her means coming up with various creative solutions to everyday problems.  Daphne explains that it was while she was completing her MBA that her dreams of one day being her own boss encouraged her to try an entrepreneur course which in turn gave her the fuel she needed to take the leap into starting her own business.   Daphne tells us how her collection went from one item to a whole line of accessories, handbags, apparel, and totes. She goes into detail about the design process which can sometimes take up to a year to create and she also tells us what kinds of Peruvian products she likes to use in the design process. Daphne is very focused on her companies values which are: Quality over quantity, sustainability, and giving back.   Daphne explains how she got her business off the ground financially and also tells us how she is experimenting with other events such as pop-up shops and social media. She gives us a heads-up on what to expect in the future for Daph.    Learn More:  Email:  daphne@shopdaph.com  Company Website:  http://www.shopdaph.com  Company Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/shopdaph  Company Instagram:  https://www.instagram/shopdaph 

Karen Korellis Reuther,  is VP Creative Design & Futures at Reebok . A woman pioneer in the male-dominated world of industrial design, she spent the formative years of her career working in the Boston high tech sector with early disrupters Digital Equipment Corp & Wang Labs, where she was the first woman to ever be awarded a design patent. After a successful stint as an entrepreneur consulting for clients including Blaupunkt, Braun, Miehle & other iconic European design-centric brands, she spent 12 years as Creative Designer at Nike, and after an interim career step, joined Reebok 19 months ago. The Reebok brand has a history of innovation. It’s predecessor company, JW Foster, was founded by a British teenager. He literally created the first spiked running shoe, which was used by the British Olympics team‘s 100 meter world champion sprinter Harold Abrahams to win the gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics. This moment was immortalized in the Academy Award winning film, “Chariots of Fire”. The Reebok Freestyle, introduced in 1982, was the first athletic shoe designed specifically for woman. It symbolized the huge aerobics craze, becoming one of the most successful athletic shoes of all time. The Reebok Pump was another noteworthy Reebok innovation when introduced in 1989. Over 100 professional athletes wore the shoe at its peak. Curently, Reebok is the official footwear and apparel sponsor for CrossFit, and the Spartan Race. It’s also increased its presence in yoga and dance in recent years.   Today, in addition to its long-standing focus on superior athletic performance, the brand is also heavily focused on sustainability. Their first breakthrough product, the “Cotton+Corn” lifestyle shoe, remains a major seller 4 years after launch, a rarity in the lifestyle category. It also won an award from PETA. Recently, Reebok introduced the Floatride Forever GROW performance athletic shoe. 6 years in development, working closely with partners to create new materials, the shoe is made of 75% plant-based material. The company is highly committed to producing 100% biodegradable shoes. They’re also committed to climate friendly apparel materials.  

Today we’re speaking with Ari Melenciano an incredibly talented Brooklyn-based creative technologist, artist, researcher, humanist and educator who is passionate about exploring the relationships between various forms of design and the human experience. She’s undertaken several incredible projects including the launch of Afrotectopia, a new media arts, culture and technology festival designed to recognize and highlight the contributions of Black artists, designers, technologists and activists So a big thank you to Ari for taking the time to be on the show today! Let’s get started! You can learn more about Ari and her work here: Website Instagram Afrotectopia As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

In this episode, we chat with the lovely Jenna Coverly, a Creative Designer from Brisbane. She recounts about her journey from being a fresh Uni graduate wanting to make a difference in the design world one artwork at a time, to picking up horror graphic design jobs and finally landing a job where she creates and designs beautiful gifts and stationery. She is a self-confessed Cardi B fan and does a pretty good impression too! Follow Jenna on facebook.com/jenna.coverly instagram @jenna_coverly Subscribe to KarmaSocial on SoundCloud bit.ly/KarmaSocialPodcast available on iTunes & Spotify follow me on Facebook & Instagram @Karma.Social To learn how to create an effective social media presence & develop a thriving community. visit bit.ly/SMMminicourse and subscribe for my Mini-Course Music by Grapes - I dunno (ft. J Lang, Morusque) Copyright 2015 grapes Licensed to the public under creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Verify at ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626

Rachael Kay Albers is the creative director of RKA ink, a creative studio based outside Chicago, Rachael has helped hundreds of thought leaders and visionary entrepreneurs all over the world stand out online without selling their soul or playing the manipulation game. When not crafting epic, unforgettable brands for her clients, Rachael hosts Awkward Marketing, a business comedy show blending fun-sized small business advice with storytelling and sketch comedy. Think of her as the one-woman SNL of biz TV.   Check her out HERE Check out her show: Awkward Marketing

Work and life as worship, setting your Personal Narrative in the Big Kingdom Narrative, cultivating latent potential in your sphere of influence, discerning Satan who tries to corrupt your Life Story, redeemed to live a life of dominion (not just "go to heaven" someday), and launching out into the deep where the High Adventure is! Brian Sooy is President and Design Director of Aespire (aespire.com). Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases

This episode features Mike Schwalm, Creative Director at Storyland Studios. Mike was previously a Creative Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering working with James Cameron and Joe Rohde’s team to bring the immersive “Pandora – The World of Avatar” to life […] The post TA Podcast E13: Mike Schwalm appeared first on Themed Attraction.

For this episode, we are joined by naturally inquisitive and adventurous, Creative Designer, Tania Conrad. Right up front, Tania sets the scene, laying out what graphic design is in its raw form. A subset of visual communication which, through the use of typography and imagery provides solutions and artwork for corporate design, editorial, packaging, experiential and wayfinding. Her role, as a Creative Designer, takes graphic design as a base and extends to include conceptual thinking and strategising to problem solve. When Tania left school, she had no idea what graphic design actually was. Thinking about career options, she knew that she couldn’t go to art school, as she need a solid career when she graduated in her native Brazil. She considered architecture, but realised projects take years to complete and that did not suit her curious and energetic nature. A friend suggested graphic design and as soon she understood it - she knew it was for her. She shares her journey of moving to the UK and completing a Masters in Communication Design at St Martin's, working for the BBC and going freelance before heading to Thailand to work remotely. Tania also discusses dealing with long bouts of depression, how it affected her and what she has learnt of going through it and coming out the other side. She also talks about recent experiences of sexism & ageism from creative recruitment agencies in London - something her peers and friends back up, as they too have been exposed to the same form of discrimination. Tania is delightfully forthright, extremely talented and I defy anyone to find someone else who says ‘fabulous’ as delectably as her. You can find out more about Tania and her work at https://www.taniaconrad.com/

Shannon Barnard is Founder and Creative Designer for K9 Bytes. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband,  English Cocker Spaniel, Rogue. Shannon earned a degree from the Art Institute of Seattle and then bought a computer business and learned website design. She started making dog and cat collars more than 10 years ago as a creative outlet which combined her love of pets and arts and crafts. “It all began with a pattern for fabric dog and cat collars. she knew she had to make some. Then I created a website and they sold! I stitch these collars with love  

Sheri Kaye Hoff interviews Shannon Barnard, owner of K9Bytes. Shannon Barnard is the Founder and Creative Designer of K9 Bytes. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband and English Cocker Spaniel, Rogue. It brings her great delight to help pet parents celebrate the joy of their pets with handmade dog and cat collars, leashes, treats, and toys. Her love and passion for pets are apparent in each item that she creates. http://k9bytesgifts.com/

Sheri Kaye Hoff interviews Shannon Barnard, owner of K9Bytes. Shannon Barnard is the Founder and Creative Designer of K9 Bytes. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband and English Cocker Spaniel, Rogue. It brings her great delight to help pet parents celebrate the joy of their pets with handmade dog and cat collars, leashes, treats, and toys. Her love and passion for pets are apparent in each item that she creates. http://k9bytesgifts.com/

Sheri Kaye Hoff interviews Shannon Barnard, owner of K9Bytes. Shannon Barnard is the Founder and Creative Designer of K9 Bytes. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband and English Cocker Spaniel, Rogue. It brings her great delight to help pet parents celebrate the joy of their pets with handmade dog and cat collars, leashes, treats, and toys. Her love and passion for pets are apparent in each item that she creates. http://k9bytesgifts.com/

LA Based entrepreneur and founder of a direct to consumer Jewelry Brand Vrai & Oro, Vanessa Stofenmacher, is on a mission to expose the traditional ways of the jewelry industry. No more back and forth about the best possible deal, no more overseas manufacturing, no more sugar coating material. Using her design background, Vanessa creates simple and modern pieces that you can wear everyday....even earrings you can wear in your sleep!! AND...you guys, I was so entranced by the jewelry on her site during the interview...I COMPLETELY forgot to do quick questions!!!! Click below. You'll see. https://vraiandoro.com/ For more information on Mika's FREE Training for Busy Couples: www.MikaRoss.com For more information on the ever-expanding, female-focused co-working space check out www.riseworkspace.com

On episode 16 of #TDLS Podcast, I sit down with Ferdenee Mmpn, an Illustrator and a thriving Creative Designer from the Sunny Philippines, we talk about: - Her design life stories growing up. - Challenges she faced on pursuing her passion in a developing country - Shared our experiences meeting Chris Do of The Futur - Her learnings from an illustrator stand point on studying the business of design - How learning your why can keep you motivated - Practical steps on starting your creative pursuit - And many more. You can check her works at www.behance.net/ferdenee or your can follow her journey on Twitter @ferdenee and please help the The Futur Fam Community to bring back Chris Do by answering this survey (https://goo.gl/mgT9ZD). Mentioned in this episode: Graphika Manila Futur Fam PH Chris Do: Business Designer Book Recommendation: Start With Why by Simon Sinek Visit www.thedesignlifeshow.com for the complete podcast episodes. PS: Please don't forget to leave your reviews and/or feedback. It'll help the show reach more people. Huge thanks for the support! PPS: Go and get the podcast it's 100% FREE to download on any of your favorite podcast apps using your Android or IOS phone. Links below for your reference. Apple Podcasts/iTunes: https://goo.gl/b74xuR SoundCloud: https://goo.gl/UcqHUv Stitcher: https://goo.gl/bVxHs7 TuneIn: https://goo.gl/9MAvpi RadioPublic: https://goo.gl/MY7uiQ

Welcome to the 19th episode of Dreams Inpire Reality! This week we are joined by Shanise Griffith, the CEO and Creative Designer behind Shanise G. Her brand is known for creating creative handmade accessories using upholstery fabrics, cotton, faux furs and leathers. Shanise was also the former Founder & Creative Director of Savoy Scents & co.. Today is an amazing episode as she shares lots of nuggets to take into from her story on how she is able to take those steps on dissolving her established company (Savoy Scents) & start another brand (Shanise G.). 

On this episode I get to chat with Jessica Oxner, Owner and Creative Designer of Divergent Swimwear. Still in the startup stages, Jessica shares with us her passion for creating a versatile women’s swimsuit that can be as functional as it is beautiful! A suit that can make a statement or play it cool. Jessica is enjoying the creativity and the journey of entrepreneurship. For more information and to show support, please visit her Instagram @divergentswimwear and her website www.divergentswimwear.com

Tyler Dunne talks about Wayne Rooney and his dramatic fall, Spurs last game at White Hart Lane, my experience at the Chicago Fire vs Seattle Sounders game and I'm also joined by Creative Designer for Cove Podcasting Kat D to talk about the Chicago Fire vs Seattle Sounders match.

Disregarding his grandmother's advice to avoid - at all costs - any business connected with the manufacture/sale of clothing, Domenico Vacca describes his circuitous route to founding the elegant, "Domenico Vacca" for which he is the creative designer.

We're closing out January with a great interview with another multitalented creator -- San Francisco's own Ayana Baltrip-Balagás. She's a designer, a photographer, a business owner, an educator, and so much more! Our conversation started off talking about the Organization of Black Designers, and from there we went into Ayana's history as an actress and dancer (and how that led into photography and design). We also touched on design education, and Ayana shared some great information on design thinking, the importance of Black designers having a strong online presence, and ways that the design industry can really start taking diversity seriously. Thank you Ayana for being a beacon of hope and a force for creative change! design : speak Ayana Baltrip-Balagás' Blog Ayana Baltrip-Balagás on LinkedIn Ayana Baltrip-Balagás on Twitter

We connected with Ian Chalmers, Principle and Creative Designer of Pivot Design Group out of Toronto, Ontario, about Tricorders, design in health care, and working in health care but not being in health care.