Intro… We completed our first GROUP TRAINING for Local Collections by linking these creative souls with a bunch of littles from SLC! They came in with sharp minds and full hearts, ready to get to work. Personally, I’m feeling all the feels: “I wonder what your kids will be like? I wonder what stories they […]
Why ‘What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Is the Wrong Question Why do so many of us lose the sense of Wonder. What IS wonder? Amy Schaffer delves into this question and shows how Wonder can be harnessed to enhance our own creativity and sense of self. Amy is an intuitive […]
Comedian NGAIO BEALUM joined Your Cre8tivity‘s Dylan Mazziotti via Google Hangout to talk creativity & cannabis. We also discussed his many careers as a writer, comedian, podcaster, juggler and public speaker! Describe What You Do. How Did You Get To Where You Are Today? Listen to “How Good The Weed is in Salt Lake City” on Spreaker. LINKS: […]
Jimmy Iovine Talks Founding Interscope Records, Apple Music & Selling Beats By Dre In the premiere episode of ‘Blueprint,’ legendary music exec Jimmy Iovine sits down with Complex Editor-In-Chief Noah Callahan-Bever to talk founding Interscope Records with artists like Tupac & Marilyn Manson, the motivation behind Beats by Dre and being obsessed with streaming music. […]
Mistakes, Omissions, and Iconoclasts: From Sgt Pepper to Work in Progress During its 50th year anniversary, Jann Haworth—the co-designer for the Grammy award-winning album cover, the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band—provides never before shared insights, lessons learned, and stories about the iconic pop art. Today she focuses on Work in Progress, an iconic […]
“Pretty Much Everything” Esquire. Ford Motors. Burton Snowboards. The Obama Administration. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in common: a teeny, little bit of Aaron James Draplin. Draplin is one of the new school of influential graphic designers who combine the power of design, social media, entrepreneurship, […]
Months ago, I checked out Gary Vaynerchuk‘s calendar to see if was coming to Utah or near Utah in the near future. To my surprise, he was. He was scheduled to be speaking at the first time event for Entrepreneur Simplified (A company I have never heard of, and at this point not overly impressed with) called […]
Fifty point plan to wreck your career – or save it. Aaron James Draplin at CreativeMornings Portland, March 2012.
Why City Flags May Be The Worst-Designed Thing You’ve Never Noticed TED.COM | Roman Mars is obsessed with flags — and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don’t have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about […]
The fifth Beatle — the birth of the Beatles, impossible dreams This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The untold story of the birth of the Beatles, lessons to be learned from their visionary manager Brian Epstein, and how to apply them to realize your own wildest […]