How do you "Storify" the way you do business i.e. use the ancient tools and techniques of storytelling to connect emotionally with, and influence your audience? This course led a group through: how to tell a story and what stories to tell, then allowed participants to tell and refine their own stories.

#storytelling #dallas #creativity

Pick and paint your word of the year for 2019, then make it come true! An amazing time was had with a wonderful group of women. See event wrap video HERE.

Boost your business. Magnify your Mission. Catapult your career!

This seminar is for pragmatists, those professionals, entrepreneurs and non-profits who want hands-on practice in crafting stories that they can immediately begin to use on their websites, in presentations and on social media, to influence customers, supporters and other stakeholders.

Keywords: Storytelling Dallas, Entrepreneurship, Communications, Marketing and Branding

Join us for a new type of community event for artists, creatives, professionals, entrepreneurs, charities and community activists. Expats and visitors to Dallas welcome too! We provide the Cheese, Music and Hospitality, and the venue provides an eclectic selections of wines for you to peruse and purchase.

Brett will be DJ'ing/curating the music, expect to hear 80's, 90's, old school hip-hop, punk, electronic and more!

Thanks for the support so far, we'll be back with a new format, day and location in 2019!

This month's books were:

1. Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon; and
2. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, and The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Video coming soon!

Being more creative, means different things to different people. Whether we consider ourselves creative or not, all of us want and need the benefits of increased creativity at work, and in life - whether that is to start a business, work better, be more creative at home, or just feel more alive.

This workshop will help you discover your personal creative WHY? Then understand and overcome obstacles to being more creative in work + life, using proven techniques such as: design thinking and creative intelligence, and by building the right creative habits and mindsets.

See notes and links from the presentation HERE

The Internet makes it ever more possible to make a living from what you love: as a content marketer, side-hustler, entrepreneur or in using your personal brand to land your dream job. This session dug into participants passions and purpose, then we looked at various ways to do what you love and get paid for it.

Many of us want the benefits of increased creativity, but don’t consider ourselves to be creative people, or don't know how to go about adapting our creativity in one part of life or work, to another domain.

At this event, we describe how creativity is a process and a mindset that everyone can learn and apply to get more from life and work.

Creativity will be a must-have skill in all jobs and sectors by 2020 (LINK). Also our expectations from life, to have a varied and full existence, demand that we are able to reinvent ourselves, wear different hats, and live different lives across a single life-span.

Over coffee and light breakfast, we’ll have an interactive discussion based on the lessons from three key books on creativity:

1. The Business Romantic by Tim Leberecht (TED)
2. Creative Confidence by Tom & David Kelley (TED)
3. Creative Intelligence by Bruce Nussbaum (VIDEO)

We'll provide attendees with some simple frameworks to assess their own creativity, and make a personal plan for how to be more creative in work and life.

Presented by Brett Cowell, creative consultant and coach, with special guest artist, entrepreneur and professional skater, Jennifer Wester (see video below). Free. GoodWork 1808 South Good Latimer Expressway, Dallas 75226.

Friday March 23. 8:00 - 10:00am. Coffee and light breakfast provided. RSVP Essential. Places limited.

See notes and links from the presentation HERE

In conversation with Jennifer Wester prior to the "How to be more creative in work + life event" on March 23rd in Dallas. (YOUTUBE)

Seeing is a building block of creativity, curiosity and possibility. Yet as adults we forget how to see, and to engage and be present in the environment around us. In this group walk, a professional photographer will teach you how to take better photos with your smartphone, while you explore a part of Dallas from a new perspective. Free. Location: Deep Ellum. Tag your photos with #walksee and #walksee2 on Twitter and Instagram.

A group of us learned the basics of photography, then were set loose to apply what we'd learned on streets of Deep Ellum!

We learned about the wine regions of Italy, how to taste wine, and practiced on 5 varietals. A good time had by all!