Creative Confidential with Bryan Tuk

David Cain is a writer based in Winnipeg, Canada and the author of Raptitude.com (http://raptitude.com), which provides readers with a street-level look at the human experience. David transitioned from working in the surveying and engineering field to writing and blogging full time. David's work has been featured in The Huffington Post and Businessinsider.com.

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In this bonus episode, Bryan answers listener questions about the arts, startups and nonprofit law issues. If you want to have YOUR question answered, record your question on your voice memo app, and email it to [email protected].

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Shelley Brown took an indirect route to where she is today, serving as the President and CEO of the State Theatre for the Arts in Easton, PA. The State Theater (http://statetheatre.org) has hosted performers of all kinds for over 90 years and is still going strong. Shelley talks about the challenges she faces as an arts CEO, and her career path that included stops as a parole officer, a flirtation with law school, and a career as a TV producer.

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Opera Philadelphia (http://www.operaphila.org/) is one of the premier arts organizations in the United States. David B. Devan discusses leadership in the arts world, Opera Philadelphia's 2017 season including the upcoming O17 opera festival, and many other topics in a wide ranging interview.

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Slingshot Dakota is a unique indie rock band comprised of two incredible musicians: Carly Comando (keyboards & vocals) and Tom Patterson (drums). The band has been working hard for over ten years and tours nationally. Their most recent album, Break, was released in March 2016, at which time they performed at SXSW festival. Rolling Stone magazine named the band one of 10 indie bands to watch in 2016. Carly and Tom share their views on creative work and how they approach their craft.

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Paula Boggs is a singer-songwriter based in Seattle, Washington. Her band, the Paula Boggs Band, has recorded two CDs and is about to go into the studio to record their third. Paula's story is a complex one. Her path to being a full time musician took some of the most unlikely turns one can imagine: before her musical interests took hold, Paula was the General Counsel and Secretary at Starbucks, reporting directly to the CEO. Paula left that life behind to pursue music full time. She shares her story on this episode.

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Lauren Smith is the owner and founder of eleven. eleven. social., a startup social media and marketing company. Lauren shares her story about her experience in her first two years of being a business owner from the ground up. For more information about Lauren's company, please visit http://www.elevenelevensocial.com

Fred Morrison is the Executive Director of Crossmen Productions, Inc., a large arts nonprofit based in San Antonio, Texas. The flagship program is the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps, which is comprised of 150 of the best musical and dance performers in the marching arts world. The Crossmen tour the United States every summer for two months, traveling over 12,000 miles in that time.

Fred spent most of his business career in the auto racing industry, before taking the leap into the CEO role with Crossmen. Fred shares his story. For more information about the Crossmen, please visit: http://crossmen.org

Where the podcast has been so far, and where it's going. In this mini episode, Bryan announces a book & blog project to accompany the podcast. To support the podcast and get access to all the written content, please visit the website and make a contribution (http://www.creativeconfidential.net/?page_id=10).

Growing up, Denny Corby thought he was going to take over the family business – a paper company in Scranton! Sound familiar? “After working there for years”, Denny says, “My life was on final approach to be Jim from the NBC hit, The Office.” Denny came up with a new plan. He stepped out of the office and onto the speaking circuit where he performs for Fortune 500 companies, Schools, Conferences, and events across the world.

Denny has also been on numerous television stations and shows including WFMZ, Fox, NBC, and even the hit show America’s Got Talent.