Your World of Creativity

Deborah Claire Procter is a multimedia artist from Wales and Buenos Aires.

She makes performances for theatres, galleries, and site-specific spaces. She gained her degree in theatre at the University of Exeter and afterward her Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Wales, Cardiff. Her performances have been shown in numerous prestigious theatres and galleries.

In 2005 she received the Creative Wales Award which allowed her to continue working with video and experimental dance. She received the first of two awards from Wales Arts International in 2003 that allowed her to visit Argentina and to begin training musically with Oscar Edelstein (composer) to make the voice-work of different pieces of musical theatre such as ‘Insanas’ (directed by Silvia Pritz), as well as video for ‘Rivers and Mirrors’ (where she worked with Sandra Grinberg of the Trisha Brown Dance Company),  and for the operas, ‘El Caballo Fantasma’, and ‘La Carta Imaginaria’ (for the Latin American Contemporary Opera Cycle) by Edelstein. 

She continues to work vocally as an actor-singer and is a guest vocalist for the Argentinean avantgarde ensemble, Ensamble Nacional del Sur. She has performed with them in a wide range of important venues in Argentina such as La Trastienda, Casa de la Cultura, Café Vinilo (Buenos Aires); Teatro Argentina (La Plata); Teatro Tres de Febrero (Parana); Auditorio Nicolás Cassullo (Quilmes); Auditorio del CePIA (Cordoba), and also in solo concerts of Oscar Edelstein in Bolivar Hall (London) / The Tabernacle (Machynlleth), Corbett Road Concert Hall (Cardiff), and more recently in the cult sound studio Spectrum (NYC). 

Deborah says, "I love to experiment and find new perspectives. One step on this journey was setting up Clear Insight Productions.  I'm not always either clear, insightful or productive, yet I am 100% dedicated to finding a way."

Connect with Deborah on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahclaireprocter/ 

Visit her website at http://www.clearinsight.co.uk/

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Angela Soffe is an award-winning artist raised in Asia, now based in Washington state.

You are invited to support her Indiegogo campaign. You will be bringing to life a new album from the heart of Nashville with a Grammy-winning producer and some of the finest musicians in the industry. 

Angela is known for her intimate vocals and piercing lyrics, her songs are morsels of real life wrapped in honest Americana.

Her recent album, "Second Wind" won the nomination for "Americana Album of the Year" by the Independent Music Awards 2019. Her new single, "Rocks" also won the Great American Songwriting Contest in 2019. Her work and story has been featured on independent films, commercials, and podcasts worldwide.

She's recording, producing, and releasing her next album in Nashville in 2021.

Here's a link to the Indiegogo campaign and the perks you might consider:

https://igg.me/at/angelasoffe/x/25297910#/

Meet Sandra Horlings: a brand and business strategist & creative facilitator, a partner in progress.

Sandra helps teams explore new business opportunities in uncharted territory and to create compelling branded experiences, backed by sturdy -- innovative -- business models. She has more than 30 years of experience in working with and for leading brands, in almost every category.

She sparks progress, energizes collaboration, and brings strong actionable concepts to the table. Listen to her thoughts to boost innovation with a major dose of enthusiasm.

I ask Sandra:

• how to build a successful and responsible brand
• how to strengthen the brand with innovative, surprising branded experiences
• how to facilitate multidisciplinary teams to move from products to solutions
• how to build compelling stories for all stakeholders
• how to create new business value while co-creating with customers

Learn more about Innoboost, the innovation collective creating profit to be proud of at https://www.innoboost.nl/

Explore the global think tank on branding, The Medinge Group at www.medinge.org

Get her book Brands with a Conscience

Connect with Sandra at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrahorlings/

In this episode, learn about creative play and ...

THE virtual summit for entrepreneurs, business owners, play-oriented professionals, and anyone who is curious about playfulness and creativity!

APRIL 21-26, 2021

https://playfulcreativesummit.com/

Alyea and David are both international transplants who now live in the Netherlands. Alyea (originally from Colombia), a game researcher, met David (from the UK via South Africa), a creativity activator, at a Spark conference where he was speaking on creativity. His infectious humor made her realize he would be the perfect work play-mate. They met for coffee and became fast pals. Just one year later they brought their expertise together and their brainchild the Playful Creative Summit was born.

The Playful Creative Summit is a FREE 5-day long virtual conference for those looking to fill their toolbox, share ideas and refresh their muse.

Makers, designers, producers, artists, content creators, creatives, game designers, play experts, and curious onlookers are invited to learn from other disciplines, to discover purpose in their businesses and to grow together in an online play-pen!

In 2020, 45 international experts on playfulness, creativity and games spoke in pre-recorded interviews about their creative process, daily practices for playful creativity, and what changes these will bring to the future.

For 2021, Alyea and David are bringing a bit of excitement by adding some live interactive components.

Learn more about Alyea and her company tint hue and connect with her on linkedin.com/in/alyeasandovar

More about David is at davidchislett.com and linkedin.com/in/davidchislettcreativity

Sign up for the Summit at https://playfulcreativesummit.com/

In this episode, meet Brenden, founder of MasterTalk.

As an experienced speaker and facilitator, Brenden understands that audience members need to walk away captivated, and above all, inspired to master the art of communication. It should be seen as something to look forward to rather than a burden that must be overcome.

Brenden speaks about many topics relating to communication such as presentation skills, storytelling, and speech breakdowns explaining what separates the best speakers in the world from everyone else.

Brenden’s workshops focus on interactive activities between participants to practice communication in a tangible and entertaining way. By securing quick wins for his audience, he is able to quickly convince them that communication can be mastered at any level.

Brenden’s private coaching program is personalized to each individual that he coaches. He only takes 10 clients at any given time and each client goes through a vetting process to ensure good fit and results delivered.

Subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBYFP4mZLQovr7W6Si6sueA

Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, published author, professional speaker, and blogger. He builds upon a deep education in engineering and management with practical experience working with executives and frontline employees in multiple industries to synthesize and practice methods including Lean management, continuous improvement, statistical methods, and people-centered leadership approaches.

In this episode, I talked with Mark about:

• His favorite mistake (turning the tables to ask him the question he asks guests on his podcast
• Impact of measurement on creativity, including measuring what really matters
• His creative process of writing books and articles (tip: collaboration tools for editors and beta readers)
• What's next for him.
• Lessons from international travel

Mark’s motivation is to humbly help others learn how to improve and sustain performance. In his healthcare work, this means improving the quality of care and patient safety, while also reducing cost and improving the workplace experience. Across multiple sectors, goals also include improving the customer (or patient) experience, to help the development of leaders and employees, and to build stronger, more adaptive organizations for the long term.

He has learned, practiced, and taught these methodologies in settings including manufacturing, healthcare, and technology startups. Working independently since 2010, and in partnership with other consulting groups, Mark enjoys working with organizations that are looking for better ways to improve, with leaders who are willing to lead that charge.

Mark also consults part time as a Senior Advisor for healthcare clients with the firm Value Capture. He is also a Senior Advisor to the technology and software company KaiNexus.

His latest book is Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, a management book about using simple, yet practical statistical methods that help leaders at all levels overreact less to their metrics, which frees up time for real, focused, sustainable improvement.

Mark is also the author of the book Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement (Productivity Press), which was selected for a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award, the first healthcare book to win this award. The book has been translated into eight languages.

Mark has also co-authored a second book, titled Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, also a Shingo Research Award recipient. A newly revised and condensed edition, The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen: Leadership for a Continuously Learning and Improving Organization is also available.

He also edited and contributed to an anthology titled Practicing Lean: Learning How to Learn How to Get Better… Better, a book of reflections and lessons learned about change, growth, and Lean management written by Mark and 15 other authors from various industries.

He is the founder, lead blogger, and podcaster at LeanBlog.org, which started in January 2005. See a list of his other articles and publications. He is also a “LinkedIn Influencer,” where he contributes articles on leadership and business for a broader audience.

Also mentioned in this episode:

LeanPub.com

The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything

Rahul Aggarwal, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Designhill, connecting businesses with designers worldwide

Being awarded as the Rising Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 and Entrepreneur 35 under 35 in 2020, Rahul Aggarwal has created a unique online marketplace to overcome the challenges faced by the business owners in outsourcing high-quality creative solutions and designers who have been looking for creative freedom.

He’s a serial entrepreneur, passionate marketer, investor, advisor, and a firm believer in the concept of constant learning and growing. His digital knowledge and business skills have led Designhill to be acknowledged as the Creative Startup Of The Year 2019 by Entrepreneur Magazine.

Connect with Rahul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raggarwal1/

Check on the Designhill website: https://www.designhill.com/

Follow all the Designhill social media profiles:

https://twitter.com/Designhilldh

https://in.linkedin.com/company/designhill

https://www.instagram.com/designhilldh/  

https://www.facebook.com/designhilldh

https://www.instagram.com/typographydesignersclub/

https://www.instagram.com/printshopglobal/

https://www.instagram.com/logodesignersclub/

https://www.instagram.com/graphicdesignersclub/

https://www.instagram.com/illustratorsartistsclub/

https://www.instagram.com/patterndesignersclub

Subscribe to the Zimply Bon YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6i83ua_O3SdiNp5E1Dgdw

Also mentioned in this episode, The Shamrock Irish Pub in Hoi An, Vietnam https://www.facebook.com/ShamrockHoiAn

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Jason Barnard is "The Brand SERP Guy". He is a digital marketer, folk-punk musician, and was a cartoon blue dog.

Key takeaway:

Google is your new business card What appears when someone googles your brand name (or personal name) is fundamentally important to you and your business. Make it accurate, positive, and convincing.

Backstories:

In the 90s - Double bassist and singer in a folk-punk band touring Europe. 600 concerts, 40,000 albums sold, 200,000 people saw the band.

In the noughties - Starred in a cartoon TV series for kids produced by ITV INternational and aired in 15 countries. The accompanying website peaked at 5 million visits and 100 million pageviews / month in 2007.

Well, Mauritius, off the coast of Africa. But you don't get much closer these days. A stunningly interesting story, and a lot of interesting banter to be had there!

Here are the suggested links:

1. Guides to help you manage your brand online https://kalicube.com/guides/
2. The Google search result for Jason Barnard https://www.google.com/search?q=jason+barnard
3. Jason's personal website https://jasonbarnard.com/

Katerina Stepanova gives us a great overview of the business of Mobile Home Park Investment & Management.

But even more, Katerina shares her purpose and passion for building communities for people to live, raise families, enjoy outdoor space, and get to know neighbors.

It was fun to learn how Katerina applied her international experience in Advertising, Production, Project Management, and Operations as a part of Ogilvy, BBDO, Columbia Artists, and Citigroup. 

Plus, she opens up about the real-life fulfillment that residential real estate investing brings to her life. 

In this episode, you hear about:

Her company -- mhpteam

The Facebook group -- facebook.com/groups/mhptribe

And a weekly global group -- The Bento Society

Based on an idea introduced in the book -- This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World

Connect with her at -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/katerinastepanova/