Chicago host
Odun Ishola
Yup, that’s right — we’ve got multiple this month! In fact, we’re wrapping up an awesome year of Creative Mornings with FOUR speakers instead of one. We figured what better way to do justice to the theme of Education than by inviting a few brave attendees take the stage to teach us all a little something. This Friday we’re having Sandy Weisz, Julie Schumacher, Stefani Bachetti, and Bryan Kveton each take 5 minutes to share what they know with us.
In leui of the typical pre-show Q&A, we asked our gang of speakers to answer this: What are you going to teach us, and why is this something you’re excited to share with the Creative Mornings community?
Sandy: I’m going to teach the crowd how I build a puzzle hunt. It’s both specifically something that probably no one in the crowd knows about, and at the same time generally about the creative process, which everyone knows about. I’m excited to share it because it’s the thing I’m most passionate about these days, as I’m the early stages of turning this activity, which has been a hobby for 8 years, into a business.
Julie: Classroom → Creative. Imagine spending 10 years in middle school. I did, and I liked it. After hanging with seventh graders for a decade I made a leap to copywriting. What felt like a pretty epic shift was made easier because of a handful of lessons learned in the classroom that I apply in my life as a creative. With the way people work changing and more people working for themselves or hoping to someday, figuring out how to use what you did to inform what you do is a pretty sweet way to build something new and differentiate yourself along the way.
Stefani: I’m going to give the crowd a rundown on sketchnoting and the tricks and techniques to become master sketchnoters! I think the skill set and perspectives of the CreativeMornings community would yield some really dynamic visual notes, and am hoping to inspire a few to give it a shot at their next meeting (or creative morning?). Bonus points if they share their results. Everyone should bring their favorite pen so they can immediately begin to sketchnote everything, everywhere, all the time.
Bryan: I plan to teach the audience how to write a pop “hook” by breaking down what they often consist of. Because love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying that pop songs and melodies resonate with a lot of people. I think the Creative Mornings audience might find the workings of pop music interesting because pop songs share parallels with design: they have formulas and constraints; and they communicate a message. So, I’ll demonstrate a widely-used tool in the pop music realm and offer some food for thought about why it’s effective.
Now that you know what you’ll be missing if you don’t snag a ticket, be sure to register today at 11am!
