Corwin Hiebert Managing Creative People + Creative Projects
Category “Collaboration”
Making Meetings Not Suck
[Part 2 of 2] As a counter-post to my pissy rant about how much I think meetings suck, let me share with you some ideas on how you can make meetings not suck. The truth is I have very few traditional meetings. I prefer to process the details of project online – that’s what Smartsheet [...]
Meetings Suck
[Part 1 of 2] Meetings suck. That’s right, I said it. Why such a strong reaction you ask? Well – it’s simple. For too long I’ve felt that meetings have a remarkable success rate at wasting my time but I’ve never had much proof (other than that nagging, irritated feeling I get when I’m subjected [...]
Talkie Talk
Next Tuesday I’ll be kickin’ around the Canadian Special Events & Meetings Expo (Rocky Mountaineer Station, Vancouver) and at 9:30am I’ll be giving a one-hour talkie-talk called Inspired Event Management Through Creative Thinking & Collaboration. Here’s a bit of a synopsis: Organizing an event requires careful planning and hard work, but in today’s competitive market [...]
Make the Big Ask
It’s been a crazy week for me. Tuesday saw the announcement of our keynote speaker line-up for CREATIVEMIX – it’s been a long time in coming, 6 months in the making actually. It felt really good to be able to use my outside voice and start spreading the word. Our speaking team is an amazing [...]
Event for Creatives
As you probably already know, Eileen and I host an annual creative conference here in Vancouver (annual is a strong word, last year was the first). Well, it went super-duper and we’re doing it again. Here’s the date announcement from CREATIVEMIX.ca: Big news! CREATIVEMIX is coming back for another round! Thursday, November 4th. Remember that. [...]
CREATIVEMIX was a Hit!
The reviews are pouring in! Here’s what people had to say about their experience at CREATIVEMIX: “This was a day of mind-expanding learning experiences. I’m glad I came. Thanks!” – Mary Mahon Jones “Working in a creative field is one thing, but learning how to connect with other creative people in other fields and getting [...]
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