Corwin Hiebert Managing Creative People + Creative Projects

Police cars in Times Square. I took this photograph while in NYC with Wade and Martin in 2008.

You may not know this but… I’ve been turning down event management gigs for almost a year now. To some it may come as a big surprise and to others it may simply be an interesting factoid that I used to be an event manager for hire. But the scoop is that my business has changed over the past few years (thanks to Eileen, CREATIVEMIX, David duChemin, and countless other people and scenarios) and it’s about to change even more. I love being around inspired people and experiencing creative brilliance. This enriches my life and makes me feel human. It inspires me to be creative too. Being an event planning paratrooper is no longer a good fit for me.

I love contributing to the people and the processes that creates culture, art and atmosphere. I do this by helping artists and creative service providers make their entrepreneurial dreams come true; I’m a creative small business consultant. If you need help planning your conference or fundraiser or whathaveyou… you’ll need to look elsewhere. That’s not to say I won’t be involved in events down the road, it just means they’ll be an extension of the work I’m doing with a creative client or collaborator. Over the next few months you’ll be seeing more tangible evidence of this metamorphosis so stay tuned.

My sister Carla pointed out that Event Planning is in the top 5 most stressful careers. 2 of the top 5 carry guns. Read Chad Brooks’ article on Yahoo! Canada. I’m a quasi-pacifist so it only makes sense that I break ties from this emotionally taxing career. Actually, I’m putting together a new eBook that will include a short feature re: my exodus from the event industry so I’ll save “the back story” till then (publish date is tentatively set for Jan.25).

Happy 2012 and all that!

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