Corwin Hiebert Managing Creative People + Creative Projects

NAME: David duChemin
CREATIVE: Photographer & Author
ROLE: Business Manager
MORE: David duChemin is a world and humanitarian photographer, best-selling author and educator. His first book, Within The Frame, The Journey of Photographic Vision, is celebrated internationally for its vision, passion, and depth. David’s blog is PixelatedImage.com and he’s the founder of CraftAndVision.com, the home of  the wildly popular ebooks.

NAME: Ben Kadel
CREATIVE: Organizational Development Consultant
ROLE: Marketing Manager
MORE: Ben is a social researcher who works with organizations to improve their effectiveness. He has developed of a new way of working with groups that focuses on the passions and emotions in the group to unleash its full creative potential. Based on a result-oriented, action-reflection cycle, the model moves groups quickly from talking to doing in a way that builds energy, understanding, and competence. He is the co-founder of Real World Research, LLC and Emotus Operandi. He lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.

NAME: Steve McMinn
CREATIVE: Fitness Trainer
ROLE: Business Manager
MORE: Steve’s is a total pro! His personal, small-group and class training programs are second to none. His claim to fame is his expertise in teaching kettlebells. He’s a Certified RKC Kettlebell Instructor and his creativity in coaching makes him highly sought after. He’s currently preparing to publish some instructional content that will bring his charisma and awesomeness to those who don’t have the pleasure of training with him in Vancouver. Learn more at Fit4Real.ca or see my “thank-you” video on YouTube.

NAME: Eileen Rothe
CREATIVE: Singer & Songwriter
ROLE: Management, marketing, business, and Mr. Husband Guy
MORE: Eileen Rothe is a rocker with a powerful, piano-driven style of music. She has worked with renowned vocal coach Judith Rabinovich (Sarah McLachlan). The creation of her debut EP “Dream Girl” (Hipposonic Records) included collaborators like, producer Jeff Dawson (Holly McNarland, Daniel Powter), and mixer Mike Fraser (Aerosmith, AC/DC, Rush). Rothe’s songs are available on iTunes. She lives and creates in Vancouver, Canada.

NAME: Dave Delnea
CREATIVE: Creative Producer, Photographer
ROLE: Collaborator, Special Projects Manager
MORE: Delnea is a creative with interests; travel, nature, creative community, design, art, culture – and drinking way to much coffee. More than capturing a moment and putting it in a frame, he loves communicating a “sense of place” or “sense of story”. His portfolio is at DaveDelnea.com and his latest collaboration is DDIOnGray.com. Delnea is a commercial photographer who works internationally. He is based in Vancouver, Canada.

NAME: Nadia Albano
CREATIVE: Beauty & Image Consultant
ROLE: Business Manager
MORE: Nadia takes complexities of make-up and wardrobe planning and provides clarity and budget-conscious steps that help women of all ages feel confident, beautiful, and radiant. She services weddings, events, photo shoots, private sessions, and classrooms. In 2010 Albano was the runner-up in The Ultimate W Expert Challenge. Her blog is NadiaAlbanoStyle.com. She is based in Vancouver, Canada.

NAME: David Aiken (AKA “The Checkerboard Guy”)
CREATIVE: Comedic Entertainer & Juggler
ROLE: Business Manager
MORE: This one-man entertainment extravaganza has been a hit internationally for more than two decades. The Checkerboard Guy’s award-winning show includes stunts like The Six-Foot Unicycle of Death, The Tight Rope of Death and his signature piece, The Flaming Leap of Death. The Checkerboard Guy is known around the globe as a Comic Daredevil! His fans follow him on Facebook. He dwells in North Vancouver, Canada.

NAME: DanceHouse
CREATIVE: Contemporary Dance Series
ROLE: Special Event Producer
MORE: DanceHouse showcases large scale, international contemporary work to sophisticated, urban audiences in Vancouver, Canada. Directed by Barb Clausen and Jim Smith, DanceHouse provides the presenting infrastructure necessary to host important dance productions that in the past have had to forgoe a stop in Vancouver. Corwin is involved in the development of their donor community and is producing the 2011 DanceHouse House Party – an exclusive event for contributors. Learn more at DanceHouse.ca.

NAME: Kevin Clark
CREATIVE: Photographer
ROLE: Collaborator, Special Projects Manager
MORE: Kevin Clark is an exceptional photographer with an obsession for immaculate lighting and dynamic angles. Clark focuses mostly on food and lifestyle projects, creating some of the most breathtaking images in the industry. His in-studio team of post production image editors take each image from raw to print ready with amazing speed and accuracy. His portfolio is at KevinClarkStudios.com. His studio is in trendy Yaletown-Vancouver, Canada.

TYPE: Community Event
ROLE: Underwriter, Co-Producer, & Host
MORE: This conference is an interdisciplinary event, bringing together industry-leading idea makers who share their experiences and explore a common thread of creativity and collaboration. Founded on the notion that it’s not our skill that makes us truly creative but it’s the way in which we practice and enjoy creating and sharing in community is what makes us ‘creatives’. Read the reviews or register to attend at CreativeMix.ca.

TYPE: Photography Education, eBook Publishing
ROLE: Production Manager
MORE: Corwin doesn’t know an F-stop from a bus stop but that doesn’t stop him from being David duChemin’s secret weapon. Craft and Vision provides exceptional photography education at irresistible prices through the cunning use of $5 PDF eBooks and Apple Apps. A new eBook is released every few weeks; there are multiple authors, of which Corwin is one. They’re advertisement free, are 50+ pages long, and cost the same as a tricked-out latte. Learn more at CraftandVision.com.

TYPE: Workshops & Coaching
ROLE: Marketing
MORE: Emotus Operandi is a new process created by Ben Kadel PhD. and a cross-disciplinary team of experienced professionals to effectively harness your energy to make real progress on those big goals that mean so much, but seem so hard to achieve. When you join Emotus Operandi, you join a community and a process. They offer a structured, social process based on the best research and tested application – and best of all, it’s actually FUN!

TYPE: Corporate Event
ROLE: Conference Manager
MORE: GeoWeb is the industry-leading conference focused on the collective impact of the Web on geographic information standards, architectures and technology and the convergence of GIS and the Internet and the resulting economic, social and technical consequences. This very unique think tank-event is hosted by Vancouver-based Galdos Systems Inc. and legendary KML creator Ron Lake. It’s an annual event that attracts delegates from 17+ countries. Watch the keynote address by Michael T. Jones (founder of Google Earth) on the conference YouTube channel.

TYPE: Fundraising Event
ROLE: Event Manager
MORE: The Hoop-Law Society is a non-profit organization which raises funds for local charities in the hopes of helping better the lives of disadvantaged children. Since 1995, Hoop-Law has emerged as an annual event eagerly anticipated by the Vancouver legal community. This one-day basketball tournament is organized by a dedicated group of downtown lawyers and law students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and pits firm against firm, barristers versus solicitors and youth against experience. Teams raise funds and awareness through the pledgeathon-driven website (GiftTool) – see for yourself at Hoop-Law.com.

TYPE: Fundraising Event
ROLE: Event Producer (2007-2009)
MORE: Corwin’s first large-scale event was a yoga festival: The Camp Moomba Yogathon. For three years he produced this very special awareness and fund raising festival along with an amazing volunteer team. The goal: raise support for Canadian children who are impacted by HIV/AIDS. It’s the largest outdoor yoga class in Western Canada and it brings together yoga instructors, yoga students, health and wellness professionals, and people who share a passion for wellness, love and bliss. See it for yourself on YouTube.

TYPE: Fundraising Event
ROLE: Marketing Consultant
MORE: This annual 30km recreational ride on the beautiful Mission Park Greenway in Kelowna, Canada is a fundraiser which supports the building of transitional housing in the Okanagan Valley. About 250 cyclists raise pledges online (GiftTool) and is an event for people of all ages and abilities. It’s a small event that’s big on fun! Visit 30kClub.com to learn more about the year-long campaign. Note: Corwin lived in Kelowna from 1996-2003 and has maintained many friendships in the area (it might have something to do with the fact that it’s the “Napa Valley” of Canada).

TYPE: Non-Profit, Education
ROLE: Event Manager
MORE: ChurchWorks is a one day professional development event for staff, volunteers, pastors, and other church workers who support church ministries. This conference gives the hardworking staff and volunteers of churches and non-profit ministry organizations the opportunity to participate in a full day of professional training at a low cost and right in their back yard. In the last five years ChurchWorks has trained over 1,200 non-profit and ministry workers from around British Columbia and attracts world-class educators and business presenters.

TYPE: Retail, Fine-food
ROLE: E-mail Marketing
MORE: If you love chocolate then you’ll love Mink Chocolates. Vancouver’s dark, little secret is an amazing chocolate cafe that has an exquisite, and cool-named, chocolate bars that locals, and international buyers, enjoy to the fullest. Corwin’s favourite is the P.B. Hint of J. They use local and organic ingredients whenever possible and their individual bon bons are killer gifts. Owner Marc Lieberman is an amazing entrepreneur – spreading the word about his love for chocolate and his desire to sell legal stimulants is what’s so fun about helping spread the word. Visit their online store at MinkChocolates.com.

TYPE: Retail, Sustainability
ROLE: Collaborator
MORE: Saul Good Gift Co. is a sustainable gift provider like no other. Their gift boxes come responsibly packaged and filled with premium local and organic products from Vancouver, BC. By working with social enterprises and neighbourhood businesses they ensure that our gifts give back to our community and have an extra added value. Corwin has helped owner Saul Brown (and his comrades at EclipseAwards.com) host a rockin’ customer appreciation event in their warehouse workspace in Vancouver, Canada. Check out their online store at ItSaulGood.com.