Here are some excellent sketchnotes taken by Mike Jones at last month’s CreativeMornings/Atlanta.
(via Scott)
Check out the photos from CreativeMornings/Atlanta with Perry Fair. Photos by Nick Burchell.
Check out the rest in their Flickr Album.
The April chapter of CreativeMornings is organized by Blake Howard. Follow along with them at @April_CM!
That is an inordinate amount of fortune cookies at April’s CreativeMornings/Atlanta with Perry Fair. Could it have something to do with the themed month around The Future? Photos by Nick Burchell.
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“Going that extra 2-3% just to do a little extra can give you so much back.”
Stewart Scott-Curran, Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Illustrator
speaking at CreativeMornings/Atlanta(*watch the talk)
“It’s really amazing the difference you can make in someone’s day just by talking to them.”
Stewart Scott-Curran, Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Illustrator
speaking at CreativeMornings/Atlanta(*watch the talk)
This past February was all about money across our 44 chapters (at the time!). Keith Wilmot kicked this theme off at our Atlanta chapter talking about commercial value and bringing spark to an idea.
Keith is the Vice President of IGNITOR, aka Chief IGNITOR, an internal creativity and innovation group and registered asset of The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, heading up this function on a global basis. His team is responsible for solving wicked business challenges by translating insight into actionable ideas. His team also builds global creativity and innovation capability, skills critical for 2020 Vision achievement.
He previously held Marketing and Innovation leadership positions at several companies such as Alpo Petfoods, Pillsbury, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Brachs Confections, and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare.
Photos are up from CreativeMornings/Atlanta all about happy with Hank Richardson. Photos by Jon Woodruff.
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The Atlanta chapter of CreativeMornings is organized by Blake Howard. Follow along with them at @Atlanta_CM!
Michael Tavani was the speaker at this March’s Atlanta event. Michael is the co-founder and head of product at Scoutmob, a venture-backed and nationally recognized local mobile company named one of the top apps in all categories by Wired and Mashable and one of the country’s most promising companies by Forbes.
He speaks on the Top 43 Lessons he learned the hard way, covering everything from launching viral marketing campaigns to hiring great employees. Read through them below.
Now is the best time in the history of the world to start something.
It’s doesn’t have to be a company, it can be a project, a nonprofit, a film..
Everyone has distribution to the whole entire world.
If you’re a creative, you’re only limited by your creativity.
There is no perfect idea.
No great ideas are great on paper.
Jump in.
It hurts.
You’ll figure it out on the way down.
It’s hard to learn from the sidelines.
It’s all about execution.
If you can execute, a good or bad idea, you can make it happen.
The idea is 1%.
Tell everyone your idea.
When you tell people your ideas, you get more from them.
Find a wingman with complementary skills.
You can’t do it by yourself.
Hire for passion. You want to have passionate people.
Send potential employees an industry article. See how they respond.
Passion is the key.
Do unscalable stuff.
You need to be a do-er.
Do stuff even an intern wouldn’t do.
Tap your local market.
Grow your initial base.
Brand is huge.
Before you do anything, create something remarkable.
If people don’t like your product, the rest doesn’t matter.
Hire a designer and copywriter.
People have to enjoy and like using your product.
Take opportunities and risks to build brands from the ground up.
Delight in all places. Even the smallest of details.
Hide Easter eggs. Everywhere.
Average loses on the web every single time.
Your competitor is a click away.
Don’t be average.
Brand, not technology, is the great differentiator.
No one shares a shitty brand.
T-shirt test: The company that’s created a solid brand is a company whose t-shirt you would want to wear.
There are a million ways to make it happen.
It’s easy to make an impact in Atlanta.
Nothing better than being in the game.
“Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith.”
Stewart Scott-Curran, Art Director, Graphic Designer, and Illustrator
speaking at CreativeMornings/Atlanta(*watch the talk)
This month, CreativeMornings/Atlanta is partnering with the Atlanta Mission to drive home our theme of “reuse”.
They’re asking every attendee to bring atleast one used clothing item (socks, shoes, shirts, slacks, etc) to donate to the mission and be entered to win a fabulous (and gently used) bike from the Beltline Bike Shop provided by Matchstic!
Other chapters have chimed in, too, from reusable nametag stations in Pittsburgh to bringing your own coffee mug. Look out for some reuse awesomeness at a CreativeMornings chapter near you!
