CreativeMornings
Manifesto:
'Everyone is creative.
A creative life requires bravery and action, honesty and hard work. We are here to support you, celebrate with you, and encourage you to make the things you love.
We believe in the power of community. We believe in giving a damn. We believe in face-to-face connections, in learning from others, in hugs ad high-fives.
We bring together people who are driven by passion and purpose, confident that they will inspire one another, and inspire change in neighbourhoods and cities arounf the world.
Everyone is welcome.'
To prepare myself for the presentation, I thought it would be useful to look at how others in the creative field are delivering similar presentations. CreativeMornings is the gathering of creative people, having breakfast and listening to one talk a month. Anyone is welcome to attend and it is an event that encourages the connection between like-minded people.
A recent speaker at Sheffield's CreativeMorning was Aimee Harrison, a maker of ethical, handmade workwear for women, and the founder of #womenofsteel talks and workshops.
This talk was 20 minutes which is double the length of ours and the one thing I noticed was that the crowd interaction came a little later on, when she began to feel comfortable delivering the speech. This is something I will need to bare in mind, I will need to make sure that I do not let nerves put me off and just be confident from the beginning.
The most interesting and inspiring aspect of Aimee's talk was that it was her interests and passions that have truly driven her to where she is now.
Tips that I picked up on:
- sipping water when it is a longer presentation is important to keep your voice clear
- sipping water may also be a good way to quickly calm the nerves and gather your thoughts together
- it was clear that the speech had been well rehearsed, something I would like to do to make mine flow as well as possible and to ensure that I include everything that I aim to
- rhythm had been considered so that there were no awkward pauses or stumbling on words and thoughts.
Aimee Harrison - CreativeMornings talk
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