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Scott Berkun – Confessions of a Public Speaker

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You talk. But you could do better. Make your words matter.

If you’ve got something to say—and want people to listen—this is for you. Best-selling author and kick-ass speaker Scott Berkun shares the secrets of effective speaking in this interactive class. Learn the six reasons for suckage (chances are, you’re committing one), how to avoid them, and what to do when caught off-guard. Drill Scott with questions, learn from his mistakes, get tools to improve your delivery —the people who have to listen to you are begging you to attend.

ENROLL HERE: Scott Berkun’s Confessions of a Public Speaker

This event takes place 1 month, 25 days, 13 hours, 7 minutes ago

Event Date: Tuesday, January 19
Time: 6:30pm Pacific (Seattle) [Other Time Zones]
Duration: 90-120 Minutes
Cost: The LIVE event is FREE to attend!

Seattle Address: 1944 First Ave South (for in-person audience)

MollyPortfolio.pngAbout the book: Awesome early reviews of Confessions of a Public Speaker include Wired’s Editor in Chief, who said the book was “A fresh, fun, memorable take on the most critical thing: what we say. Highly recommended.” And Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen said “Loved it!”. Bring your toughest questions and situations for Scott to answer or solve.

Scott Berkun is the best selling author of The Myths of Innovation, Making Things Happen, and most recently, Confessions of a Public Speaker. His work as a writer and public speaker have appeared in the The Washington Post, The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Forbes Magazine, and other media. He has taught creative thinking at the University of Washington and has been a regular commentator on CNBC, MSNBC and National Public Radio. His many popular essays and entertaining lectures can be found for free on his blog at www.scottberkun.com.


Molly Murrah’s The Magic of Watercolor – Overview

Let’s expand beyond our standard fare of computer training. This December Seattle artist, Molly Murrah, is leading a live watercolor painting class in our worldwide classroom. This class is a fun experiment. Help us spread the word, and see if there is a large enough audience for more hands-on artistic classes. If we get enough of a response, Molly’s got a whole series of classes to follow-up this watercolor overview.
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Travels to the Edge: LIVE (My Pitch for Sponsorship)

Here is a video describing the pitch that I am taking to potential sponsors this week for a special live travel experience with one of you joining Art Wolfe as a field reporter on one of his amazing upcoming photo tours of India, Vietnam, Camdodia, or Myanmar.

I’ll rewrite this post soon, but I wanted to post this video right away and allow you — our best supporters to chime in with comments below that potential sponsors are going read as I pitch them on supporting this experience.

Help us promote this idea, and help me sell this concept to people who will have never experienced this live worldwide classroom and community we’ve been building over the last year. Thanks!

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PS. We should have the video of John’s interview with Art Wolfe from today posted before the end of the week.


Art Wolfe: India, Myanmar & Bhutan

Goodness! Another great talk by Art Wolfe! Art talks about the amazing images he shot while touring the colorful regions of Asia.

Here is the full 68-minute talk. This video will not expire.


Guest Event: Art Wolfe – All About Light.

WOW! Our Seattle classroom was absolutely packed yesterday during Art’s talk, and we had a record turn-out with the combined GoToWebinar and Live Feeds! The video from Art’s talk yesterday is now posted!

Here is the full video from Art’s talk. This video is available free, and won’t expire. If you want to encourage more guest events like this, make sure to leave a note of thanks in the comments below. Even better, post a message on Twitter thanking Art Wolfe (@artwolfe) and liveBooks (@liveBooks) for making yesterday’s event possible.

The larger worldwide audience we can attract to these live events, the more we’ll be able to attract the best presenters to our Seattle classroom! So pick a social network site and help us pass this video along.

Art Wolfe Q&A Session

Note: We’ve setup a NEW iTunes Podcast feed with our latest videos. You can downloads Art’s talk to your iPod, as well as Lesa Snider’s Photoshop talk from last week. (Does not include the Q&A).

iTunes Video Podcast: CreativeTechs LIVE Podcast

Art Talks To a Packed Crowd

Art Talks To a Packed Crowd


Special Guests: Lesa Snider & Jay Nelson

Wow! We had a GREAT turn-out for our first special guest event. Here is the full video from Lesa’s talk. This video is available free, and won’t expire. If you enjoyed Lesa’s talk, and want to encourage more guest events like this, leave a note of thanks in the comments below. Even better, post a message on Twitter thanking Lesa (@Lesafumi) for joining us at CreativeTechs and linking people to this video.

Lesa Snider: Photoshop Smart Objects.

Smart Objects have been an integral part of Photoshop since CS2, but now they’re more powerful ever. Lesa runs through a bevy of fun, creative projects showing you how Smart Objects and vector art can enhance your creativity in Photoshop.

Lesa.jpgLesa is the chief evangelist for iStockphoto, and author of Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual. She’s created many video training titles for KelbyTraining.com and Lynda.com. She writes a regular column for Photoshop User, and Macworld magazines, and contributes frequently to CreativePro.com and Layers.

Jay Nelson: OpenType Font Secrets.

Rediscover the magic of beautiful typography through advanced OpenType fonts. Jay will cover a lot of powerful tips that are built into these fonts for an extra boost of typographical creativity — in Adobe’s Creative Suite applications, as well as in QuarkXPress.

Jay.jpgJay publishes Design Tools Monthly, and regularly speaks at graphic design conferences. He also contributes to magazines such as Macworld, Layers, CreativePro.com, and InDesign magazine. He is also the author and presenter of the training video that Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7, and the complete QuarkXPress 8 Essential Training at Lynda.com.