Best CreativeMornings Podcasts (2025)

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Creative Voice and Artistic Focus with Anthony Solano 19:13

4M ago19:13

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What do you get when you mix a surrealist painter with an environmental obsession? Vibrant paintings of hermit crabs wearing soda caps as shells. A gorilla slurping a can of Reddi-whip. And two grizzly bears fighting over a gumball machine. For a start. Before he started making his distinctive paintings, Anthony Solano struggled to find the connect…

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Will Kendall: Creative Mentorship 35:40

4M ago35:40

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Art can create space for survival. Artist and musician William Kendall—who has worked with youth experiencing homelessness since 1994—would know. From a community of metal heads to becoming a musician, to bike messenger, to bands, to social work and running the Artist Mentorship Program, William’s journey is a testament to the intertwined power of …

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Michael Namkung: Finding Beauty in What We Endure 26:44

4M ago26:44

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Elite athlete and artist Michael Namkung discovered that pushing his physical limits allowed him to open up and explore emotional pain too. Michael journeys through sports-inspired performance pieces, how he relearned to write with his left hand when he broke his right, and a digital chorus project that allowed people to voice the pain and despair …

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Chelsea Bieker & Kimberly King Parsons: Trust Yourself and Your Creative Vision 38:50

4M ago38:50

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Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons will convince you to trust yourself and your creative vision. Talented authors and friends Chelsea and Kimberly want you to crack open your creative process and tune into something deeper and more sustaining. They share what they’ve each learned about honing your craft, quieting the noise, and being comforta…

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Terry Blas: Comics, Illustration, and Identity 37:10

4M ago37:10

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How do you break through in the comic book world and start your days with cereal and watching cartoons? Ask Terry Blas. Terry shares his origin story in an interview with CMPDX team member Joan Stewart, reflecting on how he explored and defined his relationship to being queer, mixed race, and growing up in a religious family. He's learned a lot alo…

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Eric Tran: Double Entendre 25:22

4M ago25:22

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If anyone is bringing SEXY back to poetry, it’s Eric Tran. He knows all about the Ins & Outs of poetry & sex and aims to fully take advantage of their multiple meanings. In a talk that just needs to be experienced, Eric leads us through poems from incredibly talented (and, as Eric says, sexy) contemporary poets: Sam Sax, Benjamin Garcia, Danez Smit…

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Eden Dawn & Ashod Simonian: Your Brand Is Your Vibe 46:03

4M ago46:03

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Your brand is your vibe. At least according to Leo duo Eden Dawn & Ashod Simonian. They embrace being yourself fully, so that your vibe really shines through. Frequent collaborators with complementary yet unique styles, Eden and Ashod show us how by defining their styles, they find brand and creative projects they can vibe with. The multi-hyphenate…

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Vera Brosgol: Feel It. Study It. Trust Your Intuition 32:57

4M ago32:57

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Explore the porous boundaries between a creative career, hobbies & self worth with writer and artist Vera Brosgol. Vera walks through the heartfelt evolution of her creative calling: from a story-obsessed, weird kid from Russia who made drawings in exchange for friends; to a comics nerd who found stability in animation; to her work in stop-motion o…

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Ep 7 - Kelly Herrick on Liminal 31:10

3+ y ago31:10

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This in-person talk is from October 2021 and is given by Kelly Herrick. Kelly Herrick is a joyful landscape artist exploring our connection to nature and ecology through art, she is also a writer currently editing a women's book project, retreat leader and creative strategist at Katapult - an international-themed attractions design agency. Kelly ex…

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Ep 6 - Sonia Sohal on Design 34:25

3+ y ago34:25

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Episode 6 - Sonia Sohal on the global theme of Design CreativeMornings are a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Every month the creative and curious come together in 67 countries across 233 cities to drink coffee, eat breakfast and listen to a talk by someone marvellous. CreativeMornings/Derby is the Derby chapter hosted by Hana Y…

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Ep 5 - Jack Williams on Dare 15:32

3+ y ago15:32

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Episode 5 - Jack Williams on the global theme of Dare CreativeMornings are a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Every month the creative and curious come together in 67 countries across 233 cities to drink coffee, eat breakfast and listen to a talk by someone marvellous. CreativeMornings/Derby is the Derby chapter hosted by Hana Y…

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Ep 4 - Andrew Boulton on Release 19:54

3+ y ago19:54

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Episode 4 - Andrew Boulton on the global theme of Release CreativeMornings are a breakfast lecture series for the creative community Every month the creative and curious come together in 67 countries across 233 cities to drink coffee, eat breakfast and listen to a talk by someone marvellous. CreativeMornings/Derby is the Derby chapter hosted by Han…

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EP 3 - Yvonne Gorman on Home 13:05

4y ago13:05

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Episode 3 - Yvonne Gorman on the global theme of Home CreativeMornings are a breakfast lecture series for the creative community Every month the creative and curious come together in 67 countries across 233 cities to drink coffee, eat breakfast and listen to a talk by someone marvellous. CreativeMornings/Derby is the Derby chapter hosted by Hana Yo…

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Ep 2 - Tessa Cooper on Matriarchy 16:54

4y ago16:54

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Episode 2 - Tessa Cooper on the global theme of Matriarchy CreativeMornings are a breakfast lecture series for the creative community Every month the creative and curious come together in 67 countries across 233 cities to drink coffee, eat breakfast and listen to a talk by someone marvellous. CreativeMornings/Derby is the Derby chapter hosted by Ha…

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Everyone is creative. Everyone is welcome. 1:06

4y ago1:06

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Welcome to the CreativeMornings/Derby podcast. CreativeMornings are a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Every month the creative and curious come together in 67 countries across 233 cities (at the last count) to drink coffee, eat breakfast and listen to a talk by someone marvellous. This is the CreativeMornings/Derby podcast host…

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Ep 1 - Paul Rose on Resilience 34:48

4y ago34:48

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Episode 1 - Paul Rose on the global theme of Resilient CreativeMornings are a breakfast lecture series for the creative community Every month the creative and curious come together in 67 countries across 233 cities to drink coffee, eat breakfast and listen to a talk by someone marvellous. CreativeMornings/Derby is the Derby chapter hosted by Hana Y…

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#Muse – Bára Vencálková | (cz) Od inspirace po vydávání vlastních knih 40:01

4+ y ago40:01

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September 2019 - Bára Vencálková is a young author and poet. She graduated from history and now continues studying philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. She strives to understand things so she could help others find understanding as well. First and foremost, she is not a woman, but a person and like every person she wan…

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#Change – Zdeněk Lanc | (cz) Změna je fajn 29:38

4+ y ago29:38

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March 2016 - Zdeněk Lanc is a designer. He had been working for the Czech Television for as long as 14 years as the head of the Design of New Media department. He ran development of first applications for smart televisions and was amused by the teletext phenomenon. Zdeněk started the tradition of sport specials and successful olympic websites such …

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#Biophilia – Adam Táborský | (cz) O přírodě a našem duševním zdraví 45:25

4+ y ago45:25

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December 2020 - Adam is a psychologist at the Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice, where he works with people with personality disorders. He founded the project Therapy among trees (Terapie mezi stromy), which connects nature and mental health. Adam also brings the topic of nature and mental health to the public through his publishing activity.…

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#Weird – Martin Rajniš | (cz) Podporujme úleťárny 32:25

4+ y ago32:25

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August 2016 - Martin Rajniš is one of Czech most renown architects and urbanistic visionary. His projects have been inspired and intertwined with nature, natural materials and principles. He believes that going for WEIRD can lead to amazing things.

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#Radical – Radical Reunion (cz) - Sebastian James, Richard Vrdlovec, Bára Vencálková & Zuzana Kuberová 43:08

4+ y ago43:08

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November 2020 - This time we decided to be radically different in our form and we decided to bring you not one, two or three, but four speakers! The speakers (introduced below) already honoured us with their talks during our previous mornings and we are curious to know how they are doing now during these turbulent times. Our speakers are: Zuzana Ku…

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Jake Kramer, Managing Partner of FedTech 43:54

4+ y ago43:54

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Jake Kramer, Managing Partner of FedTech is guest on this season's final episode of DC Entrepreneur. FedTech is a venture builder that thrives at the intersection of US entrepreneurship, breakthrough technologies, and mission-driven organizations. Since 2015, they've been driving forward deep tech ventures across the DoD, NASA, DoE, universities, a…

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#Justice – Milota Sidorová | (cz) Jsou města spravedlivá? 51:33

4+ y ago51:33

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August 2019 - This month’s lecture will focus on the examination of architecture and urban planning in terms of gender. This allows for uncovering problems of inequality and negligence in urban development. In her lecture, Milota will present the practical examples of gender-sensitive design and planning, the mobility of care in cities abroad, and …

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Jay Newton-Small, CEO and Founder of MemoryWell 43:23

4+ y ago43:23

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Jay Newton-Small, CEO and Founder of MemoryWell, a digital storytelling platform for seniors, speaks to George on this episode of DC Entrepreneur. You'll hear how Newton-Small got the idea for the start-up when filling out paperwork to get her father into assisted care after he was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. As a TIME Magazine …

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Dr. Joseph Cardillo PhD, author of "The 12 Rules of Attention: How to Avoid Screw-Ups, Free Up Headspace, Do More and Be More At Work" " 46:15

4+ y ago46:15

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George speaks with friend of the podcast Dr. Joseph Cardillo, PhD, about his new book "12 Rules of Attention: How to Avoid Screw-Ups, Free Up Headspace, Do More and Be More At Work." Dr. Joe is an inspirational speaker and nationally best-selling author of multiple books in the fields of health, mind-body-spirit, and psychology. In this conversatio…

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Colin Moffett and Joel Daly co-founders of Artemis Ward, and host of CreativeMornings/DC 33:09

4+ y ago33:09

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On this episode George speaks with Colin Moffett and Joel Daly co-founders of Artemis Ward. Colin and Joel met at Mindshare Interactive, one of the old guard of digital agencies, in 2005. They made the move to one of the world’s most prestigious agencies in 2008, building a large team and servicing top clients. Despite this success, Colin and Joel …

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Robert L. Longyear III, VP Digital Health and Innovation at Avenu & Wanderly, and Author of "Innovating for Wellness 42:59

4+ y ago42:59

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Robert L. Longyear III, author of "Innovating for Wellness," is guest on this episode of DC Entrepreneur. Innovating for Wellness examines crucial innovations at the intersection of digital health technology and value-based payment. Robert speaks with George for an in-depth conversation about health care policy, innovation, and how that relates to …

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#Lost – Lukáš Hána | (cz) Kritické myšlení a jak se neutopit v záplavě informací 45:53

4+ y ago45:53

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November 2019 - Lukáš Hána is a consultant and a lecturer on critical thinking. He offers training to the public, companies as well as intelligence services. He teaches tools for working with information and decision-making. He is also a founder of the project #krimyš (www.krimys.cz), within which Lukáš organizes an annual conference. He is a creat…

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Erik Rind, founder and CEO of Imagine BC 40:51

4+ y ago40:51

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George speaks to Erik Rind the CEO of Imagine BC on this episode. ImagineBC aims to be for blockchain technology what “You’ve got mail” was for the Internet. It's a membership based platform that helps its community earn money for sharing their data. Inspired by a talk that Jaron Lanier gave, Erik started the company to correct the privacy and ethi…

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#Water – David Stránský | (cz) Jak udržet dešťovou vodu ve městě a proč na tom tak záleží 45:11

5y ago45:11

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March 2019 - David Stránský is an Associate Professor in Water Management and Water Structures at Czech technical university in Prague as well as forensic expert in water management. Currently, he deals with the issue of rainfall-runoff relationships in urbanized river basins, specifically the mathematical description of these phenomena, the hydrau…

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Dawn Myers founder THE MOST and DC Director, The Vinetta Project 35:35

5y ago35:35

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On this episode, George speaks with Dawn Myers, founder of THE MOST and of The Vinetta Project. THE MOST is a beauty-tech company looking to disrupt an $87 Billion dollar Industry featuring natural hair products for women of color, to help address the invisible pain points in textured hair styling. Dawn lives to inspire entrepreneurs to walk in the…

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#Nature – Matěj Novák | (cz) Čekání na svou životní vlnu 58:57

5y ago58:57

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May 2020 - Matěj Novák is the first Czech to succeed in the field of big wave surfing, a name used for riding waves above 6 meter height. His love of the ocean led him to move to the Spanish coast, where he founded a community sports club WildHouse. The journey to conquering the famous “La Verdad” wave was documented in a movie “No wave back”. What…

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Chad Frey founder and CEO of Attilah 50:26

5y ago50:26

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Chad Frey is guest on this episode in a policy discussion about the advancement of the hemp industry as a whole. As a board member of four industry associations, Chad is an expert on the legal initiatives, industry policy and federal compliance regarding hemp and cannabis regulations. As the executive director for the Nebraska Hemp Industries Assoc…

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#Honesty – Sebastian James & Martin Vasquez| (cz) Radikální upřímnost 25:45

5y ago25:45

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October 2018 - Sebastian is a Czech psychologist and licensed psychotherapist. In both life and work, he believes in openness, the ability to sense one’s own body, being able to play and being ready to help others. These are also the principles, that his workshops are based on, focusing on long-lasting personal relationships and sustainable happine…

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Dave Forbes "Saucepreneur" and founder of Disturbingly Delicious Foods 40:19

5y ago40:19

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Dave Forbes is the food entrepreneur and owner of Disturbingly Delicious Foods. His sauce creations are healthier than most of the stuff in the grocery store that also taste great. Dave's first creation was a kale-based substitute for ketchup when Forbes was throwing a high school graduation party for his son. After obtaining a patent on this produ…

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#Craft – Zuzana Kuberová | (cz) Darujte nábytku druhý život 29:03

5y ago29:03

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June 2018 - Zuzana is the founder of a project called “Z pokoje do pokoje” and one of the three girls behind it. Their aim is to save old furniture from being thrown away by renovating it themselves and giving it a brand new life. Apart from a selling the re-made pieces, they also opened their workshop to the public and use it as a re-use center. A…

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Jonathan Wasserstrum founder and CEO of SquareFoot commercial real estate start-up 31:20

5y ago31:20

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George speaks with Jonathan Wasserstrum the CEO of SquareFoot. SquareFoot is a tech-driven commercial real estate company that helps companies find their next office space by providing transparent access to inventory, brokerage services, and a flexible spaces. The New York City-based start-up, which was created in 2011, raised $16 million in 2019 i…

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Jake Sandler CEO of ChangeRoots, a political fundraising app 45:57

5y ago45:57

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Jake Sandler, CEO and Founder of ChangeRoots is guest on this episode of DC Entrepreneur. ChangeRoots is an app designed to help build a post-partisan political system in the United States. The app provides easy access to information about politicians, insights into their behavior, and allows users to easily provide positive or negative feedback th…

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#Chaoss – Richard Vrdlovec | (cz) Má cesta k meditaci 38:19

5y ago38:19

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Září 2018 - Hostem dalšího dílu cyklu CreativeMornings bude jogín Richard Vrdlovec, který se od jógy podle knížek dopracoval až k vlastnímu studiu Yoga Karlín. Při své praxi se věnuje i základům meditace.

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The Alchemy of Entrepreneurship with Jessica Carson author of "Wired this Way" and Expert in Residence at the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative 46:02

5y ago46:02

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Jessica Carson is guest on this episode of DC Entrepreneur where she talks about the complex wiring of start-up founders. Jessica is the Expert in Residence on Entrepreneur Mental Health and Wellbeing at Georgetown University, and is the author of “Wired This Way.” She’s also a former Director at NextGen Venture Partners. In this illuminating conve…

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Musician Rude Kid-da-ReggaeRap Inventor (AKA Denton Malcolm) the founder & chair of D.A.M. Companies, LLC 35:57

5y ago35:57

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George speaks with musician and entrepreneur Denton A. Malcolm, Chairman of D.A.M Companies, LLC known as Rude Kid-da-ReggaeRap Inventor, who has been implementing the new genre ReggaeRap™ over the last fourteen years as part of the Rude Kid Entertainment Label Group. He is currently promoting his new hit single "How We Roll" in rotation in the maj…

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Mikey Heard, real estate investor and entrepreneur, founder Meetin.org, partner TapDrive 26:37

5y ago26:37

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George speaks to his friend Mikey Heard, an entrepreneur he met over a decade ago. When working as a web developer he created the social group Meetin.org which he grew from a Washington, DC based events group to a volunteer-run international organization planning real life events in cities worldwide. After working on that idea he worked on Tap Driv…

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#Intention – Vojtěch Veselý | (cz) Senioři píší Wikipedii 34:32

5y ago34:32

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Vojta tells the story of how he started working at Wikipedia and how they inspire the elderly to share their knowledge. Vojtěch is an instructor and methodology specialist at Wikimedia. He was the founder of “Senioři píší Wikipedii”, a project, inspiring the eldery to participate on writing Wikipedia articles. CreativeMornings Prague. Free events l…

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#Invest – Kryštof Vosátka | (cz) Investice do učitelů a ředitelů 36:39

5y ago36:39

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Do you need investment advice? Unfortunately, we can’t tell you the secret of how to become a one-percenter, but we can give you far better advice on how to invest – invest in the change you want to see in the world. Invest in our teachers. The speaker of the February Creative Mornings is Kryštof Vosátka. After his studies in literature at the Univ…

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#Transparency – Ján Suchal | (cz) Veřejná data 34:39

5+ y ago34:39

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Jano Suchal is the co-founder of Slovensko.Digital and activist in the field of state IT as well as programator, father and former rafter. He studied IT and artificial inteligence and likes to dig into public data. In his free time, Jano started to review state IT contracts and compared them to those of other countries. He was so upset about what h…

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#Roots – Míša Dudáčková | (cz) Kořeny v pražské divočině 41:43

5+ y ago41:43

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Can’t find the time to get out of urban bustle? Míša will tell us how to get back to the roots in the middle of the city and show us the benefits and opportunities of working with nature. Our first speaker of the year is Míša Dudáčková. Míša visited the workshop “How to Start a Communal Garden” four years ago and after that, with the organization K…

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DC Entrepreneur Live Show: How I quit my office job to start a business 1:08:24

5+ y ago1:08:24

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How I Made the Leap to Starting My Own Business is part of The DC Entrepreneur Live Show which happened on Thursday, May 30 at 7 pm. On the show you'll hear from three different entrepreneurs in a panel discussion: Chad Hall, the founder and CEO of remodelmate, a marketplace for buying, selling, and managing home renovations online. Chad also worke…

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#Silence – Marcela Roflíková | (cz) V klidu a tichosti 58:09

5+ y ago58:09

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Quieting our minds in a loud world that keeps becoming louder with media and information overload may seem to be difficult. However, there are ways to find peace and to quiet our thoughts. The last but not least speaker of this year is Marcela Roflíková. Marcela studied international marketing and management at the Czech University of Life Sciences…

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#Mystery - František Šusta | (cz) Tréning je dialog 40:48

5+ y ago40:48

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January 2017 - Animal trainer František Šusta believes in the power of positive reinforcement method. During his work with animals he has been treating them as partners and compares the training process to the one of a coach and an athlete. Finding common ground with beings that don’t share a language is not a MYSTERY to him___ RNDr. František Šust…

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#Death - Jiří Hanek | (cz) Umění se rozloučit 40:11

5+ y ago40:11

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November 2017 - Jiří is a graphic designer with a life mission of connecting the commercial, non-profit and public sector with design. He promotes the benefits of design thinking and engages in various educational activities. Shaped by personal experience with death and remembering in his family circle, Jiří decided to reform the anonymity and fadi…

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