SPEAKING
Jan has a lot to say. In fact, she can’t stop talking. If you’d like a speaker for your event, Jan has something worth listening to on the following subjects.
Grown-Ups Guide to the Social World of Web 2.0
After 91 years of providing marketing services to client companies (dog years, because that's how hard we worked) my partner at Market Arts Creative Susan Bachman and I knew it was time for a change. We looked into the future and saw that we weren’t going to be part of it unless we embraced social and interactive media. Now that we've made the journey, we're back; ready to act as guides and help people who have not yet put social media to work in their businesses.
Presentation Key Points:
Creating your own social network universe.
Practical advice for building a brand consistent social presence.
How micro-blogging sites can improve your PR program.
Practical tips about podcasting.
How to get the benefits of blogging without the work.
Favorite resources for all things Web 2.0.
Secret stuff we learned through suffering so you don't have to.
The buzz about new media can be a barrier to entry, but we've learned that it CAN be learned and you don't have to know it all to put it to work in your business.
She’s Still Talking! Yup. There’s more to say on the following subjects.
The Theory of Uncomfy Feelings and other Barriers to Creativity
It hurts. Changing a habit, even one that has served you well, can be uncomfortable; and that’s the point of the theory of uncomfy feelings. With gentle humor and real world examples, this talk reveals how we are betrayed by our habits. If you want to access the practical application of creativity, this is your opportunity to examine how the things you do so well can be a barrier to what you want to accomplish.
Expansive Contraction: Thinking & Laughing Your Way through Tough Times
Sometimes you think you’re on track, but you’re really in a rut. What you need is some punch line thinking to expand what you didn’t know was contracted. This talk explores the ability to take your habits of thought someplace unexpected, just like the punch line of a joke deviates from the set up in order to make us laugh. With plenty of punch lines to make the point, Jan presents the ability of laugh out loud thinking to generate new ideas that may go off track but never off course – especially during tough times.
Leopard Print Living in a Gray Flannel World
There’s a place for plus-size personalities and it’s in owning your own business. Here’s an informative and funny examination of fashion as both metaphor and method for those who want to know their place without ever being put in their place. Define yourself, build your brand and claim the birthright of anything goes – though not everything goes together. This entertaining talk compares the choices that arise in the closet with the systemic process of thinking richly, deeply and above all creatively.