Resource Roundup

With the rise of the handmade movement, it’s exciting to see so many resources for crafters, makers, and creatives. This resource roundup is all about crafty, creative business, including some upcoming events/conferences and a couple of sites chock full of great information.

• CraftyCon – A conference created by crafters, for crafters. Come join the fun in Chicago this October! I’ll be speaking about the Right-Brain Business Plan.
• Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs – This gathering is taking place in Seattle in August. The schedule looks awesome and they even have time blocked out for cupcakes!
• The Creative Connection event in September was created by Nancy Soriano, former editor-in-chief of Country Living and Jo Packham of Where Women Create.
• unanimouscraft has tons of fun, helpful resources for indie business.
• Crafting an MBA is an informative site with business resources for crafters and makers.
• My latest Musepreneur column on the wishstudio is all about hiring help for your creative business.

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Twelve-year-old Adora Svitak asks “When was the last time you were called childish?” at the start of her brilliant and charming TED Talk about what adults can learn from kids. Believe me, you’ll get a kick out of her valuable insights into the importance of childlike-wonder and wild creativity.

Here’s a great post by Michelle James about what the self-organizing principles of improv theater can teach us about business creativity.

This post from Entrepreneur the Arts offers some great tips into how artists can apply the same principles of imagination that they use in their creative process to their real world business challenges.

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More right-brain resource goodness:

• Some silly fun from the Right-Brain Business Plan e-Course: “The Left-Brain Chill Pill” (see photo above) for calming the judging mind and enhancing right-brain creative intuition. Take with two deep breaths.
• An interesting post that asks is the traditional business world at war with creativity?
• A graphical look at the value of creativity in business
• An oldie but goody with a cool photo: Storyboards as a business plan.

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