Below, you will find a quick cheat-sheet of powerful events for you creative social butterflies in Orlando. Please make sure to let me know if I missed anything important!

Under 30 Rock Star Business Series (Webinar, but hosted by some of my favorite local rock stars, so I am including anyway!) http://ow.ly/nANO
Sept. 14 at 7 pm
As a young business person, entrepreneur or job seeker – the competition has never been more fierce. Unemployment is high, funding is tight and the market is ripe for change. We want to show you how to make that change in your own life by helping you create and establish a personal and professional brand!

Each week will have a different theme and instructor. Collectively this group has been using Social Media and Online Tools to create a huge network that includes: More than 25,000 engaged Twitter followers; a community with over 600 active members; TV Coverage on FOX News, ABC and the Daily Buzz; syndication on a nationally distributed Radio Show; magazine features in Smart Business Magazine, Read more…

Play the music, not the instrument. ~Author Unknown

Creativity cannot be rushed. Yet for it to be productive, it must.

What music helps you “put blinders on” so that you only see your canvas / screen / notepad / sketchpad?

“Creative Mood Music” that helps stir creativity: Read more…

Headline heroes vs villains

We have all seen it happen…

…a brilliantly crafted sales letter suffocated by a daunting headline.

…a young, adrenaline-pumping campaign’s future nipped in the bud when a headline puts “too much fire” under the audience.

…a finely-aged press release format falls flat on its face because of one tragic, accidental headline.

As a copywriter or public relations / marketing professional, you need to shape a single sentence into: Read more…

At a risk of sounding like a straight-to-DVD Nancy Drew movie title, I often wonder what the deal is with the famous sub shop and its fickle apostrophe. Read more…

Delicious food, yummy ideas

You are what you eat. Or perhaps more accurately, you are where you eat.

Localized food review sites are getting dished out on the Web every day, and followers are eating them up, as seen by popular followings of Yelp.com and TasteBuds.net.

For those who need a bit of “quiet time” for work, you may find that sometimes the office just doesn’t cut it. It’s a little hard to crank out killer copy with outgoing co-workers or hovering bosses. Even if you work from home, it does your body good to get out of the house and serve yourself a little food for thought.

While you are waiting for a giant idea light bulb to land on your plate, I’ve compiled a short list of eats in Orlando that spark my creativity.

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