April 21, 2018

The Creative Industry’s Identity Crisis

10:00 a.m.  -  10:30 a.m.
Design Room 2

Are you holding your identity as a creator too tightly? Creatives especially can become too invested in their labels and forget that their worth isn’t in the day or month’s events. Sure, it’s great that a client loved your work, but we tend to be a little sensitive when they don’t. Every part of ourselves […]

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Ignite Your Passion

10:40 a.m.  -  11:10 a.m.
Design Room 2

Voice, vulnerability, and bravery — They are all connected. My #CCN18 session is all about encouraging Nashville’s community to identify and ignite their passion. I will share what has inspired me along my journey, and the things that I have found to be helpful in pursuing my passions. Step 1:  Silence & Meditation. Drown out […]

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Cultivate Your Mindset to Establish Your Voice

11:20 a.m.  -  11:50 a.m.
Lecture Room 1

To cultivate is to nurture and to help grow. Farmers cultivate crops, entertainers cultivate their images and leaders, authors and entrepreneurs must cultivate their minds. “Cultivate Your Mindset to Establish Your Voice” provides practical systems and strategies to align mindset development and purpose renewal; which are both necessary to establish, support and strengthen your voice. Session Hashtag: #CCN18NailedIt

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Expand Your Personal Brand: Publish a Book

2:05 p.m.  -  2:35 p.m.
Lecture Room 1

Everyone has a story to tell. One of the best ways to tell that story is to publish a book. Currently 4 out of 5 people desire to write a book but many just don’t know the step-by-step process on how to write, market and publish a book. Some people have a fascinating life story […]

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Why No Is The Most Important Word You Can Use

2:45 p.m.  -  3:15 p.m.
Lecture Room 1

How to deal with clients, potential clients and existing clients. Session Hashtag: #CCN18NoMatters

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Cultivating Culture: How to Build a Happy Business

2:45 p.m.  -  3:15 p.m.
Design Room 2

In this digital world, it has never been more important to create a positive company culture that reaches “outside of the office.” Whether you work on your own, or manage a team of people, how your company appreciates its customers, partners, and employees can be the key to your success. You’ll learn: What truly defines […]

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Developing Your Personal and Brand Voice as a Female Entrepreneur

3:25 p.m.  -  3:55 p.m.
Studio D

Women business owners and entrepreneurs have a unique and growing role in today’s content marketing landscape. This session will help female entrepreneurs, creatives, and content professionals learn how to discover and develop their personal voice and their company or brand’s voice, while also learning how to differentiate the two and manage them in the online […]

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Nurturing Nashville’s Growing Freelance Economy

3:25 p.m.  -  3:55 p.m.
Design Room 2

Let’s face it. The gig economy is here to stay! While freelance is not for everyone, for those who can make it work, it offers tremendous freedom and financial reward. For employers, it offers flexible access to part-time, often senior-level, expertise without the ongoing overhead associated with full-time employees. The key to making is work […]

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