What is the Everyday Creativity podcast…
Background
To inspire creativity and help nurture listener’s talents, regardless of how they show up in the world. Anna's motto is "You don't have to be an artist to be creative".
Edtech, arts, humanities, travel, health, maths, engineering, gardening, sports – anything goes… so bring your full creative self to the conversation.
Guests so far have come from creative writing, foodie, social enterprise, sustainable education, social justice, graphic design, academic, music and community development backgrounds
Many identify as Founders, but some don’t. Anna is curious about this aspect of life, so bring this into the conversation if this is you, or your support Founders in any way/s.
Expect some frank discussions about a range of topics including mental health, long term illness, burnout and other topics so, if you have kids around definitely listen with headphones.
Anna is very mindful of talking with humans from all walks of life, from all backgrounds so seek out conversations which respect differences and platform humans who don’t always get the mic and the limelight.
The aim of the podcast is to showcase different voices in the world and champion the infinite variety of ways human’s creative, connect and power collective change.
Questions
These are set out as a guide. In each episode we very much going with the flow and seeing what emerges during a conversation. It is important each guest’s unique voice is heard; their own lived experiences and creative journey are amplified. The aim is you speak more than me, and I come in with open, coaching style enquiring questions to open up your thinking…
Anna will do an intro about the podcast, who she is, give an visual description of herself… to aid access.
Then let you say your name, who you are, what you are about in the world
i.e., Tell us a little bit about yourself?
This can be how you serve, work, parent, travel, your hobbies – each guest is different, and this is what’s most interesting.
What is key is you get to say what is so for you to introduce yourself, your way and your voice…
You may want to acknowledge the land you sit in, any cultural, faith, and/or any geographic heritage that feel important for you
Please be prepared to give a visual description* of yourself i.e. I am a …. with …. hair, wearing…, seated…, background…
Face your camera and speak clearly to the camera – once we get more tech support the video recordings will go onto YouTube, this will really aid lip readers
This will really aid the podcast being more accessible
* Visual description - https://disabilityin.org/accessibility/providing-visual-descriptions-is-a-corporate-best-practice-for-disability-inclusion/
Then Anna will go through these questions, although things can go in different tangents depending on what each guest brings
How do we know each other?
What do you think makes you creative?
How do you put your creativity to use in the world?
How does this relate to other people? Social activism? The planet?
What collective change does your work co-create?
Do you do anything creative to relax?
What is one thing near you right now in your space that you think says something about your creativity?
What's something you wished you know about creativity when you were younger?
What tips do you have for anyone listening?
Anything listeners can get involved with coming up?
Social shout out
Any final thought…
Think in advance how deep you want to share your lived experience/s and if you are going to touch on anything sensitive set up a sensitivity warning before doing so, this will enable listeners to fast forward
Previous episodes can be found via
https://open.spotify.com/show/0kAHI076AwHZEkUnf69j1C?si=35dc1ecff3bb4c8b
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-creativity/id1549618735?l=fr-FR
Outline of the process
We meet on Zoom, record the audio and video via Riverside.FM (at April 2024)
Generally, I allocate 30 – 45 minutes for our conversation
We go for a one cut recording, so we have a bit a chat before going – please be somewhere quiet and if possible, use headphones
After we chat I edit via Riverside.FM the conversation and upload to Riverside.FM which then aggregates it out to a range of podcast providers including Apple Podcasts. I sometimes, time allowing, do a blog post too.
So far guests tell me what they feel most comfortable with in terms of where the content goes out, so I follow that lead, for now.
Longer term I aim to use the video footage for YouTube, as this has been requested to be more accessible with the use of subtitles.
Longer term I want to upload the transcripts to accompany the episodes and use the content in a publication – more on that once it’s in production.
Spreading the word
Anna makes an episode image – please provide a. Png or. Jpeg image file with a good resolution she can use. Please be facing the camera with your whole face showing esp. your eyes – this helps connecting easier
Please send me a biog and up to date socials / website links
When the episode is released, Anna will then send you a shortened link and your image to share across your networks, embed into your website etc. (please ask for help on any of this, Anna has learnt as she goes, so she is happy to help.)
Sharing really does make for some amazing connections, opens up the possibilities for getting your message out there more widely, plus gets the voices of amazing creative people out there to cut through the noise and share genuine stories of connection, creativity and change.
Open To Create >>> socials
Instagram @opentocreate_
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/open-to-create-anna-b-sexton/
Website https://www.opentocreate.com/
Want to be a future guest?
Email: anna@opentocreate.com
Subject: Everyday Creativity podcast guest request
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