Alexandra Franzen
As a Promotional Wordsmith & Personal Scribe, Alexandra Franzen channels entrepreneurial LOVE into unforgettable language—the kind that inspires an immediate “YES.”
Through her 1-on-1 VELOCITY sessions—priced at $1000+ a pop, and booked 3 to 4 months in advance—she helps rising star ‘preneurs articulate their gifts and syncopate their goals into new packages, offerings—and in some cases, entirely new businesses.
Her writerly skills have been snapped up by soulful fire-starter Danielle LaPorte, marketing megastar Marie Forleo, international playgirl Gala Darling, master intuitive Hiro Boga, and a vibrant bouquet of branding and marketing agencies, including Red Slice and d.trio.
Alexandra has been spotlighted on the nationally syndicated radio program Marketplace, as well as online orbits like SheBrand, Life By Me, Jack Move, Roots of She, The Choose Love Project and Life of the Freelancer. She once penned a duo of Regency-era erotic short stories. Google hard enough, and you’ll find ‘em.
When she’s not wandering aimlessly through the aisles of IKEA, you can find her Twittering away, sippin’ on cranberry kombucha and blogging up a storm.
AlexandraFranzen.com | UnicornsForSocialism.com | @alex_franzen
Jessika Hepburn
is an artist, writer, community builder, change-maker, entrepreneur, mama to two and lover of all things handmade. A creative fire-starter she has used her skills to start diverse projects from art empowerment camps for inner city youth to marketing campaigns for small businesses. As editor of Oh My! Handmade she has brought together over 30 monthly and guest contributors and built a popular resource for the handmade community with over 100,000 visitors a month. She is passionate about creating community, bringing people together, and making our world more beautiful one connection at a time. She is also co-creator of the newly launched Heartweed-a digital magazine and community for creative entrepreneurs. Follow Jessika on Twitter @ohmyhandmade.
Dyana Valentine
Dyana Valentine is not for the faint of heart. She’s spent the past 12 years instigating entrepreneurs and teams to complete seemingly impossible projects—we’re talking major brand overhauls, six-figure product launches, full-fledged manuscripts. She serves up straight-from-the-hip advice in online magazines and columns all over the ‘net … in a past life, she was an idiot-savant microsurgery tech, worked for the Olympic Games organizing committee, and was personally approached by the FBI with a recruitment invitation—for classified reasons – on two separate occasions.
DyanaValentine.com | WokeUpKnowing.com | @DyanaValentine
Tania Wojciechowski
runs manusmade and makes handmade goods for you and your home from natural materials such as wool felt and linen. She passionately believes that even the most utilitarian, useful objects can be beautiful as well. Tania is on a mission to help people bring carefully selected handmade items that are both functional and gorgeous into their lives by introducing you to handcrafters from around the world. Together they will teach you the skills that will bring out your inner artisan. And who says you can’t do all this while being a bit of a goofball? You can find her online, on Twitter @manusmade or on Facebook.
Read Tania’s story about how this retreat came to be!
Deanna Johnson Mullican
is a graphic designer and printmaker and owner of Apples and Orange. A major part of the brand is sustainability with the belief that products can be beautiful and not harmful to the earth or the people who make them. And the products reflect this value. Deanna only uses materials that are organic/fair trade or FSC certified, and non-toxic. Those elements are so important that they are the basis of all the products.
“Working with my hands has always been something I’m drawn to. For fun I bake and make candy (I even made a friends wedding cake!).”
You can visit applesandorange.com for all the goodness. Deanna can also be found on Facebook and Twitter @deannamullican.
Read Deanna’s story about how this retreat came to be!
Sara Wallace
Sara is a creative explorer! When she’s not involved in creative policy-making she’s on the lookout for inspiration: images to saturate her canvas, words to fill her notebook, and cool beats to get her body moving.
The Creative Me! workshop is a product of Sara’s experiences with the creative process. To hurdle over blocks in her own creativity Sara drew on her knowledge and experience with Mantras, meditation, and energy healing and in the process rediscovered play and found the source of inspiration in herself.
