A small group of creatives have launched a Cincinnati chapter of
CreativeMornings, which will host its first monthly breakfast and lecture March 22 at
21c Museum Hotel.
CreativeMornings was founded in 2009 in New York City by Tina Roth Eisenberg who owns
Swissmiss, a design studio and blog. The concept brings together a wide variety of creative people—from solo entrepreneurs to large agency talent—once a month for breakfast.
Each chapter is organized by volunteers and supported by the community, which includes donated meeting space, coffee and food. Each month's breakfast features a global topic (March's is Reuse) and each chapter invites a speaker to talk on that topic. The lectures are recorded and streamed on the main CreativeMornings website.
CreativeMornings is growing, with nearly 50 chapters around the world. Among the newest are those in Cincinnati, Lima, Warsaw and Dublin. You can see the Cincinnati chapter's video application
here.
Jeremy Thobe, from web design firm
US Digital Partners, is the lead organizer for the Cincinnati chapter. CreativeMornings is a way to get creative folks across industries together before the workday starts, he says.
"There are a lot of events around here that are industry-specific or sales pitchy," says Thobe. "A lot of them are in the evenings. We thought this was a way to start the day on a high note, and meet people around our industries. We are very interested in what surrounds what we do, and that's harder for us to find here."
A group of about eight people are helping get the Cincinnati chapter off the ground. They've chosen this month's speaker, Bill Donabedian, co-founder of the
MPMF and
Bunbury Music Festival.
Organizers plan to bring in speakers from a wide variety of professional backgrounds from music, education, healthcare, writing and science. The breakfasts are free, but space is limited, so you have to
register. The first breakfast has already sold out, so you'll have to wait for the next one or add yourself to the waitlist.
"We're only limited by our space—we want to keep this as accessible as possible," Thobe says.
CreativeMornings Cincinnati is seeking additional volunteers, speakers and sponsors. If you're interested, you can find the organizers online or by
Facebook and
Twitter.
By Feoshia H. Davis
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