CreativeMornings Denver, a monthly series of speakers, launched the morning of Nov. 1 at the
Convercent office in the Golden Triangle. The speaker was molecular gastronomist extraordinaire Ian Kleinman of
The Inventing Room.
After launching in New York in 2008, CreativeMornings has chapters in about 60 cities.
R.J. Owen, Director of Product Management at Convercent, heard Creative Mornings Founder Tina Roth Eisenberg speak at SXSW 2013 in Austin.
"I said, 'That sounds like something that would work really well in Denver,'" says Owen. "I thought we would have had a chapter already."
But Denver didn't have a chapter, so Owen set out to establish one. His team snowballed to eight people as it completed the requisite application video and enlisted local sponsors: Convercent as well as Huckleberry Roasters and Babette's Artisan Bakery at The Source for coffee and breakfast.
Attendees should get free tickets online before the event, as maximum capacity is 150. After 30 minutes of networking, the format calls for a speaker to hold court for 20 minutes, followed by about 20 minutes of Q&A. Coffee and breakfast are provided.
Subsequent CreativeMornings Denver will take place at other locations on the first Friday of each month.
Owen projects a mix of creative types ranging from copywriters to artists as speakers. "It's a little bit of everything," he says.
Contact Confluence Denver Innovation & Jobs News Editor Eric Peterson with tips and leads for future stories at eric@confluence-denver.com.
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