It's Me! | The View from Zero Gravity

Meaning of ‘Entrepreneur’?

by It's Me! | Apr 28, 2014 | Advocacy, Creativity, Economics

The word #Entreprendre is a French one. Entre = enter, prendre = take. So an entrepreneur is a “go getter” #ForumBr — Nnenna (@nnenna) April 25, 2014 Obviously I’ve been following events at the NETMundial conference in Brazil this week, and this...

My friend Nnenna and the Open Web

by It's Me! | Apr 23, 2014 | Advocacy, Community Benefit, Leadership

I met Nnenna a few years ago when I was part of a global cooperative of social entrepreneurs called ‘Dreamfish’ (established by Tiffany van Emmel). The experiment took a while to find its feet, and in the end many great connections were made and it is no...

Arbutus Trees

by It's Me! | Mar 22, 2014 | Creativity, Events, Personal

My friend Madeleine Wood has an exhibition at the Madrona Gallery in Victoria, BC. I love her work, but was unable to attend the opening, so I was delighted to receive a link to a video of the exhibition (and a bit of her talking about it at the end). Thanks, Maddie!...

Valentine’s Day

by It's Me! | Feb 14, 2014 | Featured

Will work for ‘exposure’?

by It's Me! | Dec 10, 2013 | Asides, Careers, Left Brain, Professional Development

I couldn’t help but respond to an article on the wonderful and useful UK site Creative Choices about when creatives and freelancers should work for ‘free’. Many of you already know what I’m going to say, but the broken record still plays. Feel...