CreativeMornings
Every month, 1500 volunteers in 65 countries host a free monthly breakfast speaker series for their local creative community. This happens in over 200 cities to an audience of 20,000 attendees. We're lucky to have you. In 2008, Tina Roth Eisenberg (Swissmiss) started CreativeMornings out of a desire for an ongoing, accessible event for New York’s creative community. The concept was simple: breakfast and a short talk one Friday morning a month. Every event would be free of charge and open to anyone. Today, attendees gather in cities around the world to enjoy fresh coffee, friendly people, and an international array of breakfast foods. Volunteer hosts and their team members organize local chapters that not only celebrate a city’s creative talent, but also promote an open space to connect with like-minded individuals. The growing archive of past breakfast talks is humbling. From design legends to hometown heroes, speakers are selected by each chapter based on a global theme. CreativeMornings remains free thanks to the support of local sponsors, generous venues, and longterm partners. Anyone can attend. Just register beforehand to reserve your spot. And if you need a little help convincing your boss to let you attend, we’ve got you covered. Remember to set your alarm, and we’ll see you in the morning! ------- OUR MANIFESTO Everyone is creative. A creative life requires bravery and action, honesty and hard work. We are here to support you, celebrate with you, and encourage you to make the things you love. We believe in the power of community. We believe in giving a damn. We believe in face-to-face connections, in learning from others, in hugs and high-fives. We bring together people who are driven by passion and purpose, confident that they will inspire one another, and inspire change in neighborhoods and cities around the world. Everyone is welcome. Cover photo from CreativeMornings/Raleigh. Taken by Miller Taylor.www.creativemornings.com
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Search complete. 27 mentions across 5 episodes found for "CreativeMornings".
Sep 18, 2026
Amber LewisGUEST
I know I have over 700 creators in my ecosystem and I did a coalition meeting that I launched last week with other leaders of creator ecosystems.
Amber LewisGUEST
So we had Robert Courtney from CreatorCon there, Taylor from Creative Mornings, Ashley from the Detroit Creative Community.
Amber LewisGUEST
We had Alex from the Creator Club and we had Tega from the Michigan Creator Collaborative.
Amber LewisGUEST
Just really so we can create our own industry standard.
Andy J. PizzaHOST
Well, the first thing I wanted to tell you was a huge thank you.
Andy J. PizzaHOST
I feel like you already have heard me say this in some capacity on the internet, but, um, [laughs] but your, your projects have, have been so inspiring to me over the years, and then especially CreativeMornings really helped me in a dark time early in my, uh, practice, and even really was a huge contributing factor to me getting diagnosed with ADHD from someone's talk about ADHD back in the day, something like 2012, 2013, um, which ended up really having a huge impact on me, so-
Tina Roth EisenbergGUEST
Wow
Andy J. PizzaHOST
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Andy J. PizzaHOST
I know you've probably heard me on the internet talking about it, but I had to just tell you since you're sat in front of me.
Tina Roth EisenbergGUEST
It makes me so happy.
Tina Roth EisenbergGUEST
You know, like CreativeMornings just makes me so happy when when people tell me the impact it has on their life.
Andy J. PizzaHOST
Yeah.
Andrew LoosGUEST
There's a bunch of those now.
Phil WordenGUEST
We did a presentation at a group called Creative Mornings here in Kansas City a couple of Fridays ago, and we had a young lady hand us basically her little menu, which she might have been the coolest menu we've ever seen.
Phil WordenGUEST
And that's what they're doing.
Phil WordenGUEST
They're just they just got a little kind of fun bar that they run out of the apartment.
Roland SpearHOST
Abby mentors young writers through Berklee Center for the Arts, South Carolina, and Clear Pillars College Prep Program, NYC.
Roland SpearHOST
She continues to engage her community as a member of Sisters in Song, OM Radio 96.3, Charleston Business Exchange, and as music director for Creative Mornings Charleston, one of my favorite events here in the Lowcountry.
Roland SpearHOST
Abby, thank you so much for being here, and welcome to the show.
Abby DuranGUEST
Thank you so much for having me.
Tom KeppelerHOST
minute.
Tom KeppelerHOST
So introduce us to the world of Abby, right? For people meeting you for the first time, how do you describe what you do? Poet doesn't really seem to do it any justice.
Tom KeppelerHOST
Introduce us to Varination, to Creative Mornings, to all things Abby.
Abby DuranGUEST
So poet is a very curt term and I would say it comes, but it comes with a lot of depth.
Rob LeeHOST
Literally, that funding I was describing earlier, it was December 26th is when I got the call of, hey, we want to fund you.
Rob LeeHOST
And I wrapped up that last quarter of the year with a cool Creative Mornings talk.
Rob LeeHOST
The theme was truth.
Rob LeeHOST
I was so nervous.
Rob LeeHOST
It was just driven by curiosity and generosity from small donors here and there.
Rob LeeHOST
And, you know, I guess talent.
Rob LeeHOST
But during that Creative Mornings Q&A, you know, I was closing out the year and I was at sort of the major location for Creative Mornings that year, like the headquarters, if you will.
Rob LeeHOST
It was like 75 people, most people I ever spoke in front of during the Q&A.