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If you are looking for a keynote address on creativity for your upcoming conference, look no further! I am a dynamic speaker with a powerful message and I am regularly the highlight of a conference.

Here is what Cathe Olson, conference director of the Central Coast Writer’s Conference, had to say:

“I had planned on getting a bestselling novelist for our keynote speaker, as was the norm for past conferences. But then I came across an article in Writer’s Digest about Eric Maisel and his creativity books. I knew right away that he would bring something different to our conference. Rather than speaking about the business of getting published, I felt like Maisel would nurture the artistic and creative side of our writers.

“And it seems that he was just what people were looking for! We had the biggest attendance we'd had in several years and a record number of new attendees to the conference. In fact, many people who didn't consider themselves ‘writers’ decided to try the conference this year because of Maisel's positive message of creativity.

“Maisel's inspiring keynote speech set the tone for the conference and both of his workshops were full and received rave reviews in our evaluations. I'm so pleased I took a chance and did something different this year. I've received emails already from people who are putting his invaluable tips into practice.”

Cathe Olson, Conference Director
Central Coast Writer’s Conference

I’ve presented the keynote address at all of the following venues and at many others:

• Jack London Writer’s Conference
• Pikes Peak Writer’s Conference
• William Saroyan Writer’s Conference
• Rising Sun Writer’s Conference
• Legacies International Lettering Conference
• Indiana Arts’ Administrators Conference
• Oklahoma Federation of Writers Conference
• Arizona State University Arts & Letters Convocation
• Mendocino Writer’s Conference

Dear Eric,

Thanks so much for your wonderful keynote! People were talking about it the whole week of the conference.

— Angie Vangalis, Director, Legacies 25th International Lettering Arts Conference

My keynote address “The 12 Secrets of Personal Creativity” is perfect for:

+ Writers’ Conferences
+ Visual Artists’ Conferences
+ Photographers’ Conferences
+ Musicians’ Conferences
+ Stage and Screen Conferences
+ Book Festivals
+ Arts Organization Conferences
+ Business Conferences
+ Coaching Conferences
+ Mental Health Conferences
+ College and University Lecture Series
+ Conservatory Events
+ Special Events and Fundraisers

WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, AND CHATS

I present a variety of workshops, lectures, and chats suitable for a multitude of settings. I can work with your university counseling staff and teach them creativity coaching techniques. I can come to your school and present a “creativity across the curriculum” workshop. I can present centering techniques based on my book Ten Zen Seconds at an in-service training or business meeting. I can work with groups of musicians on performance anxiety issues. I can lecture on creativity coaching, the art of the nonfiction book proposal, mindfulness techniques for the creative person, and other subjects—let’s figure out what’s most useful for your group.

I’ve presented lectures, workshops, and chats at the following venues and many others:

• Romance Writers of America annual conference
• Novelists, Inc. conference
• Savannah College of Art and Design
• North Carolina School of the Arts
• San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• American Psychological Association annual conference
• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists annual conference
• Aspen Creativity & Madness Conference
• Santa Fe Creativity & Madness Conference
• Lick-Wilmerding High School
• California Writers Club
• Writer’s Digest Writers Conference
• The American Conservatory Theater
• University of California at Berkeley Counseling Center
• Tennessee Williams Writers Conference
• Oklahoma State University
• Paris Writer’s Workshop
• The Inside Edge

Let’s find the right lecture, workshop or chat for your setting. Just contact me.