Another year has come and gone for CREATE South. It was a great experience this year. As one of the co-founders of CREATE South my hands touch all facets of the conference. For better or worse that is just how it is. We learned a tremendous amount from 2008 and even more form 2009. CREATE South 2010 should be even better.

As I look back on getting CREATE South 2009 together I wanted to make sure I posted some of the key points that I think will lead us to an even better conference in 2010.

• Remember to have fun
• Don’t forget to ask for help
• Know your strengths and weaknesses
• Plan ahead
• Have contingencies
• Find more sponsors

I like to tell myself that this is a grassroots conference. This takes a little pressure off. With a grassroots effort, things tend to a be a little more laid back, expectations from others aren’t so high, and the ability to change everything at the last minute is ok.

Andre @ CREATE South 2009 By Chrys

I do not like structured environments and I want to make sure that CREATE South stays true to the grassroots feel. One day I want to be able to hand off CREATE South to the new blood and let them run with the philosophy that we have instilled in it.

One of the best things we did this year was partner up with Horry Georgetown Technical College. In doing so we had a new found partner with some of the same goals. They were able to provide real life, hands on applications for their students to test their skills. CREATE South in returned received a venue to have the conference and an ongoing working relationship with a leader in the community. For that I am grateful.

Between planning, organizing and cooking I got to have a little fun and meet some really cool people. For me the conference isn’t what I learn in the session but rather what I take away from the people that I meet there. This year was a great exercise in networking for myself and my ideas.

I feel as if CREATE South 2009 was a big success. It laid down a firm foundation to build an even better conference with in 2010.

Until then check out some of the other CREATE South 2009 links:

Tiffany Trent Blog Post

CREATE South 2009 Flickr Group Pool

The Twitter Talk

The second year of CREATE South is now upon us. It is an exciting time due to the fact that all the hard work has been done and now it is time to get the word out. This year we have brought fourth four different tracks of creativity under one roof with exciting speakers and keynotes. I am proud to be a part of the entire process and look forward to this years CREATE South. If you get a chance please come out April 25, 2009 to support the Southeast only grassroots new media technology and creative conference.

Below you will find a list of the speakers and presenters at this years CREATE South conference.

Key Note

Tiffany Trent – Author
Everyday Creativity: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary

http://www.tiffany-trent.com/

Tiffany Trent’s Blog

Track 1: Writing

Kelly Love-Johnson – Author
Writing Your Personal Story. A version of the popular workshop by Kelly Love-Johnson

Katherine Williams – Poet
A reading from Cranioglyph: A Memoir in Verse, followed by a moderated conversation with poet Katherine Williams.

Marsha Guerard – Editor
Looking Less Dorky: Practical tips for editing your own work

Track 2: Making Media

Tee Morris and Kregg Steppe – Podcast Pioneers
Podcasting 101 – getting started creating and publishing your podcasts.

Robert Harvey – Artist and Videographer
Lighting and shooting your video

Kregg Steppe – Podcast Pioneer
Digital photography and Creative Commons

Track 3: Art

Arron Frobase – Free Thinker Artist
Presents a lecture on stencils, stickers and homegrown art, with a how to create stencils and produce stickers.

Ava Ann Vrooman – Web Comic Producer
Discussion on how to utilize the comicpress theme with wordpress to publish and manage web comics.

Matt “Six “Bahr – Freelance Commercial Artist

Art as a means to survive. See how one artist took his passion and ran with it.

Track 4: Creating Community

Chuck Boyd – Photograoher
How to start and maintain a community group with MeetUps

Jared Smith -
Memes – From self promotion to catchphrase to cultural ideas, Lets get it rolling!