CL023: Julie Burstein on TED Talks, podcasts, storytelling and how creativity works

Julie Burstein is an award-winning producer, best-selling author, TED speaker, coach and consultant who has spent her working life in conversation with highly creative people. In her book: Spark: How Creativity Works, Julie maps out some of the coordinates and dimensions of creativity. She is also the host of Spark Talks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and produced the first TEDx in an art museum. Finally as an accomplished broadcaster Julie created Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen on US public radio as well as hosting her own podcast PursuitOfSpark. In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast, Julie tells us about how powerful a podcast could be and the challenges behind it. She shares with us the things that she loves about audio and talks about one of her experiences as a reporter in a radio station in Philadelphia. "In audio we get to create people." "Stories are a way of connecting with the people that I love." - Julie Burstein Julie Burstein Show Notes: The craft of the storyteller (6:33) Terry Gross of Fresh Air  (8:15) Morning tea meditations (11:00) Importance of Rituals (14:12) Studio 360 (18:33) Giving constructive feedback (25:50) Creative pairs (30:07) Seth Godin on creative fears (33:03) How to give a TEDTalk (find a trusted friend) (36:57) Favorite Tools: Post-It Notes Hindenburg Audio Program Favorite Book: Tiny Muji notebooks Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme