Igniting Imagination with Nellie Jacobs  

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  Episode 28-Starring YOU!! Turning Your Passion into Products & Services

  Igniting Imagination

  Date / Time: 12/3/2009 3:00 PM UTC

  Category: Self Help

  Call-in Number: (914) 338-1449

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  NOTE DATE CHANGE!!This is the third show with this special format. Current and future entrepreneurs participate in this special Broadcast!! Co-Host: Gail M. Kearns (To Press & Beyond). Entrepreneurs from all over North Americal and offshore share their stories in 3/4 minutes, tell the audience their name, what they do, what product(s) and/or service(s) they offer that developed as a result of their passion, how they came about to create it/them, their target market, how they market and their contact information/website. Future entrepreneurs call to ask questions re ideas or inspiration about creatively turning their passions into products or services. Nellie reads several of the scores of inspiring submissions she's received so far. If you haven't already done it, through Nellie's website send in your stories answering the questions above or making your request. Nellie might read them or contact you about appearing on future shows, or for permission to include you and your story, product/service in an upcoming book about mining creativity.

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  Episode 21-Fran Schwartz: Creative Innovation

  Igniting Imagination

  Date / Time: 4/23/2009 2:00 PM UTC

  Category: Self Help

  
  

  Creativity Consultant Nellie Jacobs chats with Fran Schwartz, Pianist, Lecturer, Teacher, Cruise Enrichment Speaker, Arts Volunteer. Theme-Creative Innovation. By the age of four, she could identify each musical note and had perfect pitch. She was a child protégé who loved her piano lessons. When she abruptly quit as a teen, her music teacher cried. In this interview, Fran shares details of growing up with music, why she stopped playing, what she's done in the years since and the circuitous road she took to return to music and a musical career. (Here's a hint: she kept in touch with her extraordinary piano teacher until the woman died recently at the age of 102.) Fran discusses her views about the downside of exposing children to too many extra curricular activities, the quality of education and learning today, the epiphany that led her to leave a very brief fulltime public school teaching career and how she creatively forged an innovative thriving career combining elements of her education, experiences, interests and talents. We also have the added pleasure of listening to excerpts of Fran's piano-playing taken from her CD Encore: Favorite Classics. Fran is currently Vice President and Program Chair of a Philadelphia Orchestra volunteer committee, serves on the Boards of two chapters of PA Music Teachers Association and for a considerable period of time was active in a group called Art Goes to School that brings art into elementary schools.

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  Original Air Date: 2/26/2009 3:00 PM UTC

  Episode 13: Sandy Offenheim: My Life as a Song, Book or Game

  Nellie Jacobs interviews Sandy Tobias Offenheim, songwriter, poet, teacher, performer, singer.She was 'just' a young housewife who made up songs for her children. She used to call her ditties "dumb little nothings," not realizing how great they were and their impact on other people. With the 1974 launch of her first songbook "If Snowflakes Fell In Flavours" and the recording of these songs in her first album of the same name the following year, Sandy Offenheim became a trailblazer for children's songwriters and entertainers. Over 30 years later, CD orders still pour in. On finding her website, her fans (comprising three generations living in all parts of the globe) write about their emotional connection to her songs. During our interview, Sandy shares specific details of how she went from stay-at-home mom, to songwriter/singer with four best-selling CD's (the basis of two television specials), to concert performer on stage with her family. She\ talks about why she left behind the music business, why and how she became a teacher of English as a Second Language - and the books (one published, the other a manuscript with accompanying CD nearing completion) that developed from that experience. Sandy also reveals the reasons for self-publishing her very personal poetry book about her father's Alzheimer's, and a teeny bit about her secret new project. Sandy entertains and educates us, punctuating the hour with some of her songs, poetry and chants and ten useful hints about how to be more creative-thinking.
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  • Tags:
  • songwriter
  • performer
  • innovator
  • poet
  • creator
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• Original Air Date: 2/19/2009 3:00 PM UTC

  Episode 12-Marla Lukofsky-Reinventing Yourself

  Nellie Jacobs interviews Marla Lukovsky. Marla Lukofsky’s "I’m Still Here…and so is my Hair!" – a hilarious, shocking and powerfully passionate performance of her experience with cancer - is inspiring audiences across the continent. A popular television and radio guest, Marla is also the voice of Good Luck Bear on The Care Bears. This thirty-year veteran comedienne and actress, who has performed stand-up in every major North American city, will share the ups and downs of her life and career and motivate listeners with ten lessons she’s learned along the way.
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  • Tags:
  • comedy
  • comedienne
  • cancer survivor
  • keynote speaker
  • feelings
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• Original Air Date: 2/12/2009 3:00 PM UTC

  Episode 11. Moira Sutton-Live Your Passion

  Nellie Jacobs interviews Moira Sutton re "Live Your Passion."Moira Sutton: Media Television Host and Producer. Motivational Speaker. Lifestyle and Success Coach. Sailor. Certified Reflexologist. Certified Aromatherapist and Reiki Master. Remote Viewer. Ordained Minister. 'Intuitive'. Make sure you call into this show: two lucky callers will each win a copy of Moira's CD Audiobook "8 Keys to Unlocking Infinite Passion" and another caller will win an hourlong coaching call. Listen to the live show for more information. Or tune in to the archive on your own time for your listening pleasure and 'lodes' of inspiration and ideas. Does anyone know of a study that followed the careers of people who demonstrated a specific interest or talent in their early childhood? Moira Sutton is an example of someone who listened to her heart and passion lifelong. She's always cared about people, even as a young girl - and was a "nurse" on Halloween following dad's suggestion. So, her multi-diversified career path reflects her passions, as well as her curiosity. During the hour of her interview, Moira will respond to a multitude of questions. How did she make the leap from high school secretary to computer business consultant to living on a boat in the Bahamas for almost a year? What does she mean about being an 'Intuitive'? Why did she take so many courses and get qualified in so many areas? What does dancing have to do with her goals today? How exactly does one live one's passion? What did Moira do to be chosen as a speaker on a cruise ship this year, thereby getting a free trip for her and her husband? What is her vision in life and how does that relate to making a difference in the world? What are her current projects? What are the ten key points she offers to anyone wanting to fulfill a life of passion?
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  • Tags:
  • passion
  • creativity
  • career
  • potential
  • happiness
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