According to BCG Henderson Institute Chairman Martin Reeves and Rhodes Scholar Jack Fuller, imagination is crucial for “seizing and creating new opportunities and finding new paths to growth.” Their Harvard Business Review book “The Imagination Machine” is incredibly inspiring. Elsewhere, Barkley SVP David Gutting advances Einstein’s “imagination is more important than knowledge” theory for readers of Fast Company.
Our counsel: Imagine how far you can go this month in pursuing your passions, then seize the day.
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June Events
. 23 May – 2 June | Melbourne Design Week
. 24 May – 15 June | Vivid Sydney
. 30 May – 2 June | ADMERICA, Salt Lake City
. 30 May – 2 June | ATX Television Festival, Austin
. 1-2 | Railbird Fest, Lexington
. 3-8 | Animafest Zagreb
. 3-6 | Brand Insider Summit: QSR, New Orleans
. 3-4 | CMO Insight Summit, Charlotte
. 3-5 | Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo™, Denver
. 3-4 | MozCon, Seattle
. 3-12 | San Francisco Design Week
. 3-4 | The VFX Festival, Waterloo
. 4-6 | AICP Week: AICP Next Awards, AICP Post Awards, AICP Show, NYC
. 4-5 | 4As Management Practitioners Forum: Leading Through Continued Disruption, Chicago
. 4-6 | AI for Brand Marketers, NYC
. 4-7 | Cannes in Cairns
. 5-6 | Content Ed: AI Bootcamp, Virtual
. 5 | GEMAWARDS, Amsterdam
. 5-6 | PR Daily’s Media Relations Conference, Washington, D.C.
. 5-16 | Tribeca Film Festival, NYC
. 5 | Women Who Rock, NYC
. 6-8 | AMA Marketing and Public Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.
. 6-8 | Birmingham Design Festival
. 6-9 | Cine Gear LA Expo, Burbank
. 6-7 | TOA24, Berlin
. 6 | The Intersection of Sensitive Personal Data, Privacy Laws, and Marketing, Virtual
. 6 | Variety TV FYC Fest, West Hollywood
. 8 June – 24 August | Celebrate Brooklyn Festival, Brooklyn
. 7-9 | Governors Ball Music Festival, NYC
. 8 | Produced By Conference, Los Angeles
. 7-9 | Connect Beyond Festival, Asheville
. 8-14 | InfoComm, Orlando
. 8-9 | The National Franchise Show, Orlando
. 9-15 | Annecy Animation Festival and MIFA Market
. 9-12 | Banff World Media Festival
. 9-11 | NIRI Annual Conference, SF
. 10-12 | Front End of Innovation, Boston
. 10-12 | Glossy Ecommerce Summit, Miami
. 10-14 | London Tech Week
. 10-12 | NeoCon, Chicago
. 10-16 | VOLTA Basel
. 11-13 | Digital Enterprise Show, Malaga
. 11-13 | MuseumNext LIVE, London
. 11-14 | Social Media Strategies Summit, Virtual
. 11-12 | Tech Lab Summit: 10 Year Anniversary, NYC
. 12 | AMA Mastering Short-Form Video Content Bootcamp, Virtual
. 12-16 | American Black Film Festival, Miami
. 12-14 | Render Tech Conference & Music Festival, Atlanta
. 13-16 | Art Basel
. 13 | The 17th Annual D Show, Detroit
. 13 | Managing Cash Flow to Drive Startup Success, Virtual
. 13 | Storytelling Conference, London
. 13-16 | Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Manchester
. 14-15 | Boonerang Music & Arts Festival, Boone
. 14-23 | Shanghai International Film Festival
. 14 | What Happens When a Creative Writes a Brief, Virtual
. 16-19 | Adweek Abroad in Cannes
. 17-21 | Cannes Lions
. 17-20 | Collision, Toronto
. 17-20 | Cine Europe, Barcelona
. 17-19 | Greenfin, NYC
. 18 | AMA Virtual Conference: Marketing Analytics, Virtual
. 18-21 | Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha
. 19-22 | Design Shanghai
. 20 | AMA Growth Marketing Strategies Workshop, Virtual
. 20 | Collaborating With AI: 7 Habits For Highly Effective Prompting, Virtual
. 20-30 | Dances With Films, LA
. 20-30 | Human Rights Watch Film Festival, NYC & Online
. 20-21 | SEGD Exhibition + Experience Design, Washington, D.C.
. 20-21 | TNW Conference, Amsterdam
. 21-23 | Filmscape Chicago
. 23-29 | The Aspen Ideas Festival
. 24-25 | DigiMarCon South Atlantic, Charlotte
. 24 June – 31 July | Festival de Carcassonne
. 25-26 | Global Digital Marketing World Forum, London
. 25 | The Hot List, NYC
. 25-26 | Influencer Marketing World, London
. 25 | People v. Cancer, NYC
. 25 | Write Stuff Discussion and Connecting, Virtual
. 26-27 | MuseumNext Museum XR Summit, Virtual
. 26-29 | Vidcon, Anaheim
. 27-30 | Frontiers in Service Conference, Amelia Island
. 27-28 | Games for Change Festival, NYC & Online
. 27 | Spotlight UX, Virtual
. 27 June – 6 July | Montreal Jazz Festival
. 27-29 | SCAD Lacoste Film Festival
. 28 June – 6 July | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
. 29 June – 7 July | Roskilde Festival
Featured Video: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! returns to Prospect Park starting 8 June.
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