Come to my talk May 21 in Vancouver with @cpyvr โฆ how to get more ideas more reliablyโฆ pretty sure we can all benefit from that. DM me for the ticket link.
๐ปCreative Director Brian Krenzer decapitated the Sugar Bear mascot
๐งHe blasted a wedge of cheddar cheese using a rocket-powered hammer for Goldfish
๐ชฟ And he used an irreverent goose to fund caregiver support across the country for PetroCan
You might have seen his work for brands like PlayStation, AT&T, Chips Ahoy, Tic Tac, and Destination BC.
But behind the award-winning campaigns was a reality most creatives know well:
deadlines, creative fatigue, faster turnarounds, and the pressure to come up with strong ideas on command.
๐ค How do you consistently generate creative ideas under those conditions?
Over the years, Brian realized he couldnโt rely on inspiration alone.
So he built a repeatable system for developing ideas faster โ without burning out.
On May 21, Brian is coming to Creative Pulse to break down the frameworks, prompts, and mental models he uses to overcome creative block and develop ideas on demand.
This is a chance to look inside the working process of a creative director who has spent 25+ years delivering ideas professionally.
Join us next week at BCITโs downtown campus.
Tickets are pay-what-you-can.
Our last two speaking events sold out, and space is limited.
Link to register is in our bio
@bkrenzer@bcitbusinessandmedia
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๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ (๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐)
Join creative director and copywriter Brian Krenzer @bkrenzer at this Talk + Social event for creatives in Vancouver.
May 21 at The Tech Collider โ BCIT Downtown Campus @bcitbusinessandmedia
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
Being a commercial creative in 2026 is HARD.
More content. More concepts. Faster turnarounds.
With AI in the mix, youโre expected to be more originalโฆmore often.
Somewhere along the way, the question creeps in:
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆโฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?
Youโre not alone.
Brian Krenzer has spent 25+ years in advertising and brandingโฆand still feels the pressure.
The difference? He no longer relies on inspiration.
At some point in his career, Brian realized that brands and agencies canโt afford to lock creatives in rooms for daysโฆpraying that a muse would give them a decent idea.
The business of creativity revolves around reliability.
Brian set out to solve this challenge by developing a set of simple, repeatable techniques that help him generate more ideas, fasterโฆ without burning out.
If youโre a creative in marketing or technology, attend this Talk + Social to discover how to:
โ Generate more ideasโwithout waiting for a โsparkโ
โ Reduce the anxiety that comes with every new brief
โ Turn creative blocks into structured problem-solving
โ Build your own repeatable creative process
Join us at BCITโs swanky downtown Tech Collider space
โ and discover a better way to generate ideas under pressure.
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
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Thanks to everyone who joined us last week at NEU @iddv_van for our Talk + Social with Dan Nelken @dannelken
Big shoutout to Gergo Farkas @gergof for these incredible photos, and to Erich Saide and Adrian Duchateau for their amazing video work.
Stay tuned, the event video is coming soon. Make sure youโre subscribed to our mailing list so you can catch the link as soon as it drops.
In the meantime, you can join our Facebook group (link in bio) to see more photos from the event.
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Full house tonight! โก๏ธ We are officially SOLD OUT for our event with Dan Nelken. Canโt wait to dive in with everyone at NEU.
Quick reminder:
๐ 14th Floor, 410 W Georgia St.
โฐ Doors at 6:30 PM.
๐จ Don't forget your photo ID!
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Do you suffer from creative constipation?
Are you stuffed full of great ideas that never get finished?
Portfolio-worthy projects that never make it out into the world?
Symptoms include: - 47 half-written captions rotting in Notes - Opening Instagram. Closing Instagram. Reopening Instagramโฆ - A low-grade, persistent sense of guilt
At some point, โfinding inspirationโ on social turned into a quiet, toxic form of comparison.
You know that posting more would help your work lifeโฆ
But how do you actually do it
without second-guessing every post
or wasting more time on a glowing screen? ๐ตโ๐ซ
Fortunately, there is relief. ๐
On Wed, April 22, Dan Nelken will show you how to create (and share) more than you consume - without turning content into a second job.
If youโre tired of creative constipationโฆ
and want to start posting without getting sucked into the algorithm
this is your intervention.
Join a room full of creatives and finally hit publish on your best ideas.
Youโll feel lighter โจ
โฐ 6:30pm
๐๏ธ April 22, 2026
๐Northeastern University, Vancouver
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๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ค!
Marty is an Associate Creative Director at Maven Medical Marketing, leading teams to create impactful medical advertising for pharmaceutical and medical device brands across Canada. With a background in Communication Design from OCAD University and a Masterโs in Biomedical Communications from the University of Toronto, he combines creative strategy with scientific accuracy. He also serves as a Life Sciences board member with DesCan Vancouver, helping build a community for creatives working in the health sciences.
๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ?
โ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ-๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.โ
๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ
โ๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บโ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ.โ
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When Dan Nelken @dannelken was on the stage at Creative Pulse last April, 200+ local creatives showed up.
This month, heโs back โ
but we only have space for 80 people in the audience.
Heโll be sharing his approach to creating and publishing content on social.
If youโve been spending more time scrolling than sharing, this is a chance to reset.
Dan will walk through an actionable framework to help you:
-stop overthinking what to post
-turn ideas into something repeatable
-and actually publish your work
If youโre wondering - Dan spent decades in agency-land, then built his own body of work outside of it.
Heโs now a bestselling author who leads workshops for brands like The North Face and Mattel.
A big part of that shift came from creating more than he consumes. On April 22, heโll show you how.
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
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Vague contracts lead bad client relationships.
Bad relationships lead to failed businesses.
After working with hundreds of creatives, the same problems show up again and again:
๐ Endless revisions
๐ โSmallโ extra requests
๐ Delayed feedback
๐ Unpaid invoices
Thankfully, ALL of these issues are preventable with a stronger Service Agreement.
These 4 clauses will help protect your time, scope, and income.
๐ก This checklist was shared by Jaime Bell during one of our online events for freelance creatives and studio principals.
Save this post so you can use it to shape your next contract.
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ: ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญโ๐ด @jaimebelllaw ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด.
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๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐: ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข-๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ
Join author and creative director Dan Nelken @dannelken on April 22 at Northeastern University @iddv_van
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จโโจ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?
Thumbing through feeds.โจStockpiling ideas.โจOverthinking what was โgood enoughโ to share.
The work was there.โจIt just wasnโt GOING anywhere.
That changed when Dan stopped treating content like performance โโจand started treating it like practice. Instead of chasing attention or an audience, he embraced a simple framework:
โ Create for yourself first
โ Turn ideas into series, not one-offs
โ Work at a pace you can sustain
That shift changed the trajectory of his work.โจ
It led to a book that became an international bestseller.
More importantly, it gave him a clearer voice, renewed confidence, and a way to consistently show up.
If youโre a creative working in marketing or technology, attend this Talk + Social to discover:
โ A simple way to generate ideas every weekโจ
So youโre never stuck wondering what to post
โ How to turn ideas into repeatable content seriesโจ
So your work builds momentum instead of resetting
โ A way to publish without second-guessing yourselfโจ
Using โanti-viral thinkingโ to lower the pressure and hit publish
โ A sustainable rhythm you can maintain long-termโจ
So you stay consistent without burning out
Join us for pizza with talented local creativesโโจand learn how to consistently share work youโre proud of, attract the right people, and create more than you consume.
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
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