ep 32. Decline vs Reject - West Park Park Bench Podcast

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Today's topic is Declined versus Reject. Doing these podcasts over an extended period of time has led me to reflect on how I deal with my own sense of progression. Day to day when things are really good. I find coming and doing these podcasts are fine. I can pick a word that I want to reflect on, and I can wax lyrical about that word. When I get busy. I tend to find that my mind is distracted. And as I only do one of these pieces of constant media, there's a there's a component of it that makes me think that I should be telling people what's going on and sharing what it is that I'm doing, because those things that I'm doing, if people know about them, they can either attend or if they know what I do, or get a sense of what I do that maybe they'll want me to come and do that for them. And that's even better.

COVID was quite liberating for me because I was able to be the best that I could be because the skills that I had in a world which meant that I didn't have to go out and put the attention into the physical and the effort of putting myself into a place where I can be sociable, happy, not too loud and annoying. And this is where the gregarious introvert phrase which thank you so much Hallidonto for giving me that phrase ... And that brings me to where I am now.

This is episode 32 - Decline vs Reject. This podcast is ⁠⁠⁠recorded using Otter.AI⁠⁠⁠ which generates a transcript. Its not perfect but ⁠⁠⁠if you'd like it to help process the audio here is the link⁠⁠⁠

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

decline, TEDx, feel, consent, disposable income, word, reject, rejection, place, projects, edinburgh, ted, mile radius, event, application, licence, year, wanted, rules, small

Show Notes

• Decline vs reject. 0:02

  • Welcome to episode 32 of the west park park bench podcast.

  • Today's topic, decline vs reject

• Being the best version of me. 1:30

  • Being the best version of yourself until the lights turn on.

  • Not going swimming last week.

  • How to capitalise an event.

  • The value of a pause in podcasts.

• Proving that you can do what you say you do. 5:52

  • The 100 mile radius tour.

  • Taking a show to Edinburgh was the main objective.

• My word for this year. 8:04

  • Time within these projects is something to get a grasp on.

  • Building a company team.

  • The future of the future of theatre.

  • The TEDx LaceMarket.

• The rules of TEDx. 12:07

  • Rules and boundaries of TEDx Nottingham.

  • Decline or reject the TEDx call.

  • The essence of the speaker and the speaker story.

  • Rejection is not rejection.

• We’re in a decline. 16:01

  • Decline is a word with a softness to it.

  • Rejecting decline in arts council.

• Why I don’t want to hide behind the TEDx brand. 18:10

  • The TEDx brand is not a forward vision.

  • The credit crunch for television.

  • Bruising from being rejected from grants and funds.

  • Reflecting on consent uk theatre producers.

• Spin coming to town and the importance of community. 23:46

  • The legacy of spin coming to town.

  • Part of a community that is delivering.

• Consent of those in power. 26:14

  • Consent of those in power and the arts council.

  • Delivering a delivered outcome.

  • No one's there to see them fall.

  • Rejection vs debt declination.

• The importance of having conversations about your decline. 30:42

  • Finding people in long eaton to have these conversations.

  • Recording a response to decline.

  • Notifications off and missing important things.

  • What jobs don't need the internet.