“this lady is a fine songwriter.” - ben folds

speaking & workshops

Hi! I'm Suzanne Yada, aka @ Little Spiral @, and I'm a songwriter who loves to speak to tech, marketing, and business audiences about innovation and the creative process.

The challenges your team faces is coming up with new exciting ideas. They feel stuck in the same old rut; repeating the same work routines and not feeling very creative. The pressure is on them to be “innovative” and “disruptive” but they’re disillusioned and out of ideas. They might feel pressure to come up with something out of nothing, but they’re faced with the blank-page syndrome. 

My solution is to think outside of your industry for coming up with ideas. There’s a process songwriters use — taking existing templates like verses, choruses and bridges, and adding twists to give it new life and meaning. You’d be surprised how creative you can be when faced with the limitations of a template. Let me show you how a songwriter comes up with new ideas and how you can use the same 3-step method to recharge your team's creativity.

Here are some of the places I've had the privilege to speak: 

Patreon  

TechRaking @ Google  

Zendesk  

Pandora  

CreativeMornings FieldTrips  

Uptima Entrepreneur Cooperative Accelerator 

“...one of the best I attended.”

— CreativeMornings member

about me

about me

There's a word that I've recently discovered that captures me perfectly: "multipassionate." I've been interested in the business, tech, media, marketing and creative worlds for a long time, and I've got connections in every one of those corners. So when I tell software engineers about how music works, or when I talk to entrepreneurs about the creative process, they know I can speak their language.

Having been an entrepreneur and a business consultant since 2014, I've helped little startups, big organizations and well-known influencers nail down their visibility strategies.

I've worked with the best of the best, from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to New York Times bestselling authors, from musicians and comedians with cult followings to legendary screenwriters-turned-book-authors. And I've seen a pattern in their creative process that I've noticed can be applied to all my business, startup and consulting clients as well - and it underlies my own creative process too.

I can't wait to share that process with you.

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“Little Spiral was engaging, funny, interacted a lot with the audience, knew her stuff and inspired me to explore songwriting more!”

what i can offer your event

Keyed Note keynote speech

I bring a mix of stories, original songs, and step-by-step deconstruction of the creative process. Prepare to learn something, laugh at something and feel something. 

  • Online or in-person events 
  • Length: From 30-60 minutes 
  • Needs: For in-person events: slides setup, keyboard/piano setup, mic and sound check 
  • Preferred: If venue/hotel has a piano available, great, but I can bring my own keyboard if needed

Workshop / team-building / offsite

Let's write a song together! I offer an interactive workshop in addition to - and separate from - the keynote speech. The workshop applies the same creative method I speak about to a live songwriting experience. It's a whole lot of fun, even if you've never written a song before. It works great for team-building and offsite events as well. 

  • Online or in-person events 
  • Length: Comes in 90-minute, 2-hour or 3-hour options 
  • Needs: For in-person events: whiteboard, piano/keyboard setup, fewer than 30 people 
  • Preferred: Movable chairs for circling

virtual events? no problem!

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