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Make Good Things HappenBONUS: Craft Lab 2025 | Curator's POV Pt 3BONUS: Craft Lab 2025 – A Curator’s Perspective with Angela D’Alton - Event Breakdown specialIn part 3 and the final bonus episode in this special Event Breakdown series on Craft Lab 2025, we zoom in on The Great Takeaway; a curated dinner like no other, where every detail is handmade and every guest takes home more than just memories.Angela shares the behind-the-scenes magic of commissioning 60 unique dinner sets from local makers, coordinating logistics that would make most of us dizzy, and setting the stage for an unforgettable night of food, art, and st...2025-07-2733 min
Make Good Things HappenBONUS: Craft Lab 2025 | Curator's POV Pt 2BONUS: Craft Lab 2025 – A Curator’s Perspective with Angela D’Alton - Event Breakdown specialIn part 2 of this special Event Breakdown bonus episode series of Make Good Things Happen, Renée and Angela take a deep dive into the exhibition component of Craft Lab 2025, curated by Angela.From plinth shapes and colour theory to lighting magic and the emotional journey of community connection, Angela shares what goes into crafting an experience that’s more than just a display, it’s a moment of awe.Our gals talk staging, sy...2025-07-2032 min
Make Good Things HappenBONUS: Craft Lab 2025 | Curator's POV Pt 1BONUS: Craft Lab 2025 – A Curator’s Perspective with Angela D’Alton - Event Breakdown specialIn this special bonus episode, Angela D'Alton and Renée Baker take us behind the scenes of Craft Lab 2025, an ambitious sector development program led by the City of Ballarat. Angela, who serves as the curator, shares the story of how this project supports regional craft practitioners through professional development, mentorship, and a curated public exhibition.Together, they explore the depth of the program, from the origins of Craft Lab and how it's evolved, to the curation of the...2025-07-1323 min
Make Good Things HappenMaking an exhibition for yourselfIn the XL Season Finale, our ladies talk cost per wear, innovative fabrics, AI dolls and making good things like exhibitions happen .Gruen LITE - Collective Closets' value proposition of cost per wear marketing angle for their collection of sustainable and ethical fashion;Making Headlines - Innovations in eco-fabrics by Stella McCartney, the return of lowercase lettering for Gen Z and the AI dolls vs Illustrators online discussion;Making History - Once Upon, the exhibition that started it all, what Angela and Renee learned about managing artists (hint: more artists = more emails);This Week I...2025-05-0439 minMake Good Things HappenWhat's your cosy pursuit?Angela and Renee dig up some dirt on their past projects with a ripper Making History segment, and a dive into the data from PayPal's ecommerce report.From Scroll to Cart - PayPal's Ecommerce Index for 2025, the key findings and how they affect your choices as a maker in business;Making Good Things Happen - Grandmacore and cosy pursuits, why they've always been a part of Renee's life;Making History - the OG partnership, the collaborators, the photoshoots and the importance of product photography;This Week I... - BOTH our ladies are enjoying Survival of...2025-04-2729 minMake Good Things HappenThe bliss of being a Castle customerAngela has had a whirlwind of blissful online shopping with a medical issue that allows her to catch up on Netflix. Renee is chuffed with some client-based news of their brick-and-mortar expansion and reminds us about the benefits of deadlines.From Scroll To Cart - Angela's end to end joyful customer experience with Castle;Making News - Australian Design Centre announces Sydney Craft Week for 2025, Albo flies the flag for Australian Made which gets Angela excited for the Australian Makers Directory, TTMK opens a second retail space and Amy Clarke of Confetti Rebels gets a...2025-04-2027 minMake Good Things HappenThe disruptor gets disruptedTW: Please note this episode discusses the sensitive topic of miscarriageAngela and Renee seem to be obsessed with returns policies, but get on with some sensitive topics and enchanting stories.Shit Customer Service - In a climate crisis, why is it acceptable practice to throw returned items in the bin?;Making Good Things Happen - Rachel Burke's "Thanks For Nothing" exhibition and it's emotionally driven subject matter, and how chipping away at your artwork can be a healing process;Gruen LITE - Boss Burger disrupts the disruptor using sneaky advertising on...2025-04-1327 minMake Good Things HappenThe point of no returns policiesMake Good Things HappenAngela and Renee get into some nitty gritty in S1E6 of Make Good Things Happen.This Week I... starting on the segment they usually end on but Renee was so keen she had to talk about Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar;From Scroll To Cart... an extended segment on returns policies, potties, uber eats and what happens when you eat someone else's nachos (spoiler alert: nothing);Making Headlines... ADC announces a boutique season of makers markets and Variety Hour turns 10Instagram: @m...2025-04-0627 min
Make Good Things HappenDid you drive to that big night out?Angela and Renee kick off into the discussion immediately in S1E5 of Make Good Things Happen. Segments this episode include:Gruen LITE - Angela introduces Renee to Didi Tow and the ad campaign that questions the ethical choice of using drink driving in advertising; From Scroll to Cart - Our gals chat about the legalities of online reviews and testimonials with a little advice on customer service along the way; Making Headlines - the topic of energy and water consumption around AI and how human can it really get with an ex...2025-03-3029 min
Make Good Things HappenCurating a UnicornAngela and Renee have a chat about what they're up to on this episode of Make Good Things Happen.Segments this episode include:Events Breakdown - Goodies hear how opening night went for Angela at The Unicorn Collection, a new Ballarat Evolve initiative;Gruen LITE - Renee wants to talk about dynamic pricing, Angela drags it into a chat about auctions while Renee continues to ponder the ethical choices and impacts;Making News - the new Doodad and Fandango product line revealed, a collaboration between Erstwilder and Kat Sabbath that we didn't...2025-03-2330 min
Make Good Things HappenHow Chat GPT can revolutionise family meal plansAngela and Renee deal with some sound quality issues but dive into the chat on this episode of Make Good Things Happen.Making Headlines - Listeners get the latest industry news about Doodad and Fandango and Mustard Made;Making Good things Happen - Megan McKean's non-digital and cute project progress chart;Making History - Renee shares what she learned on her biggest (and we mean biggest) illustration commission project for a food and wine festival;This Week I - Renee provides an introduction into how Chat GPT can revolutionise your family meal planning W...2025-03-1622 min
Make Good Things HappenAre you a digital vigilante?Angela and Renee delve further into the world of podcasting with Make Good Things Happen.Season 1 Episode 2 : Are you a digital vigilante?Shit Customer Service - The story of the rental that required owners strict conditions, where occupants had to provide maintenance, couldn't leave at certain times due to the child care centre below for the $900 / week and the internet responded with "digital vigilantism", From Scroll To Cart - Renee talks about a less than optimal abandoned cart experience and why getting it right mattersThe new Gruen LITE segment sees Angela waxing l...2025-03-0927 minMake Good Things HappenDo you know what $8 feels like?Angela and Renee discover the world of podcasting and launch Make Good Things Happen.Season 1 Episode 1 : What does $8 feel like?Making History (Random Stories from Projects Past) - How a twin set clearance became a job at Garage Sale Trail;Gruen LITE - Discussing KMart's "What does $8 feel like?" campaign;Making Headlines - The internet's predictable reaction to the Canva Teams plan price rise;This Week I... - Renee shares the show that made her cry every episode2025-03-0224 minMake Good Things HappenTrailerJoin Angela D'Alton and Renée Baker of Make Good Things Happen, a podcast for makers in business.A uniquely Australian podcast where two experts who have both been working amongst artists, crafters, designers and makers in a business context for almost 20 years.They'll share their thoughts, their ideas and their opinions on a range of topics, divided into easy to digest segments such as:From Scroll To Cart - where they'll talk about the journey from social media and it's connection to ecommerce websites, user experience and everything in b...2025-02-1502 min
Soul TradersWebsites and SEOIs a website the jewell in your digital marketing crown? We think so. But how do you get the attention of your website visitors and encourage them to take the next step? Amy and Tess discuss our love of a good about-page photograph, what bugs us about inefficient websites, how blogging can boost trust with your customer and draw more people through your website’s doors, and how websites offer space for nuance that social media often can not. Plus, some technical tips and tricks you can implement today too!
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