The Must-Have Action List for Event Marketing… with an emphasis on social networks

The Must-Have Action List for Event Marketing… with an emphasis on social networks

Switching to Tumblr...

So I noticed I haven't updated this blog since May 2009...so I'm starting a fresh new blog with Tumblr! Follow me there. Or feel free to read some of my old ish here.

Also, check out my HELLA new website at www.NicoleMaxali.com

Upcoming Shows for Miss Maxali

So the SF Theater Festival has invited me to perform my One Woman Show “I Heart Lola”. So I’ll be performing this Sunday (August 8th)! It’s a pretty cool festival with over 130 performances & 17 stages in downtown SF. And all shows are FREE!

Here is the information for my show:

TICKETS ARE FREEEEE! No need to reserve, Just Show up!

Sunday, August 8th at 12:15pm
California Historical Society
678 Mission St, at 3rd st. (Map)
San Francisco, CA 94105

2010 - The Year of the PHEONIX

I’m here sitting in the “French Kiss” apartment my mother & I rented for our 10 days here in Paris, France. Last night we spent ringing in the New Year at Champ Elysees & then to The Sacred Coeur (Sacred Heart of Christ) looking over Paris with about 50,000 people. We finished a bottle of Champagne (which was given to us by the owners of French Kiss). It was beautiful and perfect. People brought their own fireworks, we popped open the bottle and walked the streets of Montmartre until 3am. Today most stores and restaurants are closed. So we had a nice day sleeping in until 1:30pm and cooking here at the apartment. I feel so blessed to have accomplished so much this year and to have been able to come to Paris with my mom for X-mas and NYE.

WHAT I LEARNED IN 2009 & WHAT I'M TAKING WITH ME INTO 2010:

• Biggest lesson: You don’t always get what you want, But God always provides you with what you NEED. This was shown through so much of what I thought was best for me: Living with my dad for free, my relationship with my ex & the Improv troupe, hobofish. All three were things I thought I wanted, things I thought were going to help me in some way…but in the end God knew best. Things I originally thought were going to be blessings but were necessary to create space in my life for the things i REALLY needed: A New Home, Creation through Solo Performance & focusing on Self-Love.
• Don’t allow other people’s projections, guilt or judgments affect who you are or how you see yourself. This one is pretty self-explanatory. I mean you’d think I’d know this already. But this is something that was the hardest to "Let go & Let God". What helped me in this, was reading the book "Changes That Heal" by Dr. Henry Cloud.
• TRUST your instincts! This comes up everytime I think about my ex…and how I felt about him when we first started dating. I didn’t listen to myself, instead I allowed my fantasies to get the best of me. In the end, I learned that people shouldn’t change because they want to make someone else happy, they should change to make themselves happy. Or else that change won't stick.
  
• Release Blame! Let go of blaming people and circumstances of "your" dilemma. In another really good book, by Rev. Micheal Bernard Beckwith, he states "Give up your blame stories in order to be empowered and in order to understand your responsibilities." And when you find yourself playing the blame game, forgive. "ALL Forgiveness is self-forgiveness. Forgiveness isn't about forgetting about what happened and trying to like a certain person again. Forgiveness is eliminating toxicity from yourself & your life. In truth, you may never like that person again. But in the end you will not be giving them power over you."
  
• A lesson that I’m having to remind myself everyday: Happiness and True Love isn’t about finding it in a significant other…it’s about finding it in YOURSELF! And having enough love for yourself that you forgive yourself for past mistakes, hurts, pains, tribulations. Instead, Learn and grow from them. And eventually, with that self-love you will be able to give that love away to others around you.

WHO I AM NOW:
Victim NO more! I’m on this journey now to rediscover myself, rebirthing my identity. Unlearning so much and like a phoenix…rising out of the ashes. This is what it feels like for 2010. I’m rising.

I’ve also allowed myself to get out of my comfort zones and be the CREATOR of my own future and of my career. Writing more and more. Producing a January solo show now with Off Market Theater. And acting and writing in my own One Woman Show. I’ve also started on my 3rd show, which is about my grandma Encar. I only have 25 minutes thus far…but this is a project that I’ve been wanting to start since grandma was first diagnosed with Dementia back in 2006. And now I’m doing it!

I’m listening to myself now, trusting my own instincts and listening less and less to what people think I should be doing or saying or focusing on. So starting my New Year, in the “City of Lights” and the “City of Love” is a perfect and fitting way to move on…from out of the shadows. I feel so blessed and rejuvenated. I feel like there is nothing I can’t accomplish. And going to the Victor Hugo museum, I felt inspired…Victor Hugo was an artist with a lot to say. An artist with something important to say. That could touch the poor, the rich, the everyday person and in turn inspire change. Something I hope to accomplish in my life time through my work.

Happy 2010 people, I hope you get free from your comfort zones and embrace the unlimited possibilities that are ready to unfold in your life!

To My Fellow Rising STAR....Mike Baker the Bike Maker

So I know I haven't written in awhile...mainly cuz I've been super busy with the two week run of my solo show, "Identification Please", at The Thick House in SF. But I wanted to take the time to express the joy and appreciation I have for one of my fellow rising stars: Mike Baker the Bike Maker and the rest of the cats from The Honor Roll.

This past weekend while I was performing, Mike was doing his thing in LA. And it reminded me of one of Dave C's stories...how when he was doing his thing 10 years ago, he'd be recording his Comedy CD the same place all his musically inclined friends were recording theirs. This was at a time before they all blew up into the big names they are now...names like: Mos Def, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, etc.

So with great honor and pride...i can say "Oh yea, me and Mike Baker go waaay back...Asian American Studies class at SFSU!"

NOW check out what all the buzz is about on my friend Mike Baker:

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around_town/the_scene/Bay-Area-Emcees-Make-the-Honor-Roll.html

http://www.vampdnow.com/

http://www.foolsgoldrecs.com/blog/2009/04/29/new-tap10-mix-more-honor-roll-updates/

Mike Baker the Bike Maker - The Chase from Honor Roll on Vimeo.

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Mike Baker the Bike Maker
http://www.freshselects.net/mikebakersampler
(W)mikebakerthebikemaker.com
(B)mikebakerthebikemaker.blogspot.com/

Embracing 2009!

So it's a New Year with a NEW Relationship, Home, President & a NEW plethora of artistic endeavors! Yes, it's only February but I'm already piling the food on the plate. Let's start with...

1) Stand-up: I'm booking gigs left & right. Opening for some awesome comics like Joey Guila. Check my next stand-up gigs on my comedy myspace page: www.myspace.com/spiderpig07707

2)My One Woman Show: "Identification, Please" is still under construction as I take another round of Kamau Bell's Solo Performance class. And will be writing it to a full length show. But in the meantime, you can watch a snippet on April 1st @ Counterpulse in SF. Buy tix here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/55157

3) Improv/Sketch Comedy: Was just asked/invited to join both the AATC's (Asian American Theater Company) Sketch Comedy Troupe and the Improv Troupe, Hobofish. Apparently I have to choose one or the other. So although I'm juiced about BOTH opportunities & what this will mean for my comedy...i'm still deciding.

4) Film Acting: Was just cast in another web-series. This one is more of the dramatic genre. And will hopefully be cast in another indie feature this summer/fall...Here's manifesting!

5) VLOGS: Found a new love for editing through my YouTube channel and documenting my journey as an artist/event planner/soul in human form. Check out my latest creation:

Letting Go, Letting God (aka The NEW Nicole Maxali)

My very first VLOG!!! So excited to share it with you...it's 6 minutes long, but well worth it! Enjoy!



And a major inspiration for the new cut, Miss Lily Allen (I heart her new song "The Fear"):