Say What! Communications

06/04/2026

It's launch day.
Puppies, guitars, beer and a book about turning your idea into a brand. Tonight at Harmony Hall in Vandorf — doors open 6:30 PM.

Free admission. DJ Ivar Hamilton spinning. Beer sampling from Wasaga Beach Brewing Company. Eastwood Guitars and SwissRidge puppies will be there.

16 real stories. Foreword by Alan Cross. Books for sale and signing all night.

See you there.

06/03/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨

Why Not! Move Your Idea to a Brand launches THIS THURSDAY! 🎉

16 real case studies to inspire anyone with an idea growing old in a drawer to finally hit restart.

On sale Friday at 10:00 AM at:
📖 whynotthebook.com
📦 saywhat.com

Your idea deserves more than a drawer. 💡

06/02/2026

In her early 20s, Janis Showers walked into a car dealership because the recession had taken every other option. What she found was a gap nobody was fixing — women buying cars from an industry that barely employed them on the floor.

So she changed it. The Car Girls — now a multi-million dollar coast-to-coast organisation built on relationships, not transactions. 95% female staff. Her way, not theirs.

Janis will be at the Why Not! book launch June 4 at Harmony Hall. Come meet her.

One of the stories in Why Not! — Who Ya Gonna Call to Change Things?

Free admission.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grant-ivens-why-not-book-launch-hosted-at-harmony-hall-tickets-1987928906874

05/29/2026

We are excited to return to Wasaga! Tomorrow with our good friends the Beach One Band, we will be palying at the 'Back to the Beach' festival from 1:00 until 5:00 at Wasaga Beach. Come join in the fun at this family friendly party with food trucks and licensed bar presented by Stonebridge Building Group and Beach BOOSTER Media Group. 2 Street at Main Beach and parking on 3rd Street lot. see you there!

05/29/2026

The books are in and we are 7 days from launch.

Why Not! Move Your Idea to a Brand launches Thursday June 4 at Harmony Hall in Vandorf.

Free admission. Foreword by Alan Cross and he'll be there. DJ Ivar Hamilton spinning all night. Books for sale and signing.

If you've got an idea growing old — come find out what to do with it.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grant-ivens-why-not-book-launch-hosted-at-harmony-hall-tickets-1987928906874

05/27/2026

What's your favourite pitch?

Mine is easy. 30 seconds to land a licensing deal with one of my heroes — Slash — for my product GuitarMatz.

It's one of the stories in Why Not! Move Your Idea to a Brand — and my autographed Slash GuitarMatz, with an illustration by the legendary Ralph Steadman, will be at the launch next Thursday June 4 at Harmony Hall.

Along with a collection of people and items from the other 15 stories in the book.
Come find out what happens when you back your idea and make the pitch you're afraid to make.

Thursday June 4 · Harmony Hall, Vandorf · Free admission

Hope to see you there.
Grant

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grant-ivens-why-not-book-launch-hosted-at-harmony-hall-tickets-1987928906874

05/21/2026

The Why Not! book launch is 2 weeks away. Have an idea growing old? Why Not! move your idea to a brand could be what you're looking for to restart it. Come to the launch on June 4 at Harmony Hall and find out more, 16 stories from people who did it.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grant-ivens-why-not-book-launch-hosted-at-harmony-hall-tickets-1987928906874

05/18/2026

it's real...

It's here. The first copy of Why Not! Move Your Idea to a Brand arrived — and it's real.

16 stories or 16 ideas that move to becoming brands. A foreword by Alan Cross. And takeaways at the end of every chapter for the idea you've been sitting on.

The launch is Thursday June 4 at Harmony Hall in Vandorf, just north of Toronto. Free admission. Books available for signing on the night.

If you've got an idea growing old — you should come to the launch.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grant-ivens-why-not-book-launch-hosted-at-harmony-hall-tickets-1987928906874

02/10/2026

Got a copy of by and spent some time talking marketing, writing and yesterday with Kyle, a great business book with an interesting analogy looking at the band as a C-suite... worth a read

Thanks for the intro