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Date: Thursday, 18th March 2010
Time: 6.30-9pm (refreshments provided)
Location: THE CUBE, Studio 5, 155 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Collaborative working, digital technology and new business models are developing quickly around us. But as a creative business or freelancer, how do you take advantage of these opportunities while sustaining your business? We are bringing together a small group of individuals from across all creative sectors (art, design, music, theatre, film) to discuss the opportunities and challenges they are currently facing in their sector. This interactive session, run by creative business advisors Alison Coward and Sinead Mac Manus, will brainstorm solutions for moving forward and help shape a new innovative creative industries event that will take place this summer.
Alison Coward, Bracket (www.bracketprojects.co.uk), an agency/consultancy that helps creative businesses to collaborate effectively, supported by the use of online tools.
Sinead Mac Manus, Creatively Digital (www.creativelydigital.org), a new social enterprise with a mission to enable people and organisations to embrace and value the potential of digital technologies, in their business and their life.
Kindly sponsored by THE CUBE.
To reserve your free place, e-mail info@bracketprojects.co.uk with your name, contact details and the creative sector you work in.
To reserve your free place, e-mail info@bracketprojects.co.uk with your name, contact details and creative sector you work in.
March 10 2010 | Workshops Events | No Comments »
Bracket’s lunchtime workshop at THE CUBE was a great success, with lots of interesting discussion about effective creative collaboration using online tools. Questions were raised around approaching intellectual property and attribution, managing egos and how to encourage people to use online tools (when all they want to use is e-mail!).
Creative Boom London kindly wrote a fantastic review of the workshop which covers all of these points (and more) in detail.
February 19 2010 | Collaborators and Intellectual property and Meetings and Online tools and Project management and Teams and Thoughts and Workshops Events | No Comments »
Bracket will be hosting a lunchtime workshop at THE CUBE, a new co-working space for creative businesses, on 17th February 2010, 1-2pm.
THE CUBE, based on Commercial Street, E1, offers affordable office and hot desk space for self-employed individuals or young and growing firms, as well as a range of benefits including virtual office assistance, flexible meeting and conference facilities and wifi. With a growing network of over 60 members from fashion, PR and design to publishing and film, THE CUBE is the perfect place to make connections and develop new ideas together.
Bracket will be providing tips on how online tools can help to turn those creative, collaborative ideas into action. A few spaces have kept aside for non-members, so visit the event page for more details and to reserve your place (BOOKING ESSENTIAL).
February 10 2010 | Workshops Events | No Comments »
Next week is Social Media Week, which will bring people together to explore the impact that social media has had on culture, business communications and society at large. It’s a global programme, with events taking place across 5 countries and 6 cities, and London has its own schedule.
In true web 2.0 style, many events are open platforms where the attendees set the agenda for discussion. There are unconferences like Media Camp London 4 where the participants suggest sessions to run, (with a possible Bracket session on using social media for effective collaborative project management). You’ll also find meetups (or ‘tweetups’ for those who connect on Twitter) where people will get together to discuss what’s relevant to them, like the ‘Twespians‘ event for those interested in the effect of social media on theatre. And on Friday 5th, at the new Centre for Creative Collaboration, there will be Tuttle Club, where freelancers, armed with their laptops, work together in the same space for a few hours, getting things done and sparking new connections.
See the full London schedule and book for events here and follow updates on Twitter at: @smwldn
For more information about the global Social Media Week visit http://www.socialmediaweek.org
January 27 2010 | Workshops Events | 4 Comments »
Using the social web for promotion and communication to develop your creative business
3rd February, 6-8pm, Craft Central
As a creative business, it’s likely that you have a website that showcases and maybe sells your work. But are you making use of the increasing number of other web-based tools to increase your profile, promote your work and make valuable connections?
Bracket will be running an evening workshop at Craft Central to take you through some of the tools available, how to use them effectively and help you develop a suitable plan for introducing social media to your business.
For more detail and booking, visit the Craft Central website.
January 20 2010 | Workshops Events | No Comments »
We’ll be out and about in September delivering the following workshops and talks:
10th September, 11am-1pm, Craft Central, Clerkenwell
Workshop: Online tools for communication and collaboration
“Most creative businesses have an online presence to showcase their work, but increasingly there are more opportunities to use the web to communicate and create a dialogue with customers and other creative businesses. Furthermore, many of these tools are free! Social media such as online networks and blogs can be used for self-promotion. Other tools enable individuals to connect and collaborate with others. This session will cover some of the tools available and how to use them effectively in your practice, as well as discussing any issues that might arise and how to deal with them”.
More info and booking (PDF)
17th September, 2.30-3.45pm, Decibel Showcase, Manchester
Panel discussion: Online networking and the arts
“A look at the challenges and opportunities that social, creative and professional online networking sites hold for promoters and artists in performing arts.
The social networking sites of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and their professional and creative counterparts have been responsible for the communication phenomenon of recent times. The impact online networking has on the way we communicate has implications for all. How can the performing arts sector successfully navigate and capitalise on this ever evolving situation?”
More info and booking
August 25 2009 | Workshops Events | No Comments »
Bracket will be running a workshop (first delivered at System Reload in September 08) at The Hub, Islington:
Hub Workshop | Collaboration in Action
Wednesday 21st, 6.30 – 8pm, Hub Islington,
This experimental interactive workshop, will gather and build on the knowledge and experiences of the participants to develop a toolkit for collaborative working, including: (1) Main elements of collaboration in , (2) How to ensure effective collaborative working, and (3) Things to look out for and how to deal with difficulties. After the session, the ‘toolkit’ will be made available online to all members. Please RSVP to maria.glauser@the-hub.net.
Members free, non-Members £7/£10 (includes a month’s membership of Hub Islington).
January 18 2009 | Workshops Events | No Comments »
Bracket is passionate about helping creative practitioners to fulfil their collaborative potential. So what better way is there to kick things off than to support the System Reload team in their “Retooling Ourselves: Collaborative Design Actions” event during the London Design Festival?
Retooling Ourselves: Collaborative Design Actions, which takes place from 17-20 September, at The House of St Barnabas, is a series of participative events intended to spark eco-creativity and provoke the passion that exists within the international eco-design community towards real and meaningful action. continue reading »
August 30 2008 | Workshops Events | No Comments »
