by creativeconsultancies | Mar 4, 2015 | Arts Business, Arts Marketing, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Snap Chat, Pinterest, LinkedIn – the social media vortex is one that threatens to engulf us all in a sea of information and a time consuming abyss of hashtags and updates. Given that us creatives need time to actually...
by creativeconsultancies | Feb 6, 2015 | Arts Business, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning, Workshops
Setting your goals is one thing but sticking to them is a whole other kettle of fish! I’m giving a talk at a local business networking event in a couple of weeks on Goal setting and it’s got me really thinking about the main messages I want to leave the...
by creativeconsultancies | Jan 18, 2015 | Arts Business, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning, Workshops
Wow this seems like a no brainer doesn’t it – have a product and charge for it. In the corporate world I wouldn’t need to write this blog but in the realities of the arts this elephant in the room needs talking about. When I worked as a full time artsworker I...
by creativeconsultancies | Dec 23, 2014 | Creative Process, Ideas, Retreats
I am going to make a terrible and shocking confession here, that I am only willing to make as I know my partner is unlikely to read this post and use it forever against me – I am an organizational tyrant, aka control freak. There I said it. So enforced can my...
by creativeconsultancies | Dec 4, 2014 | Community, Festivals, Ideas
Festivals allow communities to connect, reclaim and celebrate and they are some of the resons I love them so much! Two weekends ago, in a summery heat haze and with the air thick with dive bombing Christmas beetles, I witnessed the transformation of one of my local...