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Breakfast Meeting at Aston Business School
Jun 26 2009 - 1:56pm
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Breakfast Meeting at Aston Business School Conference Centre.
Creative Alliance in association with Creative Republic
8.30am - 10.30am Friday 3rd July 2009
Aston Business School Conference Centre
Aston University
Aston Triangle
Birmingham
RSVP 0121 224 7308
Email: info@creativealliance.org.uk
Web: www.creativealliance.org.uk
Special creative industries supplement offer
As part of an ongoing commitment to raising the profile of the creative and cultural industries across the West Midlands, Creative Republic are curating a special supplement for inclusion in the business to business publication Chamberlink, edited and produced by Birmingham and Solihull Chambers of Commerce.
The supplement will be distributed to over 4000 company owners, directors and managers throughout the region. The creation of this supplement offers creative professionals and organisations an opportunity to challenge outmoded perceptions of the creative and cultural industries through a collective voice. It is also an effective way of reaching new and established markets which is to be welcomed at at time when sales are increasingly vital.
Creative Republic have negotiated a valuable advertising offer for individuals and organisations working in the areas of advertising, architecture, arts and antiques, crafts, design, digital media, designer fashion, film and video, music, performing arts, publishing, theatre, radio, TV and software.
Competitively priced half page and quarter page adverts are available to Charter signatories on a first come first served basis to feature alongside spectacular illustrations, typography and graphic communication courtesy of outstanding local independent designers.
For more information on rates and to register your interest please contact Guy Hudson at Kemps Publishing on 0121 765 4144 or email guy.hudson@kempspublishing.co.uk
The closing date for enquiries and expressions of interest is 5pm Friday 1 May
HELP SHAPE OUR EVENTS PROGRAMME FOR 2009
Creative Republic runs a regular series of free events for charter signatories, from industry workshops and panel sessions to networking evenings. Over the past year, these have included a creative masterclass with leading brand expert, Michael Wolff, a Big City Plan briefing with Cllr Mike Whitby, and a Cultural Olympiad Briefing with Paul Kaynes. For 2009 we are looking to plan an extended number of events across the West Midlands region. If you're interested in helping us to create a high profile, impactful and relevant programme, we're looking to recruit a number of charter signatories to our new events committee.
For further information or to register your interest, please contact Ruth Ward on ruth@rewiredpr.com.
URGENT - Change of Venue for GENERATING CREATIVE IDEAS FOR BIRMINGHAM on Thursday 21st August
Due to an excellent response to the initial invite the venue has been changed for the GENERATING CREATIVE IDEAS FOR BIRMINGHAM on Thursday 21st August.
The new event location is:
The Banqueting Suite, The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BB
Hopefully see you there!
Get the Party Started
Never one to turn down the offer of a 4 year celebration, we at Creative Republic WM were keen to know more about the Cultural Olympiad and how it could benefit us all. So on Thursday 15th May 2008 6-8pm, Creative Republic WM, with support from Birmingham Hippodrome, hosted an informal evening with Paul Kaynes, the Regional Creative Programmer for the Cultural Olympiad. The purpose of the evening was to enable the Region’s Creatives to find out how to get involved in the upcoming 4 year carnival of Culture and Creativity, which will be launched over the weekend of the 26th September, as part of the plans for the London 2012.
Paul Kaynes said “This 4 year programme of cultural activity is an opportunity for us in the West Midlands to demonstrate the creative depth of Birmingham and the region. All of us working in the sector know just how dynamic and innovative the sector is. By making use of that creativity and the fact that Birmingham in particular is such a young city, we have a golden opportunity to make a difference to the way people think about the West Midlands and provide a programme which engages people who live here.“
As well as discussing the vibrant cultural and creative programmes that the region has to offer and feeding back on the excellent work that has already begun to happen, Paul was keen to tackle the big issues, pertinent to the 47 Creatives who attended. These ranged from; how future creative projects could align themselves with the Olympiad, to what, if any were the barriers to the projects that were being delivered and how partnerships could be supported by the Olympiad.
After the presentation and a light hearted Q&A session the chat moved on to the Hippodrome bar, where the audience were able to bend Paul’s ear about the realities of getting involved and discuss further how the Olympiad could support them.
Helga Henry, chairman of Creative Republic, said "I was delighted that Paul agreed to kick off our more formal strand of events with an introduction to the Cultural Olympiad. I got feedback from participants who didn't realize that the Olympiad started this year (directly after hand-over) and did not know about the many tendering opportunities available to creatives throughout the UK. This is absolutely the type of results we wanted from this initiative."
Overall it was a great event, very open and informative and it definitely gave Paul and some of our Regions’ Creatives, something to think about as the initiative is driven forward. After all if there’s a party to be had, we all want in, right?
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