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Your Pot of Gold & Business Tools for Creative Entrepreneurs

Is creativity a curse or an asset? That's the question that fastest-selling franchise creator and CEO of BLAM! has asked himself and asked us at Creators Club.

Grant delivers a practical talk, giving you the tools to stay focused on and accountable to your creative projects. Other insights include apps to stay motivated, ways of using social media to help learning and strategies to help you prioritise important and creative work. Watch the above video and find out how being a maniac can make you a successful entrepreneur.

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Growing A Creative Agency & Getting Your First Big Clients

A lot changed in April 2018, when she won BBC 1’s ‘The Big Painting Challenge’. In this compelling talk, Bokani discusses how you can become a key person of influence, how to get others to see value in your work and most importantly - sell your art.

After an Undergraduate in Politics with Economics in 2009, Bokani went on to co-found a sustainability consultancy and software start-up – Vertigo Ventures, but her decision to quit the formal business world and become a full-time artist wasn’t easy.

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Selling Your Work & Making Money As An Artist

A lot changed in April 2018, when she won BBC 1’s ‘The Big Painting Challenge’. In this compelling talk, Bokani discusses how you can become a key person of influence, how to get others to see value in your work and most importantly - sell your art.

After an Undergraduate in Politics with Economics in 2009, Bokani went on to co-found a sustainability consultancy and software start-up – Vertigo Ventures, but her decision to quit the formal business world and become a full-time artist wasn’t easy.

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Communication Masterclass & Working Effectively

In this informative talk, Char shares her Top 10 Tips on working effectively, focusing on well we know ourselves, how to communicate with others, and create sustainable success as freelancers.

As someone who autism, Char has had to work harder than most to master the art of working effectively. As an NLP practitioner, life-coach, LGBT activist, and mental health advocate, Char uses her gift to help others achieve their goals and live successful, well-balanced lives.

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Monetising Your Passion & Learning From Failure

Like many entrepreneurs dream of, Dave Furness started out with his passion and turned it into a lucrative money-making opportunity. As an e-commerce expert, Dave saw an opportunity to help eBay improve they teach customers how to use their products. Now running two successful businesses in Manchester and helping small business owners to sell online.

In this talk, Dave breaks down the journey he went on and the importance of stretching yourself - to the point you are comfortable making mistakes.

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Digital Innovation & Adapting For A New Reality

Technology is rapidly disrupting our world and changing the way people live and the economy we live in. As a leading Silicon Valley specialist advising CEO’s working between technology and human resources, Shey Adass joined us to share her inside knowledge on the importance of innovating within in our industries and adapting to keep up, or more importantly – to get ahead.

In this talk, we explore our role as creators in embracing the digital economy and debate the good, the bad, and the impact it will have for creative businesses.

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Owning Your Personal Power & Telling Business Truths

Creating a world where being human comes first and anything digital comes second, as a tech entrepreneur, inventor of Pillow Talk and Britain’s Strongest woman two years running, Jo knows a thing or two about courage, but it might not be the kind of courage you expect.

In this talk Jo tells some uncomfortable truths about life as an entrepreneur, including financial pressures, the courage of speaking up and connecting with your own power.

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