As part of this year's development programme, members of the IW Creative Network are invited to apply for the following special opportunity to help develop your creative business:
Are you a creative or cultural organisation wanting to focus on sustainability and growth?
Maybe you’re a for profit creative organisation looking to diversify streams of income, establish new markets for your product or service or seek investment?
Perhaps you’re a not-for-profit creative organisation wanting to develop your audience and funding strategy to sustain and deepen your impact, or even to develop a more commercial offer?
Either way, if your work is in the creative industries, the IW Creative Network can offer you x2 online free business mentoring sessions to help your organisation develop with experienced Creative Business Mentor Mick Smith. This offer is intended to support organisations who are already constituted/incorporated (although we will consider those on the verge of this).
If this is you, apply now as places are limited to x5 organisations!
Mick Smith has a long history of providing creative business mentoring including for Creative Growth Southampton, IW Creative Network, and Solent LEP. He has also been a core team member of the ‘Flying Start’ Programme (providing entrepreneurship and business support to graduate creative businesses across the UK).
Mick also has held a portfolio of management and organisational development roles, including at Director level both for Bridport Art Centre and Quay Arts. Other achievements include managing the delivery of a creative industries business incubation space at Arts University Bournemouth, providing bespoke organisational development support on behalf of the Creative Industries Development Agency in Tower Hamlets, and supporting the significant growth and development of ‘a space’ arts in Southampton for 15 years (including 9 years as Chair of Trustees).
In addition, Mick has a lifelong creative practice of his own as an accomplished musician, playing piano and guitar to a high standard. His long and varied track record in professional performance and composition includes live performances in 27 countries (including broadcast TV in 4 of these) recording and composing for commercial release and touring with various artists/bands along with writing for film (premiered at Cannes) and theatre.
What others from the IW Creative Network have said about Mick:
“I came away feeling that I had a firm foundation to continue forward.”
“Mick helped steer me into the right research and resources and helped me formulate a clear plan of how to achieve my goals and weigh up the best options for me.”
“Mick had a really broad base of experience to draw on so was able to provide advice on many different areas.”
DEADLINE TO APPLY: Monday 20th May 2024, 12pm noon
CLICK HERE TO APPLY! x5 places are available. Sessions will last x2 hours each.
All applicants will be contacted shortly after the deadline to inform them whether or not they have been successful.
If you have any questions or require support filling out the online application form please email georgia@creativeisland.org
