An informal interactive session on surviving your inevitable errors and using what you’ve learnt to succeed. This is a creative business planning session for all those who dare to fail (brought to you by an accomplished expert in the field). A safe space to share insights and inspiration gained from incompetence and idiocy and tools to help manage the mayhem.
Topics include:
- Failing fabulously with finance and funding
- Super bloopers – How to make better quality mistakes
- Face Plants – Reckless risk management for gutsy gardeners
- Learning from lucky mistakes and happy accidents (and I don’t only mean other people’s)
Mick Smith
Mick Smith is the Creative Business Mentor for the IW Creative Network development programme. He has built up a portfolio of management and organisational development achievements during his career. Currently the Director of Bridport Art Centre, Mick previously ran Quay Arts as Centre Director between 2006 – 2010 and helped support the significant growth and development of ‘a space’ arts in Southampton for 15 years (including 9 years as Chair of Trustees).
A lifelong musician, Mick also has a long and varied track record in professional performance and composition. This has not been achieved without the benefit of a glorious panoply of mistakes, including his own, other people’s and those of the many organisations he has worked for.
In addition, Mick is easily bored and learnt long ago from delivering training, that to create a robust plan, it’s often worth spending some quality time considering what not to do. Designing the worst version of what you have in mind can be energising and hilarious. Mistakes are inevitable in any business. Come along and explore how to survive them and what they can teach you.
Links
Some useful links/resources mentioned in the Zoom session:
Four-word Marketing Plan:
- Aims
- Activities
- Resources
- Costs
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