Collaborating with others can be a rewarding experience, enabling you to generate new and exciting ideas, and develop new opportunities for your creative practice. 

You may already be working with others, about to embark on a new collaboration or looking for ways to develop new partnerships. This interactive workshop will take you through the essentials, top tips and tools for making sure your creative ideas are pushed forward effectively, and avoiding difficulties to deliver a successful project. 

·       How to use social media to develop your networks and find collaborators

·       Kick-starting projects when working with new partners, to minimise potential difficulties

·       Tips for turning creative ideas into action, to make sure things get done

·       Using online tools to manage collaborations flexibly and productively, so that you can focus on the creative output

WHO’S IT FOR?

Designer-makers and creative businesses at all stages.

ABOUT THE TRAINER:

Alison Coward is the founder of Bracket www.bracketprojects.co.uk a consultancy that helps freelancers and businesses collaborate effectively through the use of online tools.  She has a background as a creative business advisor, and has worked for organisations such as Hidden Art, Contemporary Applied Arts and ECCA (Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts). Alison also runs Bracket Creative www.bracketcreative.co.uk an agency that brings together independent freelancers to collaborate on commercial projects.

Northington Street
WC1N 2NP London
United Kingdom

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (GMT)

Cockpit Arts

Cockpit Arts is a social enterprise and the UK's only creative-business incubator for designer-makers. We are a renowned hotbed of creative talent, focused on nurturing and supporting talented designers and artisans with a craft basis to their work.

We help 165 resident designer-makers to grow their businesses and hundreds more through our dedicated professional development workshops. We work with both new and established businesses aiming to increase profitability without compromising on creativity. Our incubator package is proven to fast-track business success and includes managed studios, on-site one to one business development coaching, professional development workshops and events, Open Studios, promotional and selling opportunities, resource centers and office facilities.

Exceptional work is created at Cockpit including: fashion, jewellery, interior products, specialist crafts and more. We organise high-profile events to showcase and promote the creativity of UK designer-makers. This includes our renowned Open Studios, which offer the public an opportunity to see behind the scenes and buy direct from the designers.