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Entrepreneurship For Creatives Short Course

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Develop essential interpersonal and practical skills to succeed in the creative industries. Learn to profit from opportunities as an artist, designer, or creative professional.

Course description

Course overview

This course aims to assist in developing a range of interpersonal and practical enterprise skills to help artists and creatives profit from opportunity.

Alongside their talents, artists, designers, image makers and creative professionals have prospered through a variety of means to become successful practitioners or build businesses within the creative industries.

The course will include sessions on idea generation, publicity stunts, innovation, trend forecasting, crowdfunding, presentation and creating an inspired sales pitch.

City law firm Laytons LLP is offering a free business name check and trade mark search to delegates on this course.

This course is available both on campus or online.

Who this course is for

This course is ideal for artists, makers, designers, photographers or any other creative professionals wishing to develop their entrepreneurship skills.

Key information

Topics covered

  • Through a series of workshops, you will learn how to focus, negotiate, construct networks, create a vision and work with others
  • Gain insights into trends, innovative promotion, and attracting attention 
  • Understand more about risk, key legal aspects and business strategy
  • Learning about these topics will assist you in pursuing an entrepreneurial outlook which can inspire a new sense of direction
  • Get to hear directly from creative entrepreneurs, gain an insight into their journey and ask them questions

Learning outcomes

  • You will develop an entrepreneurial mindset which will broaden your perspective, whether you are a creative freelancer, starting an arts/crafts practice, or design business.
  • Cultivate a range of interpersonal and practical enterprise skills to help you profit from opportunity
  • Become more confident in yourself and your creative future
  • Digital badge and certificate of attendance

Materials

On campus or online

  • A notebook and pen
  • It would be useful for the second session for you to bring small samples, photographs or print outs of art/design works or your creative products/ services

If you are taking this course online, please see our Guide to taking online short courses.

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