Top Tips workshops

These ‘Top tips’ sessions are an excellent way to get practical information and advice on key topics and will be held in the workshop space to the rear of the Atlantis Gallery.

Thursday 18 October 2007

12.30-1.15pm: Creative Space Agency’s Top tips on finding affordable workspace

Trainer: John Burton, Project Manager at Urban Space Management (USM)

Get practical advice on how to find workspace and the opportunities provided by the Creative Space Agency. (CIDA and USM manage the Creative Space Agency, funded by Arts Council England and the London Development Agency)

2-2.45pm: Briffa’s ‘Top tips’ on intellectual property

Trainer: Silas Brown, Solicitor at Briffa (Intellectual Property and Information Technology Lawyers)

Learn how to protect and copyright your work and address issues around rights management and future trends in intellectual property.

3.30-4.15pm: ‘Top tips’ on Trend Prediction

Trainer: Caroline Shaw is an independent Trend Consultant providing 'bespoke' trend predictions

Find out about trend prediction - what it is, how it works, who uses it and how having this knowledge can benefit your creative business.

Friday 19 October 2007

2-2.45pm: The Hub’s ‘Top tips’ on future trends in arts fundraising

Trainer: Wendy Smithers, Director of The Hub

Keep abreast of key trends in arts funding, how to sustain your organisation over the coming years, and what the best funding or income generation opportunities are out there.

3.30-4.15pm: Russell-Cooke's ‘Top tips’ on Legal Structures for Arts Organisations

Trainer: Shivaji Shiva, Partner in Russell-Cooke's Charity Team

Do you have the best legal structure in place for the organisation you are and work you want to do? Company? Charity? CIC? Understand employment issues, liability and other key features each legal structure carries.