Business Planning Talk

Do you have a business plan? Do you know what goes into a business plan? Paul Shambrook of Business Link North West gives a quick and painless guide to this essential but often-neglected aspect that can form the basis of how you run your business. The talk will cover cashflow forecasts, identifying training needs and how to factor in marketing so that you’ll get a core understanding of what goes into a business plan.

PowerHour Talks
A series of 3 short talks focused on key areas of running your business. Book for one, two or all three and enjoy a drink from the bar while you pick up essential tips.

Writing A Press Release Talk

With freelance PR expert Natalie Persoglio. A one hour guide to writing a press release – the correct way to format your release, who you should send it to, how to make sure your message gets across in the right way, how to work to copy deadlines. Natalie will unravel the secrets of what goes into a good press release. Natalie Persoglio has over 12 years' experience as a marketing professional.

PowerHour Talks
A series of 3 short talks focused on key areas of running your business. Book for one, two or all three and enjoy a drink from the bar while you pick up essential tips.

Funding Sources Talk

With Paul Shambrook, Digital and Creative Services Broker at Business Link NW. Paul gives a whistle-stop guide to a variety of funding sources available to individual artists and small creative businesses, including grant funding, small business loans and sponsorship.

PowerHour Talks
A series of 3 short talks focused on key areas of running your business. Book for one, two or all three and enjoy a drink from the bar while you pick up essential tips.

Writing For Print, Radio and Screen seminar

With BBC WritersRoom North, Matthew Read, co-founder of Dead Ink Publishing and freelance producer Ric Michael, former head of development at award-winning Baby Cow TV.

BBC WritersRoom will discuss their work, which provides valuable support for writers seeking to develop work for both radio and TV and Matthew will give an overview of how the publishing industry is undergoing a change and give an insight into the new world of epublishing. Ric will reveal essential tips for writers aiming to get into TV production and explain the role of the commissioner and how to approach them. The panel will be available for a question and answer session to close the event.

Writing & Pitching For TV

Ric Michael, leads a workshop for aspiring writers and writing partnerships.

When booking, please leave your name and email address. You will need to prepare an A4 treatment of your proposal in advance of this workshop.

1-2-1 Marketing Surgeries For Creatives

A focused, 45 minute session with marketing specialist, Natalie Persoglio.

Come and discuss your work or project and get essential tips on how to get press coverage and grow your reputation. If your event or project needs some introductory marketing guidance, then this is the ideal place to start. There are five slots available.

Natalie has worked in arts and entertainment marketing/PR and journalism for more than 13 years, working as a journalist for numerous music and games magazines. Please leave your contact email and phone number when booking, we will contact you before the event to get advance details of your business or project.

Trafford Artists Network meeting

A talk by a leading artist whose work is being shown in the Altered States exhibition running in the Lauriston Gallery at Waterside from from Oct 23rd to Jan 8th. This exhibition coincides with Manchester Science Festival and explores how contemporary art has been inspired by biomedical science.

Navigating MediaCityUK

Navigating MediaCityUK returns with an updated and informative day of events to bring the most exciting media development of a generation closer to you. If you want to get involved with MediaCityUK, then come along to these events which combine chat show, Q&A, networking and marketing.

Meet key individuals involved in the development, listen, question and make connections that could lead you into the heart of MediaCityUK. With youth targeted daytime events aimed we continue to demystify and open up MediaCityUK; to help you navigate your own journey.