David was a keynote speaker at an Entrepreneurship Conference in Moldova. The “ENABLE Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Employ your Creativity” Conference was held in Chisinau from 14-17 September 2017. David also delivered a ‘Marketing for Creatives’ Masterclass and hosted a ‘Creative Breakfast’ meeting as part of the Entrepreneurial Conference events. The organisers and project drivers of the …
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Interview for Online Creativity Event
David was invited to take part in an online creativity event, to share his experience of creativity and empowerment in the creative industries world-wide. The online creativity event was hosted by Gunhild Lorenzen, a licensed transpersonal psychotherapist, master of creative transformation, inspirational life coach, artist and a published author. David’s interview with Gunhild for the online …
Orange Economy Speaker in Bogotá, Colombia
David was a keynote Orange Economy speaker at the Orange Festival events to promote the creative industries in Colombia. The Orange Festival (Festival Naranja) was organised by Bogotá Naranja, festival events included speeches and presentations, discussion panels, interviews, workshops, and networking meetings. David gave a keynote speech: “Successful Creative Entrepreneurship in the Orange Economy Worldwide”. He …
Creative Business meeting at Chiang Mai University
David was the guest speaker at an academic meeting about creative business at Chiang Mai University. At the Faculty of Business Administration, David talked about creative business and business models in the creative industries with academic staff in the Management Department. He also shared some creative business examples from his work with creative entrepreneurs around …
Business Creativity Speech in Chiang Mai, Thailand
David Parrish gave a Business Creativity speech in Chiang Mai, Thailand, at the ‘Punspace’ workspace creative hub for digital nomads, startups and creative entrepreneurs. He made a presentation entitled ‘How to Profit from Creativity in Business: Think Creatively to Achieve Success’, drawing on his own experience as an entrepreneur and his work in more than 50 …
Creative Business Case Study published
A new creative business case study has been published in the ‘Ideas in Action’ series, which features creative entrepreneurs from around the world. This ‘Ideas in Action’ article reports on social entrepreneurs in Lithuania who combined their creative talents with smart business thinking. In this way, they reached a far bigger audience in Lithuania and …
Creativity Summit Speaker
David was invited to be a Creativity Summit speaker, to talk about “Creativity in the Studio – and in the Business Office”. The theme of the Creativity Summit was “Increase your productivity and profits without compromising your creative flow”. The Creativity Summit was broadcast from Australia and streamed on 22-24 May. In the Creative Summit, …
Creative Business Workshops in Porto
David delivered two ‘Action Talk’ creative business workshops in Portugal in association with Livraria Lello, Porto’s world-famous bookshop that inspired JK Rowling. He also participated as a guest speaker in one of a cycle of Talks about the creative industries and the future of the city of Porto. The creative business workshops were designed to …
Startup mentor appointment in Bosnia & Herzegovina
David has been appointed as a startup mentor to advise creative and digital startups in Bosnia & Herzegovina. He has joined the team of startup mentors at SPARK Business Park in Mostar. His appointment as a mentor follows David’s work with Swiss EP at Swisscontact to deliver workshops and to mentor startups at SPARK Business …
Donegal Creative Industries Events at Enterprise Week
To help develop Donegal creative industries, David delivered a keynote speech on creativity and business in Donegal, a county that is leading the way by developing its creative industries in the context of the county’s Strategic Action Plan for Creative Entrepreneurship. He was commissioned by the Local Enterprise Office Donegal through their Creative Coast Donegal …