David will deliver a Webinar for the South Africa Youth Chamber of Commerce. David’s interactive sessions discuss artists’ objectives and personal definitions of ‘success’ before moving on to the essentials of entrepreneurship for creatives. In David’s webinar, he will draw on relevant examples of entrepreneurship from artists and creative entrepreneurs, from his international experience of …
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A New Year and a New Chapter in Bali
It can be lonely to be on your own in a crowd, especially when everyone else is partying. With New Year’s Eve approaching, I decided to leave the busyness of Ubud and instead see in the new year on the coast of Bali. I imagined watching the sun set on the year before sleeping in …
How to Find Your Niche as an Artist
As an emerging artist, or a creative startup, it can be stressful in the early days, until you find your niche and you can make a living by doing what you love. Diellza Ilgner is a Malta-based transdisciplinary performance artist working across theatre, multimedia, and audience-engaged art. Her work addresses social themes like migration, disability, …
How to get the Important Things done
How to get the Important Things done, when there just isn’t enough time? It’s too easy to be busy doing all those smaller and more urgent tasks and never find time to do the big important things. Our excuse is that there just isn’t enough time. “We always have time enough, if we will but …
Strategic Digital Marketing Lecture at OMNES
David delivered a Strategic Digital Marketing lecture for Masters students at OMNES Education in London. Students studying the module “Advanced VR and Immersive Technology” heard David’s perspectives on strategic marketing in the digital industries and innovative technology. David shared his experience of strategic marketing in his own businesses and the successes of his clients whom …
Creative Entrepreneurship in Malta
David delivers online workshops for artists and creative practitioners about Creative Entrepreneurship in Malta. Working in partnership with In Place of War, in collaboration with Arts Council Malta, David helped artists and creatives to become even more successful through CASE Malta, the Creative and Social Entrepreneur Programme. He has delivered workshops for participants in the …
Business Innovation and Culture
David gave an online lecture on Business Innovation and Culture to students in May 2023. He was invited by Munich University of Applied Sciences to make a presentation to masters degree students. David’s talk on Business Innovation and Culture included: – How to use both a-Creativity and i-Creativity in the context of innovation – How …
Training for Culture Professionals in Trenčín
Training for Culture Professionals David delivered interactive creative business training for culture professionals in Trenčín, Slovakia, in October 2022. Trenčín will be European Capital of Culture in 2026. The RUNWAY Program offers training for culture professionals and others in preparation for 2026. David designed and delivered an interactive workshop in “Strategic planning and creative approaches …
The Long and Winding Road to Success
This article about my quirky ‘career’ was first published by Upstairs with the title ‘The pieces will fall into place in the end’. “This illustration is a gift from the Upstairs Community by Pixelgrade, a growing place for creative professionals. Find me in their Hall of Fame and join our community!” An astronaut; a …
Flow & Grow Expert Interview of David Parrish by Tom Bailey
David was the guest in a Flow & Grow Expert Interview with Tom Bailey. The subject of David’s interview was “How to Design a Business for Your Version of Success”. Tom Bailey’s interview format is 7 questions in 7 minutes. You can watch Tom’s Flow & Grow Expert Interview with David on YouTube or as …