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Facebook Live Marketing Interview in Ukraine

David featured in a Facebook Live marketing interview in Ukraine, answering questions about marketing for creative and cultural enterprises. Questions from viewers were put to David by Anastasiya Nurzhynska. This was the first Facebook Live interview made by the EU-Eastern Partnership Culture and Creativity Programme, which is based in Kyiv, Ukraine. David was working in …

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Enterprise Estonia Creative Industries Presentation

David gave a presentation about his international work supporting business growth and exports to the Enterprise Estonia Creative Industries team. He spoke at Enterprise Estonia headquarters in Tallinn and staff in Enterprise Estonia’s Tartu office also took part in the meeting using teleconferencing facilities. He was invited to share his experience and expertise in designing …

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DBA Business Development Workshop

The Design Business Association has commissioned David Parrish to design and deliver a business development workshop for creative enterprises in the field of design. The workshop will be held in London on Tuesday 25 October and tickets are on sale online now. The half-day workshop “How to Create a Winning Business Development Plan” will help …

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Digital Economy Business Growth – speech in Kosovo

David spoke about digital economy business growth at Innovation Centre Kosovo (ICK) to an audience of 80+ entrepreneurs including digital and creative startups. He was the guest speaker at a special event in Prishtina and spoke about ‘Business Growth in the Creative and Digital Industries’. His presentation included topics such as exponential growth, innovative business …

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Strategic Planning Videos

David Parrish made the following strategic planning videos in partnership with the  Culture & Creativity EU-Eastern Partnership Programme. This programme is designed to help the cultural industries and creative enterprises in Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Moldova. These and other videos were used in free online courses for cultural and creative entrepreneurs. The videos …

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EU-Eastern Partnership Culture & Creativity Programme

David was selected by the EU-Eastern Partnership Culture & Creativity Programme to deliver workshops in Georgia, Belarus and Azerbaijan. He was also commissioned to write and film two online courses for cultural entrepreneurs in Ukraine. Business development in the creative and cultural industries The workshops on business development in the creative and cultural industries were …

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Saudi Arabia Creative Economy Conference

David Parrish was the international keynote speaker at the Ejadah Saudi Arabia Creative Economy Conference at King Abdullah Economic City near Jeddah. The Ejadah Creative Economy Conference and Exhibition (Confex) was the first of its kind in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. David said: “I am delighted and honoured to be invited to speak at …

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Creative Business Workshop at HUBBA Thailand

David delivered a creative business workshop for creative and digital entrepreneurs at HUBBA Thailand. His creative business workshop “Designing Your Creative Business” was attended by more than 30 creative businesses at the HUBBA workspace in Bangkok. David’s interactive workshop focused on business growth using appropriate business models that achieve success in terms defined by the …

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Ten years of ‘T-Shirts and Suits’ book

The first edition of the book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ was published in the UK in November 2005 by Merseyside ACME in Liverpool. Since then, the book has been reprinted in a revised edition in the UK, published as an eBook in various formats, and published in translations in …

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Indonesian translation of creative business article

The creative business article ‘Create Your Own Business Formula’ has been translated into Indonesian by Jodie J Lumanauw. It is online here and can be downloaded, copied, printed and redistributed provided it is not changed or sold. This article is published in English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Portuguese, French, Ukrainian and Indonesian (so far!). Please contact …

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