David delivered a cultural enterprise workshop on strategic planning for leaders of creative businesses and cultural enterprises in Baku, Azerbaijan. Commissioned by the EU-Eastern Partnership Culture and Creativity Programme, and working in partnership with the British Council in Azerbaijan, David designed and delivered the workshop with Georgian expert Shorena Lortkipanidze. “The workshop was …
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The Business of Culture
For many people, the words ‘business’ and ‘culture’ don’t sit comfortably side by side. Some people assume that culture has to be non-commercial to be valid, and therefore to apply commercial thinking to cultural endeavour is to pervert it. But even charities and ‘non-for-profit’ organisations in the arts and cultural sector need to be business-like, …
Creative Business Guide
A useful and readable ‘Creative, Cultural and Digital Industries Guide’ has been published by Business Link West Midlands It is available in hardcopy from Business Link West Midlands and downloadable as a free eBook in PDF format below. This creative business guide was written by David Parrish, author of the book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A …