Survive and Thrive forum - 8 July 2010
Author: Auckland City Council
Fuel the business of creativity by connecting with creative producers and entrepreneurial people from across the region. Learn, be inspired by home-grown success stories, gain practical tips and tools to make your creative projects and businesses fly.
Survive & Thrive | fuelling the business of creativity
Tenacity, flexibility and creative thinking are all hall-marks of businesses and organisations that survive and thrive – even in lean times. And lean times are something New Zealander of the Year, Ray Avery, and keynote speaker for Survive and Thrive, knows all about.
Bridging the developing and developed worlds with innovative products that meet the needs of both markets, social entrepreneur, scientist and inventor, Ray says
“if Aussie is the lucky country, then New Zealand is the clever country.”
He loves the number eight wire Kiwi ‘can-do’ attitude – being the perfect embodiment of those values with the development of low-cost intraocular lenses for people with cataract blindness, Proteinforte, a superfood for people suffering from protein-energy malnutrition but also for athletes in developed nations and now the low cost Liferaft Incubator.
Making a living and even growing your creative business needs that same number eight wire attitude, and Survive and Thrive 2010 [coming up in Auckland on Thursday July the 8th] is set to help.
“It’s not often that the creative sector has the opportunity to be together and focus on some practical learning from people who understand what it takes to survive in business and enterprise today”, says Candy Elsmore from Arts Regional Trust.
“Just the opportunity to meet people from all over the sector can be the start of collaborations and other opportunities.”
Held at The University of Auckland Business School, Survive and Thrive 2010 includes a programme of short workshops, networking and an ‘expo’ of people and organisations working in support and as part of Auckland’s creative sector as well as a presentation from Ray Avery.
Participants can speed network [the business version of speed dating] to make valuable contacts in a flash, as well as gain practical tips and tools from specialist advisors in the workshops, and learn more about who can help them strengthen and grow their creative enterprise. The afternoon programme is full of real-world, practical information and discussion that will help anyone thrive in today’s sometimes challenging business environment. Specialist advisors will help participants explore their money philosophy, tune into the marketing and promotion of what they are doing, undertake a ‘health check’ of their creative business, and learn how to self-manage for success.
The Survive and Thrive 2010 builds on the first Survive and Thrive forum held in 2009 in Manukau City.
“The Survive and Thrive series is all about arming the creative sector with the information, connections, networks and tools to make what we all do sustainable. It’s about going for growth now and into the future,” says Elisabeth Vaneveld from The Big Idea.
Date: Thursday, 8 July 2010
Time: 10:30am - 7:00pm
Location: The University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland Central
Register online here
* Early bird entry fee is $25 inc GST or $30 from 1 July
* Discount for Unwaged $18 inc GST [a current community services card or student ID required]. Limited spaces available.
* Discounted Group Bookings. Buy four full price tickets and the fifth ticket is free.
Survive and Thrive | fuelling the business of creativity is an initiative of the Arts Regional Trust Te Taumata Toi-a-iwi (ART) in partnership with The Big Idea, Survive & Thrive is a public forum, expo and series of workshops for people working in the creative sector.
Posted on: June 17, 2010