Posts Tagged ‘creative networks’

We’re pleased to be supporting this exciting event from Screen Yorkshire on the topical subject of Mobile Apps, which is being held at Barnsley’s Digital Media Centre on Wednesday 21st July.  We all love to use apps,  and with the growth of mobile web there are many key questions facing businesses -  such as:  are business models for apps working; how do I exploit apps to promote my business, and how do I get started?

This event is for developers, agencies, brands and individuals, and aims to help provide some of the answers to these questions, and many more, by putting you in touch with industry experts - both global players, and regional businesses who will share their experiences of developing apps.

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Advertising legend Sir John Hegarty has agreed to speak at Creative Networks for the March event! As Chairman & Worldwide Creative Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), where he presides over one of the most successful and creatively acclaimed agencies of all time, Sir John has been responsible for some of the most celebrated ad campaign’s – from the 1982 Levi’s advert featuring the infamous Nick Kamen stripping off in laundrette, through to the more recent and blockbusting Lynx effect campaign. (more…)

Creative Networks in partnership with Business Link present a FREE evening with the inspirational Linda Barker. The famous Yorkshire interior designer and television presenter shares her story from humble beginnings, her TV career through to running and developing her businesses. (more…)

On Thursday 25th February, Creative Networks presents the founder member of The Human League and Heaven 17. Martyn Ware is one of the leading figures in electronic music. As record producer and artist he has featured on recordings totalling over 50 million sales worldwide during a 27 year career to date, working with artists as diverse as Tina Turner, Terence Trent D’Arby, Chaka Khan, Erasure, and Marc Almond. (more…)

On Thursday 28th January, the first Creative Networks of 2010 presents internationally acclaimed speaker and photographer, Martin Parr.

Martin Parr is probably one of the most influential living British Photographers still working today. With over fifty books and countless exhibitions, Parr is known for his lurid and sometimes shocking use of colour in photography, and his satirical witty approach to documentary photography leaves the viewer not sure whether to laugh or cry. (more…)

It’s Christmas which means it’s time to relax, kick of your shoes, come inside by the fire and take time out to network. On Thursday 17th December from 6pm till late, Creative Networks invites you to Leeds College of Art, where we’ll throw another log on the fire, serve winter drinks, heart warming food and enjoy some live music. (more…)

On Thursday 26th November, Leeds College of Art will be hosting Creative Networks with international creative industries business advisor, trainer and consultant, David Parrish.

Author of the acclaimed book, ‘T-Shirts and Suits‘, David has directly helped hundreds of creative, cultural and digital enterprises, to become even more successful through his own particular approach to integrating creativity and business. A hugely entertaining speaker, this event will be of interest to anyone working within or across the creative, cultural and digital industry sectors of Yorkshire. (more…)

How do artists contribute to Innovation?

Creative Networks boasts itself as the largest and most well attended professional network in Yorkshire for the Creative, Digital and Cultural Industry sectors. On Thursday 29th October, this month’s Creative Network will turn it’s attention to the “worth” of artists and the wider creative community. (more…)

On Thursday 24th September, Creative Networks presents Sonic Arts - put a donk on it! On the night before Expo Leeds kicks off, Creative Networks is proud to annouce that its September speaker is David Rogerson, Digital and New Media Manager for ‘Sound and Music‘, the UK’s landmark organisation for new music and sound. (more…)

On Thursday 30th July 2009, Creative Networks will be setting off on the annual Summer Festival from Leeds College of Art (with a bus going to Holbeck Urban Village), going to ˜Wonderwood™, near the Round Foundry in the Holbeck Urban Village “ so bring your picnic rugs and buckets and spades!! (more…)

Creative Networks is an exciting peer-to-peer networking event that aims to bring together the many professional practices that make up the creative, digital and cultural sectors. With a mixture of high profile speakers, these events provide the opportunity to rub shoulders with movers and shakers across the Yorkshire and Humber region.

The next event will feature Patrick Burgoyne, Editor of Creative Review, speaking on ‘Labels and where to stick them’ along with a chance to see the Final Year Show from students at Leeds College of Art & Design.

Join us on Thursday 25 June from 5pm at the Leeds College of Art & Design in conjunction with partners; the Elsie Whitely Innovation Centre and the West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network. Email bridgetm@leeds-art.ac.uk for more information or to book your place.

On Thursday 28th May 2009, Creative Networks is proud to present Ruth Badger; probably the most famous star of the reality TV Show ‘The Apprentice’, as keynote speaker for our May event.

A lifelong overachiever, Ruth has been swiftly promoted through the ranks in all of her posts, gaining a wealth of experience in Business Management and Sales Development, exceeding targets and growing revenue far beyond expectations. (more…)

Celebrating our first anniversary, Creative Networks presents:

Ajaz Ahmed, is the Founder of Freeserve, the UK™s largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) now known as Orange. His eureka moment came when he bought a PC at PC World in Leeds and nobody in the store could tell him how to get onto the Internet. After much persuasion by him, Dixons launched Freeserve in September 1998 and became the UK™s largest ISP in just three short months. It floated just nine months later at a market cap of £1.5bn and entered the FT 100 soon after, in March 2000 it had a market cap of £9bn. Ajaz was one of the three founding executives to launch the business, seeing it through flotation and the £1.6bn sale to Wanadoo. (more…)

Apart from the being the most talked about networking opportunity for Creative Professionals in Yorkshire, this months Creative Networks event features:

Talks from CITIN announcing another £5m fund for Creative Industries;

Business Link talking through their new structure, products and services - including £3k Innovation Vouchers,

and over 20 support agencies on hand to help you and your Business.

Forget the recession, kick back, enjoy our hospitality and join us and many others at the Creative Networks Annual Business Support Fayre at Leeds College of Art & Design at 6pm on 26th March 2009 (more…)

On Thursday 30th October 2008 Leeds College of Art & Design held its 7th Creative Networks event, entitled ˜Don™t Get Ripped Off!™ featuring a presentation from Gary Townley from the UK Intellectual Property Office.

Attendees were presented with an exciting mix of fact and fun, including why Jelly Babies are popping up everywhere, why Elvis isn™t dead, and the real meaning of TM (more…)