Returning to Bristol after 4 years in hiatus
A load of fun talks, centered around creativity.
Theme = HAPPINESS
Each talk just 20 slides, 20 seconds each!
SPEAKERS
1. Carl Godfrey (Designer & illustrator)
2. Helen Liang (Creative practice consultant)
3. Vicki Leach (Deadgood Design director and co-founder of Two Girls Co)
4. Andy Council (Artist & spray paint muralist)
5. Maria Quintin (Founder of Bristol Print Museum)
6. Joshua James (Graphic designer)
7. Craig Wightman (Chief Design Officer at Kinneir Dufort)
8. Katharine Hegarty (Architect ARB RIBA & Interior Designer)
(Get in touch via our website if you’d like to speak at this or a future PKN!)
Format: Standing + some seating
Doors: 18:00
Start: 18.30
(4 talks, BEER BREAK, 4 talks)
End : 20:15
From £4 advance (£7 on the door)
MAIN SPONSOR: Boardwalk
20x£20 SPONSORS
See https://pechakucha.co.uk/
Bristol Creative Industries is delighted to be a sponsor of Thursday’s Creative Day at this week’s Bristol Technnology Week, alongside Aer Studios and MyWorld.
Come and discover the cutting edge of digital innovation and creativity at MyWorld’s showcase at Motion, Bristol.
Step into the future at the MyWorld’s Creative Tech Showcase at Motion, part of the renowned Bristol Technology Festival!
Join us and immerse yourself as we explore emerging technology innovations and trends, such as AI, immersive, gaming, sound and how they are going to continue to transform creative industries.
We will be showcasing the technology that has been researched and developed through MyWorld.
What to Expect:
Check out details of the brand new WECA funded Skills Bootcamp in Virtual Production with Sony VENICE 2.
Apply by 09:00 23 October. For more details please see https://www.myworld-creates.com/opportunities/skills-bootcamps-in-virtual-production/
Jingle and Mingle is BACK! Calling all Entrepreneurs, Freelancers and Business Owners!
It’s time to take a break from the hustle and celebrate the season with Bristol’s best and biggest Christmas party!
Join for a night of festive fun, delicious food, live music and a few magical surprises! Whether you’re here to dance, make new connections or find out what 2025 has in store for Social Circle Network, we can’t wait to see you!
What’s included?
More to be announced soon…
So, what are you waiting for?
Grab your friends, your best Christmas jumper and join us for a night that’ll sleigh (pun intended)
This is THE Christmas party you won’t want to miss.
Limited tickets available:
Meet our Sponsor – YTKO
YTKO supports entrepreneurs & businesses with the support of 1:1 coaching, training workshops, e-learning, networking events, grants and more!
Please note by attending this event, you agree to be photographed and have your image used in promotional material.
We can’t wait to raise a glass (or two!) with you! See you at the party!
Join us for an evening of chitchat about social media, content, and community building.
We’ll have a couple of talks, as well as time at the beginning for pizza, drinks, chatting & networking.
Plus the usual favourites Latest News, Social Sin Bin, Stuff We Like and The Tools of Engagement.
How to master:Meta ads
Lia Kelly heads up marketing at The Prince’s Trust and has over 12 years’ experience in digital. Faced with a tighter charity budget in her current role, she got creative with her approach to Meta advertising and successfully doubled conversions while halving CPA in one year. How? Well, you’ll have to get a ticket to find out.
How to define your expertise
What is expertise and how do you prove you have it? Learn how to define the expertise in your business, prove it to your audience and use it to build your brand authority in this talk from Rin Hamburgh, a journalist turned copywriter and now founder and director of Rin Hamburgh & Co.
Are you an Event Manager who works in the creative sector in the West of England and North Somerset?
We’d like to invite you to join our interactive focus group, to discuss the essential skills needed to organise, run and manage successful events.
We will also delve deeper into the skills you think Event Managers will need in the future, taking into consideration the rise in virtual and hybrid events, AI and remote working.
You’ll have the opportunity to take part in discussions around topics such as:
As people at the heart of the industry, your insights are crucial in shaping the Local Skills Improvement Plan and ensuring local training aligns with business needs.
Attendees will have the chance to connect in-person with industry peers, feed into the wider skills strategy for the West of England and North Somerset, plus explore training and resources available in the local area to prepare individuals for a career in event management.
Book today to secure your free place.
Are you an interpreter or translator?
As part of the Local Skills Improvement Plan for West of England and North Somerset, we’d like to invite you to join an interactive, online focus group discussing what skills are needed for translation.
As the global landscape and technology continues to evolve, so do the challenges and opportunities in translation. The need to be able to translate effectively and efficiently across different languages and cultures is paramount, as well as understanding any sensitivities, stereotypes or societal norms that are relevant to the content you are producing.
We’d like to discuss challenges that come with new technology, how we can avoid stereotypes and ensure authentic representation, using AI, translators for less commonly translated languages and more.
You’ll have the opportunity to join in an interactive discussion and meet other translators and translation project managers, all whilst also feeding into the wider skills strategy for your local area.
Book today to secure your free place!
Join the conversation as The Talent Manager, The Film & TV Charity and Bectu sit down with The One Show Executive Editor, Emma Morris to discuss how young production talent in the South West can navigate the landscape in what is a changing and challenging climate. The evening will comprise of a panel followed by open-networking with like-minded peers.
This event will take place on 2nd October from 5:30pm at BBC Studios Bristol, Bridgewater House, BS1 6BX.
*The evening is open to all young people working in Television and Film production in the South-West region. This is generally people 35 years and under and early stage careers.*
Event start time: 5:30pm
Panel start time: 6pm
Networking: 7pm – 8:30pm
Bring Your Own Bold (BYOB) – our virtual summit is back on 2 – 3 October! Join us for 2 days of fresh perspectives and inspiration through expert sessions, panel discussions, and insights from people who love to think and do boldly.
BYOB is made for brand leaders, marketing decision-makers, and creative minds in the B2B world. Our ethos was to create a summit people want, cluing you up on the latest shifts in your world – empowering you to build better brands and deliver more effective marketing.
So join us to embrace your bold with sessions that excite, inspire and empower.
#BringYourOwnBold
Do you keep ‘umm-ing’ and ‘ahh-ing’ whether to trade as a sole trader or a limited company? It this webinar, Yarka Krajickova will help you make that decision a little easier. There is about 5 elements to consider to make such a decision, and she’ll cover 3 which are the most helpful.
This session will be particularly useful for start up businesses, owners who have been going for a while and starting to wonder if it is time to register as a limited company.
About Yarka
Yarka Krajickova came to the UK from the Czech Republic to work as an au-pair in 2002. With just £60 in her pocket and a backpack she went from being homeless in London, to settling in Bristol, and putting herself through university, studying accountancy. Qualified as a licensed accountant, she has 17 years experience in the industry, supporting a wide range of corporate clients in the tourism, hospitality and event hosting industries.
In 2017, Yarka started her own practice and in 2020 launched Action Your Accounts, a ‘you ask – I answer’ accountancy support for female business owners determined to do their own bookkeeping and tax returns and valueing the learnings it comes with. She spends her time hosting interactive workshops, speaking at events and podcasts, and making the information you need about your tax simple to access and simple to do.
> See Yarka’s BCI member profile
> Connect with Yarka on LinkedIn
These Wake Up Call sessions are exclusively for BCI members – register your free place below!
If you’re not yet a member of Bristol Creative Industries and would like to take advantage of this member-only event, you can sign up here. You can also read about the membership perks here.
These sessions take place every other Friday morning from 8.30-9am, for the BCI community to share their pearls of wisdom with one another. The half hour webinars will involve a 15 minute presentation followed by a 10 minute facilitated Q&A, with introductions from the BCI team.
Our community is full of such amazing talent so we’re giving members the stage to talk about things that excite them so they can inspire their peers. The sessions will be a mix of expert tips and tricks and case studies – the perfect opportunity to learn something new before the week is out.
Our usual online format is an interactive ‘meeting’ but for this series we’re running webinars so that it’s easy to listen in while prepping for the day ahead or while having your breakfast! Cameras and mics will be off but you can ask your questions through the chat box or submit them beforehand.
Please get in touch with Sian if you’re interested in speaking at a future session.
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