Oxford Geek Night is a regular meet-up for designers and developers run by Torchbox.
We have 5 keynote teaks of 15 minutes each followed by a musical interlude and 1-minute micro pitch slots. Door will open at 7:00pm with proceedings kicking off at 7:30pm. Please join us, we’d love to see you there:
19:00 – Doors open
19:30 – Welcome
19:35 – Steve Buckley
19:50 – Joe Wass – A lightbox in heavy times
Break (with musical interlude!)
20:30 – Christi Scarborough – Current battleground for digital freedoms
20:45 – Jake Howard – Computer Vision
Break
21:20 – Ben Foxall – Video, time & space
21:35 – Quiz
21:45 – Pitches
22:00 – Close
The ‘hers’ are on tour… TRAMP are your next favourite bunch of quirky Irish queer-dos who are bringing their groovy & infectious live experience to your local spot, and will get you gearing up to smash the patriarchy & love that little inner weirdo who just wants to dance.
Supported by Exeter’s favourite Riot Grrl band, The Maisonettes + South Wales’ own Aderyn, It’ll be a night of celebrating women in the DIY punk/rock scene! SEE YE THERE X
Join us for a launch event to find out everything you need to know about our free Enterprising Women 3.0 business support programme, and whether it’s right for you.
The event will include a panel discussion from an inspirational group of business women. The discussion will be chaired by Paul Forster, Community Manager at SETsquared Bristol.
There will be plenty of time during the event for questions about what it takes to set up and run your own business.
Enterprising Women 3.0 is a supportive and inclusive business support programme, fully funded by NatWest, to help women take their business or idea to the next stage.
You’ll benefit from SETsquared Bristol’s world-class business support and a valuable network to connect with. All costs for the programme are covered, apart from your own expenses.
More information on the programme and how to apply can be found here.
We particularly encourage applications from women with diverse backgrounds, including women from a minority ethnic background, LGBTQIA+ and differently abled women. The programme supports tech, tech-enabled and non-tech businesses.
Join us for a two day live online workshop to take your pitching to the next level – and add pitch-deck creation to your skillset. The first date is 10am – 5pm on 14 November and a follow-up session for feedback will be held 10am-2pm on 28 November.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll understand how to create compelling decks that really sell your story, turning words into visuals that producers and execs won’t be able to ignore. The workshop is suitable for people pitching screenplays and documentary or factual ideas.
This two-session online course is suitable if you:
You’ll walk away with a template you can use over and over and tweak to fit all your different ideas, no matter what genre or format.
The workshop is led by Emma Millions, a seasoned writer and Development Producer with experience in creating industry-standard pitch decks for drama and factual that have helped multiple clients get commissions and move their projects to the next level.
‘CRM is a channel, you can’t do cool interactive stuff in emails, CRM is boring and should be thought about at the end of the process’. Wrong, wrong and wrong. Rob Pellow has been working in CRM for over 10 years and, like most people who end up in that world, he didn’t mean to. However, the amount of opportunity, genuine customer connection and provable, unrivalled ROI that it produces leaves him excited every day.
Join Rob as he helps us understand how and where CRM fits into a marketing stack, what is and isn’t the role of email, and what is and isn’t possible.
This session is open to all but is particularly relevant for client-side people responsible for or interested in CRM, teams that work in CRM but not as a main role, people interested in how to bring brands to life in less commonly discussed channels and people that would like to know how to power up their CRM!
About Rob
Rob is the Executive Technology Director at CRM agency Armadillo. With over 10 years experience he is always positive, seriously knowledgeable and brilliant fun. Rob makes the complex simple.
> See Armadillo’s member profile 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.
The Wake Up Call sessions are exclusively for BCI members – register your free place below!
If you’re interested in becoming a member with BCI, you can read about the membership perks here.
Starting on Thursday 3rd November, the DMA (Data & Marketing Association) UK and Proctor and Stevenson are hosting a series of free talks to entice marketing folk out of their home offices and back to face-to-face knowledge sharing!
The event is open to DMA members, non-members, students and academics, with the aim to bring together the wider marketing community in the West and Wales region.
The first event of the series pits the always-on benefits of brand-building against the one-hit wonders of lead generation, exploring research, stats and case studies to prove the commercial case to your CFO for a shift in your marketing mix.
Follow the link below for more information and to grab your FREE tickets!
Join us for cocktails and conversation, including Richard Browning, founder and chief test pilot at Gravity Industries – pioneering aeronautical innovation company.
Richard Browning’s story is ground-breaking. Building an aviation business from his garage, Richard has demonstrated how grass roots innovation can disrupt established industries in exciting and unexpected ways.
Get a taste of life at ForrestBrown, the UK’s leading specialist R&D tax adviser.
Let’s get to know each other. We’d love to talk what about an exciting career in innovation looks like and learn what makes you tick.
Managing your finances can be complex and frustrating – made even worse by the state of the economy right now and all the unpredictability that comes with it. Jonathan will help you to identify the key things to focus on and how to go about creating a solid financial foundation for your business, whether you are looking to grow or just aiming to survive.
Whenever we’re faced with uncertainty, things can easily get overwhelming and confused about your next move. Are you overreacting and cutting back when you don’t need to, or underreacting which will land you in the red down the line? As a business owner, you need the right information so that you can make bold decisions with confidence. Understanding the story behind your numbers and using that information to move forward will help you make better decisions.
From this talk you will:
– Understand what stage of business you are currently at and why it matters
– Know what area you need to focus on to improve your finances
– Have a better idea of the factors that really matter to you within in each area of focus, from costs to customer acquisition
– Feel more confident about your decisions going forward and get some clarity about next steps
This session is well suited for small and medium creative businesses owners, at all stages. If you are someone worried about the current economic climate, looking to grow but lacking direction, or searching for a better understanding of the things that really matter when it comes to your finances then you will get something out of this talk.
About Jon:
Jonathan is the founder and MD of FD Works, an award winning accounting and business specialist firm based in Bristol, and co-founder of Dext Precision (previously Xavier Analytics).
With decades of experience in the corporate world of finance (including TSB, Arval PHH and Transco, now National Grid), Jonathan uses his commercial and strategic understanding of business and his passion for innovation to help clients see the true potential behind their numbers, and get back to the parts of their business they really love.
This proactive approach has helped many creative SMEs go from strength to strength with one core understanding at the heart of Jonathan’s work – good business is about getting the foundations right.
Tickets
This event is FREE for BCI members however registration is still required. Non-member tickets are £25+VAT.
If you’d like to access this talk for free, you can read all about becoming a BCI member here.
This live training session with BAFTA-winning John Yorke will give an understanding of how stories work and why they’re an essential tool to communicate more effectively, create messages with impact, pitch ideas, and ensure teams have a common language of story.
We’ll look at the essential ingredients all stories have in common and ways to identify them and put them together for practical effect. John will include practical exercises to enhance the learning.
Participants will emerge from the training day with:
● Greater awareness of what makes a successful story
● Working knowledge of the basic building blocks of story
● Understanding of the structural blueprint underlying all successful stories
● Practical tools with which to break a story into its component parts, diagnose why a story isn’t working plus simple ways to fix common problems
● How to apply the principles to their day job
This workshop is being held in collaboration with John Yorke Story, and will be held at the Watershed by the Harbourside from 11am – 2pm.
About John
John Yorke is one of the world’s leading experts in television drama and the winner of numerous awards, including two BAFTAs. He is former Controller of BBC Drama Production, Head of Channel Four Drama, and MD of Company Pictures.
John is founder of the BBC Writers’ Academy – which he set up to train a new generation of TV writing talent in the UK. He works with an expert team of narrative trainers who use John’s principles to teach practical ways to develop drama and learn screenwriting.
John has written and produced some of the world’s most lucrative, widely viewed and critically acclaimed TV drama, from EastEnders to Shameless, Life on Mars to Wolf Hall.
Tickets
Tickets are priced at £50+VAT for BCI members and £75+VAT for non-members. Book your place below!
Join Inkwell founder Chris Goodfellow to understand how to create content that demonstrates expertise and builds trust, and helps push people through the sales funnel. The webinar is a practical session that will help you get the most out of your investment in content marketing.
Key takeaways:
1. Developing your personas to make your content more engaging
2. Creating a word bank that supports your brand guidelines
3. Making your tone of voice guidelines accessible to your team
This session is open to all, but will be particularly useful for those in a senior marketing position.
About Chris
Chris is the founder of Inkwell, which helps companies market to small business owners through content marketing. The agency works with clients like PwC, Innovate UK and Enterprise Nation. Chris believes great B2B content elevates everyday experiences. It doesn’t just look good – it’s practical, accessible and gets to the heart of what it means to run a business.
> See Inkwell’s member profile 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.
The Wake Up Call sessions are exclusively for BCI members – register your free place below!
If you’re interested in becoming a member with BCI, you can read about the membership perks here.
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