Understanding the psychological drivers of human behaviour is a vast and growing area of academic research, broadly referred to as behavioural science. During this full day workshop we will explore some of the latest research in this area and introduce some of the psychology underpinning customer behaviour in a modern, online world. Whether you have a passion for a specific area of digital marketing, or whether you just want to find out why you prefer Nike trainers to any other brand, there will be something in this session for you.
Areas we intend to cover include:
Join Dr Tom Bowden-Green and colleagues from Bristol Business School for this fully funded (free) introduction to marketing and behavioural science, exclusively for BCI members. Your place at this workshop includes refreshments, lunch and car parking.
This workshop is being delivered by Dr Tom Bowden-Green and colleagues from Bristol Business School UWE Bristol as part of the Digital Skills Project, funded through the West of England Combine Authority’s Workforce for the Future (WftF) programme for eligible businesses*. This taster session for BCI members will introduce you to the type of support you can access to develop your digital skills and provide details on how you can register to attend further digital marketing and digital skills workshops and access the wider programme support available.
*Workforce for the Future is free for small to medium sized businesses and their employees with less than 250 employees, based in the West of England. This includes Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
PLEASE NOTE – this event is now fully booked, however you can still register to be added to the waiting list.
People are bombarded with communications every day. But how do you create memorable comms that cut through the clutter in a world jam-packed with information?
Join Jodi Speight, Founder of The Culture Club, as she shares her top tips for making your communications stand out. Whether it’s your team, your clients or even your colleagues, Jodi will share a few simple and practical tips you can use to make sure your communications will be remembered.
About Jodi
Full of energy and happiest arm-waving in front of a flip chart, The Culture Club’s relationship director Jodi has an in-depth understanding of people and how to motivate them. She loves to get your people engaged and inspired, whether that be working with leadership teams to develop skills or partnering with clients to cut through the noise, stay focused and deliver impactful communications.
> See The Culture Club’s member profile here
> Connect with Jodi on LinkedIn
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.
Since July 2019 I have been organising a monthly Meetup for BD people in Bristol… it’s a great mix of in-house BD people, business owners responsible for BD, independent consultants, and suppliers of BD related services.
It all started as a solution to the problem of BD being quite a lonely profession, but has become a great resource for learning and collaborating too.
The format is a ’round table’ type discussion, where everyone can contribute, with a maximum number of 15 people attending any given event.
The subject matter is always BD related, and based on the format there is no ‘selling’ or ‘presenting’, just honest discussion and debate and sharing of knowledge.
The events are held online at 9am on the second Wednesday of the month (follow the Eventbrite link below to see more dates).
Since July 2019 I have been organising a monthly Meetup for BD people in Bristol… it’s a great mix of in-house BD people, business owners responsible for BD, independent consultants, and suppliers of BD related services.
It all started as a solution to the problem of BD being quite a lonely profession, but has become a great resource for learning and collaborating too.
The format is a ’round table’ type discussion, where everyone can contribute, with a maximum number of 15 people attending any given event.
The subject matter is always BD related, and based on the format there is no ‘selling’ or ‘presenting’, just honest discussion and debate and sharing of knowledge.
The events are held online at 9am on the second Wednesday of the month (follow the Eventbrite link below to see more dates).
Since July 2019 I have been organising a monthly Meetup for BD people in Bristol… it’s a great mix of in-house BD people, business owners responsible for BD, independent consultants, and suppliers of BD related services.
It all started as a solution to the problem of BD being quite a lonely profession, but has become a great resource for learning and collaborating too.
The format is a ’round table’ type discussion, where everyone can contribute, with a maximum number of 15 people attending any given event.
The subject matter is always BD related, and based on the format there is no ‘selling’ or ‘presenting’, just honest discussion and debate and sharing of knowledge.
The events are held online at 9am on the second Wednesday of the month (follow the Eventbrite link below to see more dates).
In this jam-packed session for entrepreneurs, receive expert advice to support you on your business journey. Expect practical tips, inspiring stories, and a fun, interactive Saturday. Leave armed with all you need to grow your business!
A day for prospective creative and technical students to explore Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and find out what it has to offer for study in September 2023.
Undergraduate Students ( BA/FdA Production Arts & Costume)
You will have the opportunity to:
Please note , students and parents are responsible for organising their own day of activity (eg. booking onto welcome talks which fit with the other workshops etc).
Production Arts
If you are booking onto a Production Arts session please note that you will be busy for the whole duration of your ticket time. If you would like to book onto other course sessions please ensure you book a ticket outside of the designated Production Arts time.
In addition, students interested in studying Production Arts are invited to view our second teaching site, Christchurch Studios via a guided tour. Please note, this is approximately a 20 minute walk away.
Postgraduate Students (MA Directing, Voice, Writing and Performance Design)
All students will have the opportunity to:
Please note, prospective students may only bring two guests, however, we can only guarantee one guest into talks and if you bring more than one they may be asked to wait in the refreshments room on site.
Please note that the School is a separate entity from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre. Our main site Downside Road, is situated in Clifton in the North of Bristol. Our full address is: 1-3 Downside Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2XF.
Please note that we do not have visitor parking on site however, please use parkopedia to find local parking.
If you are travelling by train, Bristol Temple Meads is the main station, from there you can get the number 8 bus to Downfield Road, just opposite the back of the school. Please note that there are planned maintenance works taking place on rail lines across the South West over this weekend, so please take this into account before you travel.
Alternatively, we are in close walking distance of Clifton Down Station, but please check the times of the connecting trains from the mainline station.
NFTs. Are they good? Or are they evil? Er, what are they anyway? All valid questions. And perhaps the most pertinent question of all: can your brand or business use them to generate attention/noise/revenue or a combination of all three?
Norts of Bristol-based NFT Peeps will take you on high-octane breakfast-time romp through what the fuss is all about, what you can flag as fact and falsehood, and how you can prepare for a world drenched in web 3.0.
This topic is perfect for those keen to explore the creative possibilities of non-fungibles and where this playful puppy might be heading. It will be pitched for beginners and dabblers avoiding abstruse technological terms at all times. It will be serious… serious fun.
About Norts
Longtime copywriter. Occasional musician. Intermittent strategist. Dedicated creative technologist. Energetic funturist (Yes it says funturist.) Norts is a bit of a dog’s dinner. However The New Statesman recently called him an artist, so he’s delighted with that particular label.
Norts is co-founder of the award-winning NFT Peeps alongside code maven Derek Ahmedzai. They work in web 3.0 but also help others with creative AI, AR lenses, digital interactivity and web building. What’s not to like?
> See Norts’ member profile here
> Connect with Norts on LinkedIn
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.
As the world opened up once again, we were keen to offer our members more creative ways of networking, so we teamed up with Outside to organise these networking sessions with groups of 12 people (similar to our members’ lunches) who are keen to don their walking boots and explore the stunning countryside around Bristol and Bath. A great opportunity for members to make some new connections within the industry whilst getting some much needed fresh air!
The meeting point for our Walk & Talk will be this car park in Keynsham (BS31 2FD), ready to set off for the walk at 9.30am. The car park is just around the corner from Keynsham train station for those who would prefer to travel by train. We will explore the Avon Valley for an approx. 2.5 hour circular walk, with the option to stay and carry on chatting in the Lock Keeper pub afterwards, perhaps with a nice cold drink and some lunch.
During the walk, you’ll get to spend 10-15 minutes chatting to each of your fellow walkers. No agenda as such, just clear open space for thinking, connecting, sharing experiences about your businesses and exploring possibilities. The BCI team will be joining the group too so it’s a great chance to chat to them about getting the most out of your BCI membership.
This event is exclusively for BCI members and registration is required in advance via the button below. For those who are also members of Outside, this event is free of charge. If you’re not a member of Outside, the cost will be £10+VAT.
Our members’ lunches, a long term fixture in the BCI events calendar, are still continuing as normal every month (mixture of online and in-person) throughout the year, but we want to keep offering these walking sessions too which will start from different locations around the area on a quarterly basis.
GYDA Masterminds are regular, growth centric workshops for agency leaders, where;
*All GYDA coaches are agency founders who now help other agency leaders to build and grow better
It’s a 12 month programme where the agenda is set by you and your fellow BCI members, given the challenges and opportunities you’re facing right now.
However, the following key themes are common conversations in all GYDA Masterminds:
12 months rolling membership of a dedicated BCI & GYDA Mastermind LIVE, which includes;
You can find more information about the GYDA LIVE Mastermind here.
£349 + VAT per month (payable annually in advance, or monthly on receipt of invoice) for 12 months
These Mastermind sessions are exclusively for BCI members and are aimed at agency leaders (founders, shareholders, directors) with teams of 6-40 employees*.
* Cohorts are organised by agency headcount and your fellow Mastermind members will run businesses that are similar in size to your own. This ensures the conversation within the room is always relevant.
Each member has different goals, different challenges and different opportunities.
That being said, our members typically;
To register or find out more, please email [email protected]
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