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).
This is set to be a very special session. We’ll be welcoming our first ever international artist to the coffee shop.
HEADLINERS: PSEUDO SLANG + A CAT CALLED FRITZ
We are beyond hyped to be hosting the UK leg of Pseudo slang &
A Cat Called Fritz #LongRoadTour. Pseudo is a Chicago-based Jazz-Esque Hip Hop MC with a vinyl-focused catalogue spanning 20+ years. With releases on the legendary fatbeats, subbombin + more, it’s only right he check out wats’appenin in Bristol – the music capital of the UK.
+ At the turn of the first decade of 2000, a stray cat from the Parisian suburbs named Fritz came to skin the bling of the time by imposing his claw on the scene of international indie rap. With multiple EP’s on 7’ in an ultra-efficient jazzy manifesto, the beatmaker earned his stripes with absolute class and insolence.
HOSK PRESENTS + VERY, VERY SPECIAL GUESTS
No lie, you’ve probably bopped to one of his tunes. HOSK has produced music for some of the coldest in UK Hip Hop – Sean Peng, Grim Sickers, Big Raii, Sylla, Yung Toro, People without Shoes… the list goes on. He’ll be blessing the coffee shop and bringing some VERY, VERY special guests…. Trust, you’re not gonna wanna miss this
HOSTING DUTIES: VICE BEATS
If you came to our last event, you’ll remember the absolute vibes that Vice beats brought. A man with credentials ALMOST as big as Hip Hop; Producer, podcast host, educator, composer, his long term involvement in the ever dope Wordplay Magazine and sneaker collector… Vicebeats continuously pushes the culture forward.
DEBUTE PERFORMANCE: Kemikali
Is he a DJ? Is he an MC? Is he a producer? All of that, and more. Kemikali a.k.a Kali Kush comes equipped to the dance with a bag full’a tricks and a whole heap’a lyrics. Residing in Bristol and steadily honing the one-man-band swag; Kemikali will be performing tracks from his forthcoming debut mixtape.
OPEN MIC DJ: BOYCE
Experience the funky flavours of the Caravan Collective head honcho himself. Plugging directly into the decks, Boyce will be on open mic duties spinning a mixture of his own productions and absolute classics. Bring your bars, make your case.
TICKETS £4.20 – £8 from the link above. MOTD.
Hip Hop Coffee Shop.
Organically Grown Hip Hop since 2018.
Hosted by Access Creative College and the National College for Creative Industries, this is a networking opportunity for any employers who want to help shape the future of the creative industry in Bristol.
This event will include an opportunity to network, support discussion around future workforce and understand the training opportunities available through Access Creative College and apprenticeships via National College of Creative Industries.
So if you are a venue, marketing agency, events company, festival, arts organisation, museum or sit within a communications & marketing team please come along…
This month’s free Enterprise Nation meet-up for small businesses in Bristol and surrounding areas is on 30 June at 10am.
Come along ready to share a business challenge or need and the always friendly group of founders will come up with solutions!
The event is hosted by freelance journalist Dan Martin, Enterprise Nation’s local leader for Bristol.
In this workshop, Liz will cover the affects of the pandemic, Brexit, The Great Resignation of 2021, The Gig Economy and how all of these have contributed to our current recruitment challenge.
After setting the scene she will then suggest some solutions and ideas on how you and your team can better recruit; including perfecting your recruitment process, advertising the roles, using job boards, working with recruiters, and much more.
We only have one hour and it’s a lot of information to discuss, so Liz will be offering follow up consultations with those who are interested, at a reduced rate for Bristol Creative Industries members.
About Liz
Liz Gadd is Co-Founder of Moxie & Mettle and has been working in recruitment for just over 30 years! With a previous career in PR and marketing roles, and since then as a recruiter for office, creative, marketing, digital, PR and communications people, she has been busy meeting and placing both permanent and freelance candidates throughout the UK.
Able to advise on all aspects of the recruitment process and highly skilled in sourcing great talent, Liz has worked with agencies and client companies recruiting at all levels. An award-winning recruitment consultant, she is keen to help clients find great talent at all levels and is constantly coming up with new ways of working with clients and candidates alike.
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.
With the personalisation market estimated to be worth £1 billion in the UK, our experts will show you popular products, what to avoid and give you a real return on investment for your business.
Join our laser experts Bryan, Jamie and Craig on 6th July for a special personalisation workshop at our Tortworth Showroom.
Register your interest today and we’ll contact you to reserve your place.
#CRO #Experimentation #UserResearch #Analytics #ABTesting
💥 In association with Experimentation Elite 💥
📍 Kindly hosted by Atomic Smash 📍
JULY’S TOPIC: Alternatives to HotJar.
HotJar is an awesome tool & most Conversion Optimisers use it regularly. But we can’t rely on one tool, so what alternative tools are there and what experience do we have using them?
Come and join us to ask questions and share your own experiences.
5.15-5.30: ARRIVE
5.35: WELCOME
5:45: TALK: Content Square. The features of the platform and some success stories. (Coincidentally now the owners of HotJar :-)).
6:05: DISCUSSION: Chance to ask Content Square questions and share your own stories & experiences of similar tools. Please come with armed with plenty of questions.
6:20: 60 SECOND SHOUT OUTS: Your opportunity for an announcement. Recruiting? Event coming up? Help needed? Selling something? Shout about it.
6:30-7: DRINKS, SNACKS AND CONVERSION CHATS
7: Home? Pub? Opera?…
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INCLUSIVITY: If you’re passionate about Conversion Optimisation we really want you to feel welcome & able to attend. We’d love any feedback or questions to help make it as inclusive, welcoming and accessible an event as possible.
VOLUNTEERS: We have a very small group of volunteers helping to organise this first Meetup, but we welcome any new volunteers who’d like to join the CONVERT gang to support future Meetups. Have a “no obligation” chat with Ryan 😁.
CAR PARKING: There are some paid parking space available at Temple Studios. Spaces 1-20 are available to book through the Ringo app (ID: 38156).
£5 for a ticket: Although Content Square are kindly putting some money behind the bar, we’re also asking for a small contribution. Any money leftover after the event will be donated to a Bristol based charity.
Now is the time for us all to get together, delivery partners and businesses alike, to share insights, stories, and learn more about the support on offer.
Join us at our interactive conference on Tuesday 12 July, with a schedule that’s packed full of important discussions, personal experiences from businesses who have taken part, and further opportunities to network and learn from each other.
There is an excellent range of speakers, showcasing the breadth of support included in the programme. These include:
• Federico Uliana, Director at Pasta Uliana restaurant
• Verity Langham, Disability Champion at Agency UK
• Phoebe Holman, Lead Producer Big Team, Team Love
• Simon Green, BS3 Development Café Manager, BS3 Community Centre
• Seb Keightley, Training, Development and Digital Coordinator at The Green Register
• Martyn Sloman, Director at Gold Dust Training
The event is free to attend, with lunch and refreshments provided throughout the day.
With the deprecation of Target Cost Per Acquisition (tCPA), this session will demonstrate how you can drive lead quality through the roof and bid more efficiently using value-based bidding. Harriet Barter, from paid media agency Launch, will guide you through what value-based bidding is, how it works and how to start using it right away, so you can target the conversions that mean the most to your business.
This webinar is particularly relevant for Paid Media Managers, Digital Marketing Managers and Marketing Directors wanting greater returns from their paid media.
About Harriet
With over 5 years in the paid media industry, Harriet has extensive experience across a wide range of sectors, managing large global brands’ paid media campaigns alongside small locals. A specialist in ecommerce, she knows how to leverage platforms to drive excellent results – from opening client strategies up to Amazon, to rolling out value-based bidding to really show return on investment.
> See Launch member profile here
> Connect with Harriet 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.
In this 90 minute fun and interactive online workshop I’ll be sharing everything you need to know to get started with making stop motion videos. So if you’ve been keen to create something different for your Reels come and join this beginners session with me where you’re going leave inspired to give stop motion a go.
In this 90 minute stop motion workshop we’ll cover:
Tickets are £55 but there is an Early Bird offer for tickets at £45 until Monday June 20th at 11:59pm
This session will be recorded if you can’t make the session live and the recording can be sent to all ticket holders.
Add the promo code: EarlyBird at the checkout to get the early bird offer
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