What’s on
SHIFT Schedule
Monday 4 September, Establishing Your Mindset
9:30 - 10:00
Morning Cuppa
10:00 - 10:20
Welcome
10:20 - 11.00
Mindset, Terminology, and Warm-Up Activity
11:00 - 11:20
Break
11:20 - 12:20
Meet Your Peers
12:20 - 13:20
Lunch
13:20 - 13:40
Group Discussion
13:40 - 14:40
Starting your Start-Up
14:40 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:20
Group Discussion
16:20 - 17:00
Buddy Time
Tuesday 5 September, Discovering Your Model
9:30 - 10:00
Morning Cuppa
10:00 - 11:00
Pathfinding & Priorities
11:00 - 11:20
Break
11:20 - 12:20
Understanding Your Offer
12:20 - 13:20
Lunch
13:20 - 13:40
Group Discussion
13:40 - 14:20
14:20 - 14:40
Group Discussion
14:40 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 16:00
Building a Flexible Business
16:00 - 16:20
Group Discussion
16:20 - 17:00
Buddy Time
Wednesday 6 September, Nailing the Practicalities
9:30 - 10:00
Morning Cuppa
10:00 - 10:40
Finance, Legal and Operations
Participants will choose one route for the day (either Freelancer, Founder or Social Enterprise) and undertake a session on finance, legal, and operations.
10:40 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 11:40
Finance, Legal and Operations
Participants will choose one route for the day (either Freelancer, Founder or Social Enterprise) and undertake a session on finance, legal, and operations.
11:40 - 12:00
Break
12:00 - 12:40
Finance, Legal and Operations
Participants will choose one route for the day (either Freelancer, Founder or Social Enterprise) and undertake a session on finance, legal, and operations.
12:40 - 13:40
Lunch
13:40 - 14:00
Group Discussion
14:00 - 15:00
Budget Building
15:00 - 15:20
Break
15:20 - 16:00
Electives with our Experts
Michelle Cohen
Mhairi Anderson
Aarti Joshi
Yvonne Battle-Felton
Robbie Gordon
Santini Basra
Emma Blair
16:00 - 16:20
Group Discussion
16:20 - 16:40
Buddy Time
Thursday 7 September, Telling Your Story
9:30 - 10:00
Morning Cuppa
10:00 - 11.00
Understanding Your Audience
11:00 - 11:20
Break
11:20 - 12:20
Finding Your Story
12:20 - 13:20
Lunch
13:20 - 14:20
Electives with our Experts
Angelica Sule
Maria Than
Leoni Rae Gasson
Tena Stivicic
Michiel Turner
14:20 - 14:40
Group Discussion
14:40 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 16:00
Communicating with Different Audiences
16:00 - 16:20
Group Discussion
16:20 - 17:00
Buddy Time
Friday 8 September, Branding & Marketing
9:30 - 10:00
Morning Cuppa
10:00 - 10:20
Community & Network Building
11:00 - 11:20
Break
11:20 - 12:20
Mastering Digital Marketing
12:20 - 13:20
Lunch
13:40 - 14:40
Finding Funding
14:40 - 15:00
Break
15:00 - 15:40
Action Planning
15:40 - 16:00
Group Discussion
16:00 - 17:00
Evaluation & Wrap Up
SHIFT is a partnership between the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, The Glasgow School of Art and Queen Margaret University.


