What’s on

SHIFT Schedule 

Monday 4 September, Establishing Your Mindset

}

9:30 - 10:00

Morning Cuppa

}

10:00 - 10:20

Welcome

Rachael Brown

}

10:20 - 11.00

Mindset, Terminology, and Warm-Up Activity

Abbie Freeman and Rachael Brown

}

11:00 - 11:20

Break

}

11:20 - 12:20

Meet Your Peers

Abbie Freeman

}

12:20 - 13:20

Lunch

}

13:20 - 13:40

Group Discussion

}

13:40 - 14:40

Starting your Start-Up

Sandy Thomson

}

14:40 - 15:00

Break

}

15:00 - 16:00

Leading & Working Collaboratively

Prince Taylor

 

 

}

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

Sandy Thomson

}

11:00 - 11:20

Break

}

11:20 - 12:20

Understanding Your Offer

Sandy Thomson

}

12:20 - 13:20

Lunch

}

13:20 - 13:40

Group Discussion

}

13:40 - 14:20

Electives with our Experts

Aqsa Arif
Andy Arnold
Hanna Kelso
Iona Fyfe
Carol Sinclaire
Hayley McSporran

}

14:20 - 14:40

Group Discussion

}

14:40 - 15:00

Break

}

15:00 - 16:00

Building a Flexible Business

Dr. Tawnya Selene Renelle

}

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

Sally Farrant

}

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

Niki Hutchison

}

11:00 - 11:20

Break

}

11:20 - 12:20

Finding Your Story

Andrew Dobbie

}

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

Sandy Thompson

}

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

Kate Maxwell

}

11:00 - 11:20

Break

}

11:20 - 12:20

Mastering Digital Marketing

Andrew Davis

}

12:20 - 13:20

Lunch

}

13:20 - 13:40

Group Discussion

}

13:40 - 14:40

Finding Funding

Medeia Cohan-Petrolino

}

14:40 - 15:00

Break

}

15:00 - 15:40

Action Planning

Kathryn Welch

}

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.

Learn more