Category Archives: creative

Creative Republic Launch Party and Charter

(Photos by me and Isabel - thanks!)
Last night was the launch of Creative Republic and was a great evening. Well done to everyone who helped make it happen, and congratulations again to Pete on Created in Birmingham’s first birthday.It was nice to meet some new people, chat to those I already knew and make ‘real [...]

By stef | Posted February 22, 2008 in Birmingham, Blog, Events, birminghamuk, creative, creativerepublic, cultural, leadership, party | Comments (11)

Andrew Dubber does exist

I can confirm that Andrew Dubber does, in fact, exist.
For some reason we’ve been living in the same city, doing similar things, knowing the same people and not actually meeting up ever. So to put an end to that we hooked up for a coffee yesterday evening at Jibbering in Moseley.
John Mostyn joked that there [...]

By stef | Posted February 15, 2008 in Birmingham, Music, birminghamuk, creative | Comments (0)

Creative Republic is Open for Business!

Creative Republic is now open for business, but what is it, and what’s it for?
Changing Economics 
Birmingham is going through something of a change at the moment. The long-standing manufacturing-based economy has moved onto a heavily ’service’-based economy over recent years and there is increasing discussion on the possibility that we are moving into what’s being [...]

By stef | Posted February 12, 2008 in Birmingham, birminghamuk, creative, cultural, upyerbrum | Comments (3)

My “leadership development day” on the cultural leadership programme

I’ve just arrived home from an excellent day on the Cultural Leadership Programme’s (CLP) “Leadership Development Days” programme, and while it’s fresh I’m going to write up an overview of what it was all about and what I got out of it.
CLP is all about raising skills in the creative and cultural sector - something [...]

By stef | Posted February 10, 2008 in Blog, creative, cultural, development, leadership, training | Comments (5)