Creating new creative networks... East London Creative Business Women Network / September 2013

It's really nice to be contacted by a genuinely passionate and determined women who throws herself into what she is creating with full gusto... which is what East London Creative Business Women Network is all about!

And Jessica Rose; Award-Winning Entrepreneur and Founder of the London Jewellery School is just that and more.

So it's exciting she will be co-presenting the next East London Creative Business Women Network meeting 30.09.13 at The Create Place...

I was unsure how things would shape up now Petra, our co-founder is taking a fully active member role i.e. could it be done, should it be done and how??

And literally as I was re-evaluating the network Jessica's email popped into my inbox...

Nuff said - answer received loud and clear...

You can book a place via http://elcbwn.eventbrite.co.uk/

And pay what you want on the night to show what value you believe you gained and support the growing of the network i.e. pay for venues, refreshments and the time it takes to do the marketing...

See you there! 

About Jessica: 

Multi-award winning entrepreneur and business expert Jessica Rose is the owner and Director of the London Jewellery School, the world's largest jewellery training centre. She set up the business aged just 21 in 2009 with only one class a month from a community hall in South London and now the school is a huge success having trained over 7,000 students with the running of over 50 classes per month. Her achievements in building a thriving business from scratch have been recognised by the local and national press including features in Marie Claire, The Times, Vogue, Daily Mail and Daily Experss to name a few and she has stared in interviews/ documentaries on the BBC, ITV and Sky News. She is also a regular blogger for huffinton post and ambassador of a number of organisations supporting young people and women in to business. For more on her story see - http://www.jessicaroselondon.com and for more about the London Jewellery School visit http://www.londonjewelleryschool.co.uk 

East London Creative Business Women Network FB page - come and join in!

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Are you Open To Create... 3 month volunteer placement offered. Deadline 20th September 2013

I have been a volunteer on and off for over 20 years and know first hand the amazing benefits of volunteering. I have run different volunteer, intern and work placement programmes for over 15 years and love the satisfaction of a person willing to contribute learn and grow from being willing to give to a company.

Charlotte Hogg was an intern whilst I was working with Bow Arts - she was an awesome, go getting woman on a mission to suck up as much experience from working in the gallery, curating P1 show through to handling the rain on the opening night of the Open Studios with grace and good humour. She went onto to secure a place on the Whitechapel Interns programme and now works for the Royal Academy... 

See Charlotte's reference below...

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   Charlotte Hogg

   Press Assistant at Royal Academy of Arts

   
   

   Anna has a clear can-do attitude which makes even the hardest of tasks seem like light work. Dependable, committed and loyal, Anna is a pleasure to work with. Being a natural people person she is happy to share these wonderful qualities with an ever growing professional network, one that helped me begin my own career and which I know has helped many others in turn. My time...more

   May 24, 2011, Charlotte worked indirectly for Anna B. at Bow Arts Trust

So it's a little nerve wracking to admit to limitations of any kind? Especially when it requires bringing new people to your inner world of your business...

But it's time to take the plunge at Open To Create... so I can focus on more strategic grow whilst knowing the detail is being handled.

We are offering a 3 month volunteer placement at 1 day a week...

Deadline for applying is 20th September 2013.

See below for a link to the role description...

Open To Create... volunteer role description deadline 20th Sept 2013 from Anna B Sexton

Ignite Your Creativity Day Retreat in The City @ The Create Place 21.09.13

Picture yourself slipping away for the day to a magical place hidden in the East of London - that really is a hidden gem...

One step through the front door into the creative making hub you will feel inspire, welcomed and at home.

This bespoke creative making and thinking day has been specially made for those of you who find it hard even to retreat away from the city for a weekend.

Venue

The Create Place, 29 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PJ

Directions

What will you being doing?

Together during the day you will re-ignite your unique version & vision of creativity in this special hub space created to champion all forms of creativity in the heart of bustling East London.

You will be encouraged and supported to play with making your own personal road map, hand folding and filling your personal guide book and experiment with your unique creative ways to think and make creatively on your own or in groups.

The session runs promptly from;

10am - 5pm Saturday 21st September 2013

Investment of your time 7 hours over a Saturday £80 / £60

We deliberately keep the group size intimate to no more than 12 places*

For your gift to yourself you will receive;

Benefits - based on feedback from previous retreaters

• Feeling myself in free flow and connection within an extraordinary group
• The reconnection I had with my own sense of play
• The feelings of great joy from creative making especially my handmade book
• Being in the group helped me to see I can do what I creatively love to do and that what was missing was the 'community' of creative explorers to do this with me
• Re-connection to fun whilst being grounded and connected at the same time
• How important being in a trusting and supportive atmosphere brings about pure creativity, love, warmth and this helped my creative process no end
• To know in myself I am on my right path
• To have re-discovered that place within me where creativity lives - to have re-discovered my creative engine

Features

• Personal creative coaching and mentoring from Anna B. Sexton on both days
• Work with guest creative professionals - Penny Stanford - hand made book maker & fine art printer
• All creative materials
• Morning tea & coffee and pastries
• Afternoon tea

* one place on the day is gifted to those of you who feel a calling to join in & right now it's not doable to join please email anna@opentocreate.com for more details of how to apply

Call Anna B. Sexton 07941 655 856 to let us know your needs

or email anna@opentocreate.com

Join in with the conversation via Open To Create... dedicated events page

https://www.facebook.com/events/379197532198076/