We now have all 10 participants for Creative
Economy Coaching
About the coaching.
New Leaf Life Design has now allocated all 10 free places of individual monthly Creative Economy business coaching.
- Each session of coaching lasts 90 minutes
- Each participant is entitled to a total of 5 sessions
- Each participant will also be eligible for a half day one to one IT to help develop Social Media within their business.
- All participants will be invited to form a creative nexus group that will provide enduring self-support after the project finished.
Where?
New Leaf Life Design, The Coach House Suites, Rumwell Hall, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1EL
When?
The coaching will be starting in November 2011 and ending in March 2012.
Eligibility?
The Project has recruited 10 visual artists who are sole traders / small businesses. An application process ensured that all participants were committed to sustainable business development. Priority was given to applicants who have not benefitted from training and business development initiatives previously offered for the creative sector in Somerset. These participants are visual artists sole traders but we did not exclude applications from sole traders working in the creative sector.
Goals of the coaching
- Greater confidence in creative industries managers by increasing personal development and skills.
- Increased levels of sustainability by developing a stronger business model.
- Awareness of greater ‘business’ potential by using social media
- Development of a Creative Nexus group that will provide enduring peer support after the project finishes
- Strengthened business networks, collaboration andpartnership development through participation in a shared learning/business development programme.
- The coaching will help participants develop a competitive advantage by helping to create the conditions for growth in the creative sector.
Project Evaluation
The Project will be evaluated by the project partners and participants and a project report compiled. In order to assess impact the Evaluation will include a questionnaire circulated 6 months after participants complete their coaching. An economic baseline will be established at the start of the coaching process and re-evaluated at the end of the process. The final part of the coaching process will involve a day of Action Learning where the project will also be finally evaluated. This group will be the formation of the creative nexus group.
Partners
New Leaf Life Design – Project Director and Coach Becky Wright
Your IT Now – IT Computer social media service – Alex Roland will be offering 10 half day sessions of IT social media support. The Space@Tracebridge – Sustainable training centre for network hub meeting owned by Katie Venner. Katie Venner has extensive experience of the Creative Industries as a coach and action learning set facilitator. She is Project Advisor to New Leaf
Becky Wright Coach – is a Member of the Association for Coaching and a qualified counsellor with a wide experience of helping people develop their personal lives andbusiness She isa fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Winston Churchill Trust. Much of Becky’s experience has grown from her work within the health services and private practice. Her company New Leaf Life Design was established in 1992. Becky is also a coach for Harley Street Coaching.
This project is 50% funded by Somerset County Council (Creative Industries Development Fund)
