Creative Entrepreneur Event returns to Salford for the second time
Monday 7 December 2015
THE Award winning Salford Business School hosted its second successful Creative Entrepreneur event at MediaCityUK on 25th November.
The aim of the event was to pull together the different business centres of Digital, Social and Sports to educate and entertain the next generation of global entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.
Nearly 500 people attended the free event including industry professionals, students and staff, all ready to be educated, informed and entertained.
The event showcased masterclasses, panel sessions, installations and performances from 40 local and international industry experts inspiring many individuals.
The event was kick-started by a keynote from internationally recognised Cindy Krum, CEO of MobileMoxie, a mobile marketing consultancy. Cindy shared enlightening stories of her own personal experiences that inspired her top tips on being a successful creative entrepreneur.
Cindy Krum’s speech-Tweets:
Cindy Krum @Suzzicks top tips & lasting quote "make it look easy, and it will become so" #CreativeEnt pic.twitter.com/TTJzj9b7X5
— Comms Management (@Education_CM) November 25, 2015
Photo of the top 7 tips:
How #CreativeEnt #passion4digital is actually #creativity do you have technical creativity? pic.twitter.com/icWsw27rR8
— JEMSS (@JEMSSEU) November 25, 2015
One of the tips:
Networking as an #entrepreneur will help you keeping on track @Suzzicks #CreativeEnt pic.twitter.com/XwLpz1Tw6u
— JEMSS (@JEMSSEU) November 25, 2015
Networking as an entrepreneur will help you keep on track – tweets from others:
Cindy Krum @Suzzicks from Colorado discussing work behind the scenes in companies - likens to ballet #CreativeEnt pic.twitter.com/GASdbhYjLN
— Salford Biz School (@salfordbizsch) November 25, 2015
Cindy Krum Ballet – tweets from other people:
Cindy’s keynote inspired delegates to take to social media and engagement increased from here on with delegates sharing their thoughts along with key quotes and takeaways from the day.
According to @hashtracking, #creativeEnt generated 8,705,721 Twitter impressions with 1,357 tweets recently. https://t.co/HNeTyqoBd6
— Alex Fenton (@alexfenton) November 26, 2015
Fourteen sessions were held in either The Egg Suite/Digital Performance Lab in Salford’s MediaCityUK campus from 9:00am – 5:00pm. This was followed by a speed networking event open to all guests and speakers.
The session on ‘Impact of an EU referendum on Digital Economy,’ was one of the discussions on the day, looking at whether the UK leaving the EU would damage or benefit creative business and the digital industry.
The panel was made up of Lisa Smart (North West Lib Dems), Tony Clayton (Imperial College London), Steve Kuncewicz (Bermans) and Sam Clark (CRNetworks & Pirate Party).
Tony Clayton kick-started the discussion with why it could be bad for Britain to leave the EU, ‘Leaving the EU would disrupt links with the current UK major trading partners.’
#TonyClayton of @imperialcollege explains #Brexit concerns for UK Digital Economy #CreativeEnt pic.twitter.com/OWgTjnhJAy
— Salford Biz School (@salfordbizsch) November 25, 2015
Steve Kuncewicz also explained the pros and cons in Brexit, citing laws from Brussels.
@SteveKuncewiczon on the panel at #CreativeEnt of "Impact of an EU referendum on the digital economy" pic.twitter.com/VDaFenMaw1
— Naomi Timperley (@naomitimperley) November 25, 2015
A poll of the room indicated that the majority agreed that the UK should stay in the EU.
Other sessions included:
- A panel discussion on Social Responsibility
- Digital marketing
- Building Your Personal Brand
- Creative Entrepreneur + Start-ups
- Sports Business 2.0z
- Tech Angels – Dragons Den
Event Producer, Alex Fenton said: “After a really successful event last year, the event has grown once more, with a fantastic attendance from staff, students and local companies. The feedback has been excellent and will help us shape our next event. We want to continue to grow and give even more students and companies a world class experience at MediaCityUK.”
The sessions were live streamed and will be available on YouTube soon.
