Friday 4th November: Introduction to Tendering, business clinic for creative businesses
As part of this years Design Week 2011 and the Evolve Programme this half day clinic for design and creative businesses introduces the tendering process.
This event features two parts
1. 9.30am – 12.30pm Morning Business Clinic
Including a practical workshop answering questions such as ‘why do I need to tender’, ‘how do I find out about tenders’, ‘how does the tender process work’ ‘putting a tender together’ and ‘presenting the final tender and added value’.
This will then be followed by an interactive Q+A session with a panel of potential buyers from the public and private sectors.
12.30pm-1.00pm - lunch and networking
2. 1.00pm – 2.00pm Networking and information session
‘Making the most of tender opportunities’
Practical information session on the tender process for the creative industries. Submitting a tender is common for businesses supplying goods or services to other businesses or the public sector, but it's often hard for small and start up businesses to compete against larger and more established organisations.
This event will provide practical real life advice with Mark Case director of successful Belfast design company Whitenoise Studios talking about getting started and making the most of tender opportunities and answering some of the questions from the morning’s clinic on a practical level. Mark is Co-Director of Whitenoise and since July 2000 has built the company into the largest graphic design studio in Northern Ireland. He has moulded the company's design offering, ensuring quality, accurate and individual creative solutions are achieved for every client.
This is a free event open to all creative businesses, please feel free to attend either or both parts of the day. This event is part of the evolve programme aimed at small and start-up creative businesses. The 16 workshops and seminars are free and have been designed to offer relevant, high quality support for leaders of small creative businesses.
