As Nottingham returns to lockdown, The Creative Quarter reinstates our online meet-up series Lunchtime LoCQdown to keep the creative and digital communities connected over the coming weeks and to hear from industry experts on the topic of the day, ongoing Covid-related concerns and how best to respond to them.
To take part, make sure you have a Zoom account (free to join) and then connect with our meeting every week day at 1pm by registering via Eventbrite. You'll then get sent an email with a link to access the event, and reminder emails in the lead-up.
BYO lunch!
We'll update this page and our social media channels with more information about further Lunchtime LoCQdown events and guests as we have them.
NEXT UP
Wednesday 17 February - Cara Holland, Founder of Graphic Change Limited and Author of Draw a Better Business - Visual Storytelling. Cara Holland is the author of Draw a Better Business and founder of Graphic Change, a Nottingham-based visual thinking studio, who’s drawn everywhere from a muddy field to Buckingham Palace and worked with some of the biggest brands in the world. REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE TICKET HERE
PREVIOUS GUESTS
- Wednesday 3 February - John Cutts, Marketing Strategist at Adtrak - Is Your Website Lead Ready? John Cutts is a Marketing Strategist at leading digital marketing agency Adtrak. He has many years of both agency and in-house marketing experience, specialising in strategy for Websites, SEO and Content Marketing.
- Wednesday 27 January - Michelle Briggs, Founder and Counsellor, Counselling West Bridgford - Workplace Loneliness: The Connection Deficit. Michelle Briggs is a UKCP-accredited psychotherapist, and is founder of Counselling West Bridgford. She offers confidential, person-centred counselling and coaching via telephone, video and in-person (post-COVID-19 lockdown). Michelle works with individuals, groups and companies, including in-house counsellor services. She is also part of the counselling team at Nottingham Trent University.
- Wednesday 20 January - Megan Shore, Producer, Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity - Running a Festival in Lockdown. Megan Shore works for Ignite!, a Nottingham-based charity that works at the intersection of creativity, curiosity and community. Megan's role as Producer of the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity includes programme development, partner liaison, fundraising, comms and marketing, volunteer management, delivery driving, coffee runs, doing science experiments with household objects, Zoom tech and lots more!
- Wednesday 16 December - Susan Hallam, Digital Marketing Consultant, Strategist & Public Speaker - Ask Me Anything. Susan was awarded an MBE for services to entrepreneurship and innovation in the Queen’s Honors 2018. Also in 2018, Susan was made a Fellow of the Institute of Direct Marketing and named a BIMA 100 CEO and Leaders shaping the digital industry . She is a Freeman of the City of London, the chairman of Nottingham's Creative Quarter, and the deputy chairman of Nottingham Castle. Susan is the founder of Hallam, one of the UK's top digital marketing agencies.
- Wednesday 9 December - Debbiedooodah, Business Coach - Creating a layered cake approach to your business - what slices are missing from your cake? debbiedooodah is The Happy Business Strategist; an award-winning yellow obsessed empowerment & marketing coach helping entrepreneurs build financial freedom through business success. She's a digital marketing lecturer, podcaster, entrepreneur toolkit author, speaker and this year was named Digital Women of the Year and one of 2020's top 20 Inspirational Marketers she's also been in Forbes and The Guardian!
- Wednesday 2 December - Kerry Bailey, International Trade Adviser, D2N2 and Sharon McCarthy, Area Manager, Department for International Trade - Expanding your horizons – How to start exporting. Kerry Bailey is the associated Trade Adviser for the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, working with small to medium sized companies to develop their international trade ambitions across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Sharon McCarthy became an International Trade Adviser in 1998 after spending five years working in an Overseas Business Development role for a US company. She soon became an established and well respected International Trade Adviser, and in 2010 was appointed Area Manager for the North Team.
- Wednesday 25 November - Tim Elliott, Business Consultant - Redesign the Narrative. Tim Elliott has been helping leaders and entrepreneurs apply creativity to their work, design strategies and communication for just over 23 years now. His experience comprises of working both agency and client-side, in addition to work as a consultant, clocking up hours with 1000s of organisations across industries and business models.
- Wednesday 18 November - Helen Taylor, Hosta Consulting - The business case for Sustainability. Helen Taylor is an Industry Skills Coach and Associate Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University and the Director of sustainability consultancy, Hosta Consulting. Helen’s combined experience of starting and growing her own SME, alongside studying an MBA means that her approach to sustainability is very much focussed on the business case and delivering practical, realistic and achievable solutions for businesses who want to grow in an environmentally responsible way.
- Wednesday 11 November - Kathryn Rodgers, HR Consultant - What you need to know about furlough, flexible furlough and employee wellbeing to get your team to 2021. Kathryn is an HR Consultant providing practical, flexible, affordable outsourced solutions for small businesses in the East Midlands. She knows her stuff - Kathryn has 18 years’ HR experience across a range of sectors with companies at various stages of growth, and understands the challenges that small businesses face as they grow and change.
