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Tell us what you're passionate about....: NESTA

What brings you to 38minutes?: I work across our creative economy and public service innovation programmes; mainly on encouraging creative enterprise skills and supporting older people to design and deliver new community ventures – here’s a quick rundown of the programmes; please do get in touch if you’d like any more info on the work we do in Scotland:

Creative Enterprise Toolkit
Our toolkit is a collection of tools and resources that NESTA has tried and tested over a number of years, working with creative entrepreneurs (through running programmes like Starter for 6). The pack has been specifically written for creatives thinking of starting-up – our USP compared to other traditional business programmes is that we focus on developing the idea and the person, rather than just concentrate on the business idea. We’ve been working with Universities and colleges across the UK to imbed the materials into creative courses and the materials have now also been translated in various different languages! The toolkit is free to download here – www.nesta.org.uk/enterprise-toolkit

Peer Mentoring Guide
We ran a successful peer mentoring programme for early stage creative start-ups – We gave creative entrepreneurs who had been trading for a couple of years some mentoring skills training and then paired them with new start-ups. Peer mentoring is different from the typical mentor/protégé relationship as mentors remember the challenges of starting up like it was yesterday! The mentees benefitted from speaking to someone who was an achievable stage (still facing the challenges but still doing it!). This downloadable guide talks through how to set-up a peer mentoring programme for creatives. http://bit.ly/gxIosA

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At 10:18 on January 6, 2010, Hannah Douglas said…: Hi Gillian! Nice to hear from you! Must catch up with you guys before too long... hope all is well in Dundee?

At 13:16 on April 27, 2009, Chris Goodwin said…: Hi Gillian hows you? Thanks for the certfifcate. At the event on Thursday will there be any where for us to plug in our laptops?

At 8:40 on March 24, 2009, June A Edgar said…: Thankyou! Two friends now! I'm away to look at your Starter for Six studies.

At 22:36 on February 26, 2009, Gaylie Runciman said…: Gillian! thanks for that... I didn't recognise you... it was a crazy night as I recall with technology having a strop, thankfully not our problem..it ended up being a really nice night... hope the next starter for 6 goes a storm....

At 19:43 on February 25, 2009, Gaylie Runciman said…: Hi Gillian, Debs my business partner and I were part on the first InsightOut in 2004 the forerunner to Starter for 6, and rm* is still going. You will be working the our mate and some time collaborator Dave Sapien who is on the next starter for 6... Hope it all goes well

At 12:27 on November 3, 2008, Gillian Easson said…: Check out case studies of Scotland's most interesting, creative new businesses here: www.nesta.org.uk/starter-for-6-case-studies

At 20:34 on October 23, 2008, Mhairi Mackenzie said…: Hi Gillian, nice to see you here! Glad you liked the napkins, my pride and joy. I'm loving it on here although have perhaps spent a ridiculous amount of time on it today, woops! Hope all is well. Mx

At 11:41 on October 17, 2008, Yann Seznec said…: I'm liking the classy design! Nice work.

At 11:23 on October 17, 2008, heidi proven said…: Hi Gillian, Hope you're well. Nice page background.
See the next year of Starter for 6 are about to apply. Things are going well here, getting excited about the prototype build :-) Yay.
Hp x

At 9:03 on October 17, 2008, Stuart Cosgrove said…: Hi Gillian Glad you made it on to the site. Make sure it works for you and the Starter for 6 scene. Cheers Stuart

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Digital R&D for Cultural/Arts Organisations in Scotland

Later this month, Creative Scotland, Arts and Humanities Research Council and NESTA will be launching a new Digital Research and Development Fund for Arts and Culture in Scotland, which aims to help arts and cultural organisations use digital technologies to engage and expand their audiences in new ways and create opportunities for new business models (you can read more about the Digital R&D Fund already running in England…

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Posted on January 6, 2012 at 11:21

Creative Business trading over 5 years in Scotland? We want to hear from you!

We're looking for ambitious creative businesses trading over 5 years, from all creative sectors, to join us at a workshop to look at the challenges and opportunities of developing and growing their business/sector in Scotland (It's worth pointing out that we see growth as increasing innovative and creative…

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Posted on July 1, 2011 at 16:30

Sheena was a punk rocker...

Ok, so our next big exciting programme - Age Unlimited Scotland isn't strictly just for digital bunnies and I can't take the credit for The Herald's coverage title, but we’d love to see some tech gurus come through with great ideas to improve the lives of older people – the only criteria to apply, apart from a… Continue

Posted on January 5, 2010 at 14:51

A little free assistance for creative start-ups, starting up...

Launch Your Own Successful Creative Business.pdf

I thought you might like to know about a free resource that we’ve created here in Scotland and launched across the UK, due to the success of our creative business start-up programme,… Continue

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