Designer Dublin Programme for Dublins Established Designer-Makers
Group meetings, workshops, mentoring and networking for designers-makers - would you like to be part of a results driven initiative?
PLATO is recruiting now for the 2012 Designer Dublin PLATO programme. Over 9,000 companies across Europe have participated in PLATO programmes. It is a European success story based in peer support. This twelve month programme will focus on the needs of designer-makers in developing their business or label through a series of tailored monthly group meetings, practical workshops, one-to-one mentoring and networking events.
Workshops to include:
- Message to the Media: A workshop where owners/managers will be given assistance in creating the two paragraphs that will be used to present the brand or label to the media.
- Ecommerce Without the Waffle: A workshop where the group work out the most effective ecommerce route for each business or label. The workshop will be presented by a facilitator with practical ecommerce experience.
- Funds For Designer-Makers: A facilitated workshop where owners/managers will work out what grants or funds are available to them and how to complete application forms for finance.
- Burning Issue: The opportunity to discuss with the group the challenges and opportunities that owners/managers face in their business.
- Sales: The group will be facilitated in increasing domestic and export sales through practical advice and workshops.
The new group will have less than twenty members and set its own agenda. It will be driven by two experienced facilitators, at least one of whom will have a relevant designer-maker background. Meetings will take place in a convenient central Dublin location.
Applications are invited from designer-makers who are:
- At least eighteen months in business
- Are based in Dublin city or county
- Work full-time in fashion/ceramics/jewellery/accessories/furniture and have their brand or label as their primary source of income
- Interested in working with other designer-makers to grow their brand or label.
For more information on this PLATO programme for designer-makers, please email networking@plato.ie before January 9th 2012.
Photograph by www.markhenderson.info.