Space to let // Dixon Street

Liquid Interactive has some spare office space that they would like to sub-let.

Says Andy “The space is in a corner of our trendy little office. The rent is reasonable and will include, power, internet, the use of our meeting room and other facilities such as tea, coffee etc. Also on the plus side, you get to spend some time with a great group of guys. Ideally we would like to share the space with another fun, creative individual.”

If you are interested, or know anyone who might be,
please contact Andy Karl andy@liquidinteractive.co.nz

Socket in September 2005

Spring is uncoiling from winter and what a fab time to direct some of that seasonal zing into cranking your business into new areas.
Need some help with this or are you stuck on something else related to your business? Then this month’s meeting will be perfect for you.
Please forward this to other women you know in business in the creative sector, or who are considering entering it – the more, the merrier…


September event: Ideas Paaaaaaaarty!
This month, you’ll get the opportunity to introduce an issue that’s challenging you in your business. And to help solve it, you’ll get back the undivided attention, creative ideas and expert opinions of every other businesswoman there. Girlpower! Length of time per issue will be allocated according to how many women come along, but it’s a promise that we’ll all get a turn!
A big thanks to Rebecca Ewert of Japanese Acupuncture whose baby this idea is.
See you at Beau Monde – it’s got cocktails aplenty, a great wine list and loads of non-boozy beverages.

Tuesday 20 September 2005
5.30 – 6.30pm
Beau Monde Lounge Bar: Upstairs, 82 Tory Street, Wellington Central
THIS EVENT IS FRIENDLY and FREE!!


SWITCH ON: seminars, workshops, exhibitions, events

WEB LINKS Free business advice
We’re so lucky in New Zealand to have government policy and funding to support us with free business advice. There’s so much available – all you have to do is hook into the great networks out there.
Check out these for a start:
NZTE’s official export website for exporters and importers www.marketnewzealand.com
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise – our Economic Development Agency www.nzte.govt.nz
The Biz Centre www.thebizcentre.co.nz
Positively Wellington Business – the business agency for the region www.positivelywellingtonbusiness.co.nz
Financial Planning New Zealand www.sorted.org.nz
Support for creating a business in the arts www.arms.org.nz

AUGUSTS SPEAKER
If you missed Kim Chamberlain, she will be running courses in the future www.successfulspeaking.co.nz

FREE SEMINAR Creative Industry Seminar Series at Vic Uni
Organised by the Victoria University Management School and the Stout Research Centre
When: 4.40-6 pm, Wednesdays, from now until 5 October
Where: GBLT4 (second floor, Old Government Buildings, Lambton Quay, opposite Parliament).
Registration: Not required

This seminar series critically examines the creative industries, raising questions about definition, relationships, value and effects. For more indepth information, click here for Socket online.

14 SEPTEMBER Creative careers? Fashion subjects in tertiary education
New policies promoting ‘knowledge-based’ industries coincide with burgeoning enrolments in fashion design courses. What is the relationship between education and the creative industries?
Amanda Bill, Design School, Massey University, Wellington

21 SEPTEMBER Wellington as a Creative City
Michael Volkerling, Director, Centre for Creative Industries, WelTech
28 September How can we map the creative industries? An economic perspective
Ian Duncan, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
5 October What is creative ‘R & D’? A panel discussion
Chair: Lydia Wevers, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies; Anne French, Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology; Elizabeth Knox, novelist; Cath Cardiff, Creative New Zealand

For further information contact: Dr Deborah Jones, 463-5731, Deborah.jones@vuw.ac.nz


TUNE IN: Our Spring series of speakers is fresh as! Plug the dates into your diary now:

18 OCTOBER Nicola Mercer: D.VICE Does it get harder when it gets bigger?
If you’re at the point of employing staff or expanding your business, or simply want to hear a fascinating and inspiring business success story, you won’t wanna miss out on this speaker. Nicola Mercer of New Zealand sex toys empire D.VICE will be speaking on the topics of employment and expansion. D.VICE has enjoyed remarkable and fast-track business growth. Since its inception in 1998, the company now boasts four stores, manufactures and exports, employs 26 staff, and runs sex toy parties (Fuck-a-ware Parties) in the cities in which it retails.

15 NOVEMBER Debbie Jeffery: Starfish Unlimited Revision and future vision
The final Socket for the year is all about revision and future vision. Leadership coach Debbie Jeffery leads us in a session that’s a chance to reflect on the year that’s been, and gives some focus to your plans for the next. And to celebrate 2005, it’ll once again be Ladies Bring a Plate. We’ll let you know more.

Creative Industry Seminar Series at Vic Uni

CREATIVE INDUSTRY: A seminar series organised by the Victoria Management School and the Stout Research Centre
When: 4.40-6 pm, Wednesdays, August 31 2005 weekly until 5 October.
Where: GBLT4 (second floor, Old Government Buildings, Lambton Quay, opposite Parliament). There is no cost, and registration is not required.

During Helen Clark's term as Prime Minister the creative industries have been a major plank of the government's economic/cultural programme. What are they? Do they work? How would we know?

An interdisciplinary seminar series jointly hosted by the Stout Research Centre and the Victoria Management School will critically examine the creative industries, raising questions about definition, relationships, value and effects.

The seminar series will open on August 31 2005 and run weekly until 5 October at Victoria's downtown campus, Room GBLT4 in the Old Government Buildings, Lambton Quay (opposite Parliament Buildings).

31 August
Hard at work in the creative industries - a panel discussion
Chair Deborah Jones, Victoria Management School
Cheryll Sotheran, Director, Creative Industries, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Tim Walker, Director, Dowse Gallery
Carol Beaumont, Secretary of the NZ Council of Trade Unions, for The Coalition of Creative Unions and Guilds (CCUG)

This opening panel will range widely to address the emerging nature of work in the New Zealand creative industries: its social and economic viability, the support structures needed for success, and issues of work and employment such as education and training, career possibilities, working conditions and income levels.

7 September
New Zealand Cinema and the Creative Industries
Duncan Petrie, Film Television and Media Studies Department, University of Auckland

14 September
Creative careers? Fashion subjects in tertiary education
New policies promoting 'knowledge-based' industries coincide with burgeoning enrolments in fashion design courses. What is the relationship between education and the creative industries?
Amanda Bill, Design School, Massey University, Wellington

21 September
Wellington as a Creative City
Michael Volkerling, Director, Centre for Creative Industries, WelTech

28 September
How can we map the creative industries? An economic perspective
Ian Duncan, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research


5 October
What is creative 'R & D'? A panel discussion
Chair: Lydia Wevers, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies
Anne French, Foundation for Research, Science, and
Technology
Elizabeth Knox, novelist
Cath Cardiff, Creative New Zealand


For further information contact:
Dr Deborah Jones
Victoria Management School
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: 64-04-463-5731
Fax: 64-04-463 5253
Deborah.jones@vuw.ac.nz