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Home » Community Projects, eBooks, Empty Shops Projects
Empty Shops Workbook by Dan Thompson
Submitted by on February 27, 2010 – 8:44 amOne Comment

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 2.1Mb

About : A practical, step-by-step guide to using empty spaces for arts and community projects – and while empty shops are a focus, the skills can be applied to other temporary and meanwhile projects. Produced by the Empty Shops Network with support from the Meanwhile Project and a-n magazine.

Published as a Diffusion eBook February 2010

Dan Thompson is an artist and writer with an interest in using redundant spaces which has taken in theatres, cinemas and empty shops. He has written widely about empty shops for arts and regeneration magazines. he is founder of the Revolutionary Arts Group and the Empty Shops Network.

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Creative Methodologies for the Creative Industries by Lorraine Warren & Ted Fuller
Submitted by on December 4, 2009 – 9:00 amOne Comment

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About : Lorraine Warren and Ted Fuller have created this eBook to capture some of the key ideas about their research in value creation in the creative industries and to use in participative workshops and conferences.

Published December 2009

Dr Lorraine Warren is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Director of Postgraduate Studies in the School of Management at the University of Southampton. She is interested in the emergence of new technologies, particularly how new business models and value creation systems emerge in volatile sectors.

Professor Ted Fuller is Director of Lincoln Business School. His research interests span entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, emergence and a ‘complexity’ theory of entrepreneurship, and the (social) construction of futures.

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Home » MyCake: Money Matters, Publishing on Demand
MyCake: Money Matters
Submitted by on April 21, 2008 – 5:11 pmNo Comment

MyCake

MyCake provides an online book-keeping and benchmarking service specially designed to meet the needs of Creative Entrepreneurs. MyCake is a subscription based service whereby you receive 2 months free to test the service and see if it suits you and then subscribe at a cost of £10/month + VAT. 

In addition to the online services MyCake is producing a series of eBooks explaining key ideas and concepts in financial management which are intended to help Creative Entrepreneurs understand how to manage their money more effectively. The eBooks have been created in response to a needs analysis provided by MyCake’s users. Anyone can contribute to the needs analysis by completing this survey.

The series includes:

  • Planning for Success in 2008 (March 2008)
  • Banking & Accounting for Creative Entrepreneurs (April 2008)
  • Managing your cashflow (part 1)
  • Managing your cashflow (part 2)
  • How to price your time and your products
  • Planning for profitability
  • Budgetting for the year ahead
  • What’s a Cashflow Forecast?
  • Becoming more profitable
  • How can I grow & develop my business?
  • Business Models: what are they and how to I get one?
  • Managing stock using MyCake

Sarah Thelwall
April 2008 

 

 

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Home » eBooks, MyCake: Money Matters
Banking and Accounting for Creative Entrepreneurs by Sarah Thelwall
Submitted by on April 16, 2008 – 6:22 pmNo Comment

MyCake eBook

Download A4 | US Letter PDF 300Kb

About : The first in a series of eBooks by MyCake created in response to the needs identified in the JSIP/MyCake ‘My Money Matters’ programme and the Creative Northants/MyCake 1:1 programme. This eBook covers:

  • When & why do I need a business bank account?
  • What should I expect of a bank?
  • How do I work with an accountant?

Published April 2008

Sarah Thelwall runs a small consultancy specialising in working with Creative Entrepreneurs on the development of their businesses. She uses a wide array of 3D objects as visual nmemonics for key learnings – the StoryCubes and eBooks are core tools in her various toolkits. For more information seehttp://acivilservice.blogspot.com and www.mycake.org

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Planning for Success in 2008 by Sarah Thelwall
Submitted by on February 21, 2008 – 5:24 pmNo Comment

Planning for Successs

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About : MyCake is an online book-keeping and benchmarking service for Creative Entrepreneurs. From time to time we will publish eBooks to help you develop your financial management systems.

Published February 2008

Sarah Thelwall runs a small consultancy specialising in working with Creative Entrepreneurs on the development of their businesses. She uses a wide array of 3D objects as visual nmemonics for key learnings – the StoryCubes and eBooks are core tools in her various toolkits. For more information see http://acivilservice.blogspot.com and www.mycake.org

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Home » eBooks, One-Off Shareables
Market Day eBooks by Sarah Thelwall
Submitted by on February 21, 2008 – 5:14 pm3 Comments

Market Day eBooks

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MD 1 – before we start… A4 | US Letter PDF 168Kb
MD 2 – defining success A4 | US Letter PDF 690 Kb
MD 3 – what business are you in? A4 | US Letter PDF 174Kb
MD 4 – features and benefits A4 | US Letter PDF 1.7Mb
MD 5 – customer segmentation A4 | US Letter PDF 665Kb
MD 6 – marketing communications A4 | US Letter PDF 1.28Mb
MD 7 – setting sales and marketing objectives A4 | US Letter PDF 1.04Mb
MD 8 – tying up loose ends A4 | US Letter PDF 644Kb
MD 9 – communication methods A4 | US Letter PDF 225Kb

About : Market Day is a one day workshop for Creative Industries firms wishing to learn a DIY approach to marketing planning and delivery. This set of eBooks accompanies the day and outlines each of the activities in the workshope. This enables participants to refer back to the eBooks whenever they want to repeat these marketing planning activities.

Published February 2008

Sarah Thelwall runs a small consultancy specialising in working with Creative Entrepreneurs on the development of their businesses. She uses a wide array of 3D objects as visual nmemonics for key learnings – the StoryCubes and eBooks are core tools in her various toolkits. For more information see http://acivilservice.blogspot.com and www.mycake.org

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  • The Market Day E-books
    [...] The e-books can be downloaded here: http://diffusion.org.uk/?p=274 References [...]
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  • SARAH THELWALL
    Hi I am Sarah Thelwall -- I didn't know there was another!
    Comment posted on 10-28-2008 at 23:56
  • David G Preston
    Hey Found your booklets helpful. Unfortunately can't make it along to the workshops as have too…
    Comment posted on 4-9-2008 at 10:35