Open Call for Speakers on Diversity in Creative Sector Businesses

• Posted: 13th August, 2021
• Opportunity type: Supply

Real Ideas are excited to be offering the opportunity to help us by inspiring a wave of activity designed to diversify the creative landscape in Cornwall. Our team is responsible for delivering the Innovation and Inclusion strand of the Cultivator business support programme in Cornwall.

As part of this we will be running a series of events for local businesses. We are looking for prospective panelist who can inspire and inform creative sector businesses around the creative case for diversity.

We will be running a series of events (both virtual and physical) over the next two years. As a feature of these events, we will be seeking to feature inspiring individuals who can bring personal experience and expertise to a variety of innovation and inclusion agendas and help create and support positive change in relation. We are able to offer paid panelist opportunities to the right individuals over the lifetime of the contract. We will be covering areas such as:

• The business benefits of a diverse workforce
• Diversifying your recruitment processes/work experience offers
• How to diversify your audience/customer base
• Diversifying your governance structures
• Innovating to make your offer more accessible and inclusive
• Employing digital solutions to support innovation and inclusion

Upcoming webinar opportunities for September, October and November will cover themes: Starting from the right place – how to build inclusion in small businesses, Dyslexia – barrier to learning or creative superpower? and Women, Work and the Menopause.

If you feel you could inspire and engage an audience of creative business owners or leaders in one or more of these areas; you have a story that can inspire the advancement of the diversity agenda; or you have ideas/input that help generate practical change and positive outcomes in the creative sector in relation to inclusion and diversity, please submit a brief expression of interest highlighting the areas you feel you could speak to (max 500 words) and a CV to amy.cooper@realideas.org.

As our session have been moved online, we are able to offer payment for your time of £300inc VAT this will cover:

• A 30 – 50min systems check and content conversation with host and other panelists
• 1.5hrs for the pre-set-up check and contribution to the webinar on the day

We periodically look for speakers for other Real Ideas events. Please indicate if you would like to be considered for wider Real Ideas speaking opportunities in future.

Your details will be processed in accordance with GDPR and Real Ideas Privacy Notice. Should you have any questions about how your data will be managed please contact datacontroller@realideas.org.

Of course, if there are barriers or reasons why other responses to this call would be more appropriate for you, then please get in touch and we will be open to them.