Alison Branagan MA AIBC FRSA

Alongside talent, artists, designers, and creative professionals have prospered through a variety of means. Many skills need to be enhanced or acquired to acquire success as a practitioner or build a business within the creative industries. This course aims to assist in developing a range of inter-personal and practical enterprise and entrepreneurship skills to help you profit from opportunity. Through a series of workshops, you will learn how to focus, negotiate, construct networks, create a vision, work with others, understand key legal aspects and business strategy. Learning about these topics will assist in pursuing an entrepreneurial outlook. The course includes sessions on idea generation and creating an inspired sales pitch.

Alison Branagan MA IC FRSA’s publications include 'The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers', and 'A Pocket Business Guide for Artists and Designers' both published by A & C Black, 'Making Sense of Business' (A no-nonsense business skills guide for managers and entrepreneurs, published by Kogan-Page), 'The Illustrator's Guide to Success' (published by the AOI, Alison Branagan, Fig Taylor, Simon Stern, and et al, out as print on demand Summer 2011). For more information and to view over one hundred student testimonials go to www.alisonbranagan.com and www.makingsenseofbusiness.com