[BCMA] UBC Online Workshop "Cultural Entrepreneurship, " starts Nov 19

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The international University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Cultural Planning and Development is offering a new session of an online professional development workshop, Cultural Entrepreneurship, starting November 19. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from international experts and expand your professional practice. We welcome you to share this information with those who you think may find this workshop or program of interest.

Online Workshop: Cultural Entrepreneurship<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/online-workshop-cultural-entrepreneurship/uc011>
Three scheduled online sessions. Thu Nov 19, Nov 26 & Dec 3 from 11am-1pm (Pacific Time)

This online workshop focuses on the essence, uniqueness and importance of cultural entrepreneurship in the overall strategic management and policy-making process. Identify key issues and suggest strategic solutions for the development of cultural and creative organizations, as well as from the perspective of cultural policy-making. This online workshop includes practical case studies from around the world and examines critical questions such as:

*         How can cultural planners, managers, and policy-makers promote a proper environment in which cultural entrepreneurship can flourish?

*         What strategies do cultural entrepreneurs need in order to manage a start-up creative enterprise in a sustainable mode?

*         What is the role of strategic alliances, networking, collaboration and partnership in the entrepreneurial practice in the cultural sector?

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Lidia Varbanova has over 20 years of professional experience as a consultant, researcher and lecturer in more than 50 countries. She focuses on strategy, entrepreneurship, management, online technologies and organizational development and change, with special emphasis on arts, culture and creative industries. Her most recent publication is Strategic Management in the Arts (2013).

This workshop can be taken individually for professional development, or applied to the UBC Certificate in Cultural Planning - an international professional learning program delivered 100% online. Other online professional development workshops on offer this autumn include: Cultural Planning - An International Perspective<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/online-workshop-cultural-planning-international-perspective/uc018> (Dec 1-Dec 15, 100% Online); and, Emerging Cultural Tourism Trends and Practices - An International Perspective<https://cstudies.ubc.ca/courses/tourism-workshop-1-emerging-cultural-tourism-trends-practices-international-perspective> (Nov 18-Dec 2, 100% Online).

About the UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development

A legacy of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the UBC Centre for Cultural Planning and Development is an international centre dedicated to the creation and strengthening of a global community of professionals advancing cultural development as a vital component of successful communities and sustainable growth. Our series of online professional development courses and workshops are taught by international leaders in the field, and designed to meet the needs of professionals and administrators working in all levels of government, arts and cultural organisations, and cultural industries.

For more information about the program and other online professional development opportunities offered, visit https://cstudies.ubc.ca/about-us/program-units/centre-cultural-planning-development

Kerri Arthurs PhD (candidate)
Program Leader | Continuing Studies | Centre for Cultural Planning and Development
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
410 - 5950 University Boulevard | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3
Phone 604 822 1459
kerri.arthurs at ubc.ca<mailto:kerri.arthurs at ubc.ca> | www.cstudies.ubc.ca/cultural-planning<http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/cultural-planning>
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