Member's Morning Tea is on again!
In May we launched our Member's Morning Tea series of get-togethers. Held in the light-drenched NorthCity4 education space in central Brunswick, a dozen or so CWC Members enjoy a cuppa and discuss their businesses and creative ventures, workshop issues and ideas, and generally get to know each other a little better. There's a topic to get the conversation flowing, and provoke new thinking about your creative work before the event even begins!
After the last morning tea, we received some fantastic feedback. Jasmine commented, "It was a helpful and thought provoking morning and I have spent a lot of time mulling over the different opinions/achievements/outlooks put forward during those couple of hours. I hope to come along to more events and get to know other members better!"
And Fiona added, "it was such a good topic and great that everyone had some input and troubleshooting ideas as well".
The next Morning Tea takes place on Tuesday 23rd July - that's next week! - and it would be great to see some of our newest 'Join in July' members there.
Bookings here.
We're coming back to Sydney!
Exciting news: after the success of our CWC event 'Your Intellectual Property and How to Protect It' in Melbourne in February, we've decided to take this show on the road and head to Sydney later this month!
We continue to hear stories of local designers facing copyright infringements of their work by other companies, and since the rise of blogs and image-sharing websites such as Pinterest, understand that protecting our designs is now more important than ever.
Intellectual property lawyer Sharon Givoni has established a reputation for being an entertaining speaker and explaining the law in ‘plain English’. At this special Sydney CWC event, she will discuss a range of IP-related topics and will answer your questions.
This event is highly recommended for anyone who makes or designs their own products to sell, creates custom designs for clients or creatives who design for an employer.
We're thrilled to partner with our venue hosts Shillington College in Sydney's CBD. We hope many of our Sydney fans will join us for this informative event, and you'll meet others in your creative community over tea and cake as well :)
More info and tickets over here.
Fashion and the Law with Sharon Givoni: Monday 24th June
The area of intellectual property and brand protection is crucial to fashion designers, textile designers and the like.
Sharon Givoni (who ran our very popular Intellectual Property Protection event earlier this year), will speak at a seminar on Monday at Box Hill Institute. It's a must for everyone who wants to make it in the fashion/design world & wants to learn how to protect their valuable ideas and products.
Sharon will speak and answer your questions about:
- When & how to protect your designs, patterns, brand names and more
- What to do if someone copies your label
- Differences between fashion ideas & protectable IP
- Copyright
- Design registration
- Trade mark registration
When: Monday 24 June 6pm-7pm Where: Room W1.162, Box Hill Institute, 465 Elgar Rd, Box Hill,VIC, Cost: Free
You're invited to our next event!
Hi everyone!
Our next guest speaker event is coming up on Saturday 6 July.
Join us to hear jeweller and founder/director of boutique jewellery stores Pieces of Eight and Edition X, Melanie Katsalidis, speak about her career as a maker and shop owner, the delights and challenges of mixing creativity with business, and surviving in the niche retail landscape.
After Melanie's talk we'll have morning tea, and you can meet likeminded ladies in our community. What an energising way to spend a cold wintery morning!
More info & tickets are available here or see more of her beautiful work (pictured below) over at Pieces of Eight.
The School comes to Melbourne this weekend!
Melbournites can enjoy a little taste of Megan Morton's The School this weekend when they set up camp at Small Giants in St Kilda.
A number of The School's expert-led creative classes are already sold out, but we believe there are still openings for skill-boosting short courses such as Photoshop for Bloggers & Beginners with Simone Madigan, and Instagram De-Bunked with Stephanie Somebody. But hurry, as The School's reputation for fun and fabulous learning mean the small number of places still available will be taken up quickly!
Visit The School's website for more info and to book your class. And if you're in Sydney (or planning a trip), you can see their list of upcoming classes at their permanent Roseberry studio here.
New event series: Member's Morning Tea!
In addition to our regular speaker events, we're now introducing bi-monthly morning tea meetups for CWC Full Members to attend.
It's a unique opportunity to discuss our businesses/creative works in a small group setting and get to know each other a little better over a cup of tea.
The first Member's Morning Tea will take place on Tuesday 7 May 2013 at 10am.
We're thrilled that our friends at NorthCity4 in Brunswick (who you may have heard speak at at CWC last year) will host this event in their education space! To keep this initiative intimate and constructive for those who attend, places will be limited and at each morning tea there will be a topic to spark the conversation.
Find out more and book your spot at the morning tea over here or consider joining as a Full Member to attend.
The CWC Member's Morning Tea series is proudly supported by NorthCity4. Check out their range of creative short courses and seminars at their website.
