Skills Day: Strategic Planning

Booking is now open for the next round of the Tees Valley Leadership Programmes Skills Days May – July 2024.

These stand-alone training days are packed full of useful tips and takeaways that you can apply to your work and leadership, no matter what the context.

The skills days are open to anyone working in the Tees Valley cultural sector whether for an organisation, independently or as a freelancer. Skills Days can help you to enhance your skills, build confidence and expand your network.

Strategic Planning

• Facilitator: Anna Dinnen, Arts Consultant

• Date: Friday 17 May 2024, 10 – 4pm
• Venue: The BIS, Hartlepool

What’s involved?

This is an opportunity to explore what strategy is, the activities and people involved and the components that make up good strategies. You will learn and reflect on the benefits of working strategically and look at some tools and frameworks that help, sharing insights and experiences with peers and colleagues. You will consider strategic working post-pandemic, explore some of the challenges as well as new skills and ways of working.

However you work – be this as a freelancer, or within an organisation, this session is applicable to a wide range of roles and experiences. You will come away with a clearer understanding of the value of strategic working and the impact it can have for you and your work.

What will I take away?

• Learning around the benefits and impact of working strategically
• An understanding of the planning processes and systems and what that might look like in different contexts
• Tool, tips and strategies for working more strategically in your own context
• Reflection on your journey as a cultural leader and the role strategic planning plays in your work

Fees

The fee for each leadership skills day is on a pay what you decide basis. There is a recommended minimum rate of £10 + VAT for individuals; £25 + VAT for organisations.

Freelance bursaries

A limited number of bursaries are available for freelancers at a fixed rate of £125 towards loss of earnings incurred due to attendance at this training event. Bursaries are only available to creative and cultural freelancers living or working within the Tees Valley and a limited number are available per event. Bursaries will be allocated on a first come first served basis and are subject to your attendance at the event.

To request a freelancer bursary please tick the box at the time of booking in Eventbrite . We will contact you via email to confirm the bursary allocation and outline next steps on how to make your claim.

Access

We will ask for your access requirements as part of the event on-boarding. This might include (but isn’t limited to) live speech to text captioning, provision of or support for the costs for BSL interpretation; notetaking or audio description. If you would like a conversation with a member of our team before making your application, or would like support in completing the application form please email [email protected]