Dispelling the 'Star Myth' IEEC 2011 Presentation with Jacqui Bleetman

1. Dispelling the 'Star Mythʼ "
Realities of Fright, Freedom,
Failure and Fulfilment in
Creative Enterprise Education

2. Introduction"
Creative enterprise education is about mindsets and context
• Portfolio Careers
• Sustainability
• Opportunities and Risks
• Understanding Skills and Options
• Flight and Failure are Valid Responses
• Reflection

3. Workshops"
• Destinations
• Entrepreneur or not entrepreneur?
• First steps to your creative practice
• Developing ideas
•Creative graduates

4. Content
• Values, skills audit, capabilities and aspirations
• Do I want to be employed or self employed? What do I want to do?
What can I do?
• Do I have a good idea and can I make it work? What skills does that require?
• Practical: money matters, tax is taxing, IPR, planning and managing, what
next?

5. Feedback"
• Why didn’t we do this in first year?
• Wish there was more, taught earlier!
• Opened my eyes to possibilities +
will help me to be braver.
• Liked to see people I can look up to
who aren’t money driven.
• My views of careers were simplistic.
I hadn’t thought of problems.
• Helpful to understand that I can
move outside of my ‘textiles’ box.

6. Luck"
• “I can do it but it’s work, networks and luck!”
Conference Challenge: Where have we been lucky and unlucky?

8. • Downloadable Teaching Materials
and Workshop Plans
• Graduate X
• Forum for Discussion
• Sharing and Collaboration Space

9. Task Alternative Role Models"
Values
Culture
Career Path
Idea of Success