Creative Mixer
About this good practice
The problem that Creative Mikser tries to correspond to is the lack of people’s awareness regarding different issues within creative sector. In order to relevantly respond to the issue a decision was made to create a platform that would enable people from different branches within creative sector to connect, exchange thoughts, broaden their knowledge and cooperate with each other. Creative Mikser is implemented through series of networking meetings organised by the British Council and the City of Warsaw along with local partners. These are presentations, discussions and opportunities to establish new business contacts and meet interesting people. The main beneficiaries of the practice are all the participants- people interested in creative subjects. The main stakeholders are artists, individual creators, entrepreneurs, foundations, associations and all other entities willing to support creative sector.
Resources needed
Annual budget of the City of Warsaw (CoW) – 40k PLN
Annual budget of British Council (BC) – 10~15k PLN
BC’s and CoWs staff working on the organization of each Creative Mikser: 5
External staff hired for audio-visualisation and translation: up to 10 people
External moderators of each Mikser: 1
Evidence of success
Creative Mikser is running since 2011 and there are always new topics to cover, new interesting subjects to talk about. Almost 25k people participated in all editions.
Potential for learning or transfer
Creative Mikser delivers the platform to discuss on topics, which are not commonly covered by casual trainings, workshops, accelerations programs and other tools of support for entrepreneurs in the local ecosystem of the City of Warsaw. It is an opportunity that brings to daylight the creativity of individual artists and creative entrepreneurs giving them a chance to develop, be understood and scale up.
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