ECCA WORKSHOP

I participated in ECCA Workshop at Davies Street on 15th July.

This session set out to provide you with tips on self-promotion from a creative business and example of web 2.0 tools that you can use to develop your profile.

For your information, ECCA(Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts) is the University of the Arts London service that provides support to students and graduates that want to freelance or set up a business in the creative industries.

You can find some more details on this website >>> www.ecca-london.org

The workshop was made up of two parts. The first part of the workshop was a presentation of Bunch Design which is one of the successful creative design company that was set up in 2003, from a group of London College of Communication graduates. Two designers visited for the workshop and they carried out their presentation. I think it was a just common presentation to explain their design works, but their design works are obviously excellent. They also pointed up that web 2.0 is one of the best way to promote your work from their experience such as blog , website and so on, in addition to making showcase book, it can help you impress other people. They said even if some people just put your showcase book on the bottom of room, it could remind you a few weeks later.

http://www.bunchdesign.com/

In the second part of the workshop, another lecturer provided me several useful websites where are easy to access as well as for free for self-promotion. In these websites, you can promote your work through your portfolio or profile on the online. In addition, you can make networks with other artists and designers. And some sites offer advice and education, and also feature opportunities such as art prizes, awards and jobs.

I put up the list for you.

http://www.jotta.com/jotta/

http://www.arts.ac.uk/sketchbook/home

http://www.careers-creative-living.co.uk/

http://topwebtoolz.blogspot.com/

http://www.capzles.com/

http://www.web2rights.org.uk/

http://www.inkscape.org/

http://www.doinggraphics.co.uk