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Invitation to the first Goldsmiths/NIDA Cultural Leadership Exchange Initiative Webinar: Entrepreneurialism and Diversity

The Cultural Leadership Exchange Initiative is envisioning the enterprise and entrepreneurial competencies needed for professional and entrepreneurial cultural leaders and entrepreneurs for the future – an online dialogue between UK and Australian thought leaders.

Curated by Siân Prime and Nicola Turner, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK and the National Institute of the Dramatic Arts, Sydney, Australia the Initiative is supported by the British Council through the UK/Australia Season Program 2021-2022, Who Are We Now ( https://ukaustraliaseason.com ) and supported by Goldsmiths and NIDA.

As part of the collaboration between Goldsmiths and NIDA we would like to invite you to a Webinar: Entrepreneurialism and Diversity, the first of a series of four Webinars focussing on collaborative connectivity and learning around leadership and entrepreneurship.

Constant innovation and the evolution of new expressions and new ways of doing things have been deeply integral to arts and cultural practices from time immemorial.  When we consider ‘entrepreneurial practices’, what do we mean by this, and how are the knowledges and perspectives of First Nations, culturally diverse and intersectionality diverse arts and cultural makers radically re-shaping notions of ‘entrepreneurialism’?

The Webinar (via Zoom) will be chaired by Dr. Pauline Muir, PhD, SFHEA, FRSA, Lecturer in Arts Management, Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Speakers are: Deborah Williams,  Executive Director at Creative Diversity Network and Jaynaya Winmar, Founder & Managing Director, Essential Services Australia.

The Webinar takes place on Zoom on Monday 24 January 2022, 8-9.30am UK and Australia 7-8.30pm (90 minutes). There will be presentations, followed by a speaker discussion and the Q&A.

Please register your interest in the Webinar #1 by emailing Nicola Turner Nicola.Turner@gold.ac.uk  We will send you a Zoom link to access the Webinar. 

Dr Pauline Muir

Pauline Muir is a lecturer in Arts Management at Goldsmiths College, University of London where she teaches modules in the Arts in London, Cultural Policy, Professional Practice and Hip Hop. She originally trained as a classical double bassist, and went on to complete a Masters in Arts Management at City University whilst working in the music education sector. Awarded a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London exploring congregational music in Black Majority Churches, her research interests and publications focus on the politics of race, identity, congregational music and multi modal analysis. She is a member of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre Inclusion and Anti-Racism Working Group; a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) as well as Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She is currently working as a co – editor on a book entitled Black British Gospel Music – From the Windrush Generation to Black Lives Matter which promises to be the first academic book on this subject.

Deborah WilliamsDeborah Williams started as the Executive Director at Creative Diversity Network in November 2016, leading on organisational development and business planning.Deborah brings over 30 years’ experience working above and below the line in television, film and theatre, as well as policy development across the wider creative and cultural industries. She is an adviser to the UN and UNICEF on the rights of disabled people to cultural activities. She previously designed the BFI diversity standards and Arts Council England’s equality analysis process; for public sector equality duty compliance.As well as sitting on panels and steering groups for many organisations, Deborah is known in her own right as an artist provocateur having won awards and nominations nationally and internationally. Her work in theatre is acknowledged as a catalyst for challenge and change in perceptions of disability and difference.  In 2019 she was awarded the LifeTime Achievement award from Inclusive Companies for her body of work in the area of diversity and culture. She is a Disabled Powerlister 2018 and 2019. Connect with Deborah on twitter @cdndebs

Jaynaya Winmar

A proud Noongar/Balladong woman from Quairading in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Jaynaya has a strong background in the Education and Employment sectors through partnerships across regional and remote areas within Western Australia and Victoria.  Having previously worked within the recruitment industry specialising in disadvantaged cohorts across wider Australia under the employment services framework, Jaynaya has been able to assist in identifying the gaps in engagement deliveries and having the ability to effectively articulate throughout the partnerships on how to actively develop these.

With this extensive experience, Jaynaya has been consulting on Reconciliation Action Plan development and implementation across corporate national and international companies for sporting clubs and peak bodies within the sporting industry through all plan levels for Reflect through to Elevate status. As an extension on this, Jaynaya has consulted with the development of strategic Indigenous Procurement Policies and Indigenous Engagement Plans. Jaynaya has been utilising these skills and natural abilities to strengthen and share this knowledge of the business bonds between Indigenous Businesses and the wider business landscape. This has been key in being able to assist with the engagement of State and Federal government Social Procurement Frameworks and National Procurement Strategies and having the ability to translate the transferable skills of each stakeholder.

Recently Jaynaya has started her own business and is operating on the model of being able to network effectively with key stakeholders and connecting them with each other in a respectful and beneficial way for all parties. Jaynaya would describe herself as an expert net-worker who’s always looking to assist her large network with connecting to each other to strengthen the business connections for everyone.

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