Once a month (ish) we host a 9am Breakfast Briefing. We invite a speaker to chat to us and our guests (friends, colleagues and clients) via Zoom.

They are a great way to facilitate conversations, to make introductions and to share inspiration and learning from people we respect and admire.

We’ve hosted: politicians, marketeers, technologists, artists, curators, makers and many more. We usually invite guests to speak for around 30 minutes and then we follow-up with a quick Q&A.

We deliberately don’t record these sessions so everyone can feel free to speak openly. So if you want to hear from these brilliant people you need to be on the Zoom link.

Email us if you’d like us to add you to the invite list.

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Coming soon…

Director
of East Bank

Tamsin Ace

14 Nov '24

CEO
at Pearl & Dean

Kathryn Jacob

19 Sep '24

October is ticketing month

with... Chris Crossley, COO & Co-Founder at Line-Up – 03 Oct / Chris Spring & Paul Fadden from Ticketsolve – 10 Oct / Craig Pryde, Founder at Different Breed – 17 Oct / Stuart Leech, Founder of Studio T – 24 Oct / Nina Primeraki, Client Integrations Lead at Spektrix – 31 Oct

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Breakfast Briefings in 2024

Global policy expert
author and academic

Justin O'Connor

08 Aug '24

Arts Consultant
writer and researcher

Anna Cutler

20 Jun '24

Director and CEOs
at Campaign for the Arts

Jack Gamble

09 May '24

Director of Theatre
at Arts Council England

Neil Darlinson

11 Apr '24

Director of Operations
at Black Lives in Music

Roger Wilson

14 Mar '24

General Secretary/CEO
National Society for Education in Art and Design

Michele Gregson

22 Feb '24

Director
at Tonic Theatre

Lucy Kerbel

25 Jan '24

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Breakfast Briefings in 2023

Freelance
Arts consultant

David Micklem

30 Nov '23

Director
at Artichoke

Helen Marriage

02 Nov '23

Head of Communication
at The Glasshouse

Ross McCall

12 Oct '23

Editor
at The Stage

Alistair Smith

28 Sep '23

Director
at Liverpool Biennial

Sam Lackey

07 Sep '23

Director for Change
at Ramps on the Moon

Michèle Taylor

07 Sep '23

Executive Director
at Edinburgh International Festival

Francesca Hegyi

06 Jul '23

Artist

Jason Wilsher-Mills

01 Jun '23

Chief Executive
at Audience Agency

Anne Torreggiani

27 Apr '23

Head of Ticketing
at World Rugby

Elizabeth Howells

31 Mar '23

Chief Executive
at Baker Richards

Robin Cantrill-Fenwick

23 Feb '23

Founding Director
at Accessible by Design

Caspian Turner

19 Jan '23

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Breakfast Briefings in 2022

Chief Executive
at Arts Marketig Association

Cath Hume

24 Nov '22

Politician, media columnist
and political commentator

Ed Vaizey

02 Nov '22

Chief Executive
at World Book Day

Cassie Chadderton

20 Oct '22

Founder and CEO
at Indigo

Katy Raines

29 Sep '22

Chief Executive
at Shakespeare North Playhouse

Mel Lewis

08 Sep '22

Chief Executive
at Derby Museums

Tony Butler

11 Aug '22

Culture Declares Emergency

Rose Fenton

21 Jul '22

Aristic Director and CEO
at LIFT

Kris Nelson

12 May '22

Director
at Foundling Museum

Caro Howell

28 Apr '22

Executive Director
at Unboxed

Phil Batty

17 Mar '22

Aristic Director and CEO
at Leeds 2023

Kully Thiarai

17 Feb '22

Creative Director
at Lewisham Borough of Culture

Gavin Barlow

27 Jan '22

Co-founder and CEO
at 64 Million Artists

Jo Hunter

13 Jan '22

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Breakfast Briefings in 2021

Director
at Jerwood Arts

Lilli Geissendorfer

02 Dec '21

CEO and Director
at Horniman Museum & Gardens

Nick Merriman

04 Nov '21

Director
at England's Creative Coast

Sarah Dance

21 Oct '21

Director
at The Hub

Julia Payne

30 Sep '21

Professor of
Cultural and Creative Industries

Dr Dave O'Brien

09 Sep '21

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Indigo's

Katy Raines & Flo Carr

19 Aug '21

Founder of
Pudding
Georgia Attlesey

29 Jul '21

Producer
Hospital Rooms
Jen Cheema

15 Jul '21

Chairwoman of
Typographic Circle
Louise Sloper

24 Jun '21

Co-founder of the
Theatre Green Book
Paddy Dillon

10 Jun '21

Artist

Bob & Roberta Smith

20 May '21

Director at
United Development
Pamela McCormick

06 May '21

Founder at
crowdEngage
Hugh Topping

15 Apr '21

Head of Marketing
BSO
Anthony Brown

01 Apr '21

Director of Marketing
Donmar Warehouse
Abby Corfan

22 Apr '21

Client Success Manager
at Spektrix
Sarah Caswell

11 Mar '21

Digital Director
at CTConsults
Dan Lukas

25 Mar '21

Founder & CEO
at Tickets for Good
Steve Rimmer

04 Mar '21

CEO at People United
Janice McGuinness

21 Jan '21

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Breakfast Briefings in 2020

Ticketsolve's
Paul Fadden & Lucy Costelloe

10 Dec '20

Director of Communication
at Nottinghma Playhouse
Jo Sigsworth

20 Nov '20

Former Secretary of
State for Culture
Chris Smith

08 Oct '20

Founder
at PIN Creative
Nigel Davies

10 Sep '20

Head of Products, Services and
Partnerships at Audience Agency
Chris France

03 Sep '20

Founder of
Kerning the Gap
Natalie Maher

13 Aug '20

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Pre-pandemic Breakfast Briefings

Prior to the 2020 lock-down, our Breakfast Briefings had been physical gatherings in the Cog studio, with croissants and fruit juice. We used these for internal briefings (as a great way to build confidence and share knowledge) and we occasionally brought in external guest speakers. One of our favourites was with the wonderful Eleni Beveratou, Creative Director at the type studio, Dalton Maag, in June 2019.

In early 2020 we’d already started moving some of these sessions online. We had some great calls with wonderful people, and they inspired us to start widening our audience and inviting friends, extra colleagues and clients.