Welcome to Discuss and Do!

A series of events to bring together all sorts of businesses, creative businesses and the arts.

Thanks everyone for joining in over the last 3 days, we have had a fabulously inspiring festival.  Will be posting up info from all the seminars soon, keep in touch.

We are pleased to share some feedback from some of our participants:
Sarah Godsill – illustrator, read her blog entry here.

Jon Payne of Noisy Little Monkey, read his news entry here.

Frome People attended our exhibition, you can see the gallery here.

23, 24 & 25 February, 2012

Three day festival in Frome to inspire businesses and artistic ventures and help them to become more successful. Everyone is welcome to attend whatever their field – from sculpture to systems analysis!

Speakers included Sunday Times’ Enterprise Editor Rachel Bridge, investment expert Modwenna Rees-Mogg and Numbers Coach Johnny Martin. We have had advice from experts on how to set up and run a business, manage the finances and find new commercial opportunities for your product, service or brilliant design.

More discussing (and doing) -

To carry on the discussion and get inspiration, advice and guidance on issues raised by any of the sessions, please join us on the Discuss and Do LinkedIn group.

Upcoming Events

Brown Bag Lunch - Discuss and Do preview - 17th Jan 2012

This free lunchtime session is open to all  Coffee and tea will be available but do bring along your own lunch (in a brown bag if you want to b...

Price: FREE

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Business Women's Lunch - 23rd Feb 2012

A fabulous 2 course lunch with coffee in the stunning surroundings of Archangel's Naval room Lunch with two successful businesswomen, Pearl Lowe, designer an...

Price: £35.00

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Getting Access to Multiple Retailers - 23rd Feb 2012

Presented by retail and wholesale expert, Jill Barker who founded Green Baby, this intimate workshop will help new or growing designer makers to wor...

Price: £5.00

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Making it as an Entrepreneur - interactive workshop for businesses and professional artists - 23rd Feb 2012

Interactive workshop with Sunday Times Enterprise Editor Rachel Bridge and local entrepreneur and angel investor, Gavin Eddy £10/£15 on the door.

Price: £10.00

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How to Make a Million Before Lunch - with Rachel Bridge. - 23rd Feb 2012

Fresh from a successful tour at the Edinburgh festival fringe, Rachel Bridge brings her entertaining and comic look at the world...

Price: £10.00

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FromFrome Exhibition and Celebration - 24th Feb 2012

For visitors this will be a fabulous chance to find out just who is operating in the town  If you want to support local businesses what better chan...

Price: FREE

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Lunchtime Launchpad - 24th Feb 2012

An informal opportunity to meet with our team of expert mentors and chat through business related issues  FREE event  Full list of mentors will be published in due course.

Price: FREE

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Get to the top of Google - 24th Feb 2012

Your website should play a key part in your business and this course will help you to maximise its potential This course is full of hints, tips and information ...

Price: £10.00

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Sign up to social media - 24th Feb 2012

This event is now sold out but it is running again on Saturday 25th February A very practical workshop with Katy Duke, online reporter and journalist for From...

Price: £5.00

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Create Your Business with Johnny Martin - 25th Feb 2012

Frome is delighted to be welcoming Johnny Martin to run a course, which is normally only available at the British Library in London Known as ...

Price: £10.00

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Raising Business Finance - a rainbow of opportunities - 25th Feb 2012

Modwenna Rees-Mogg, editor of Angel News and funding expert will lead this session designed to take the fear out of funding and hel...

Price: £7.00

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How gallery exhibitions are curated with Simon Morrissey - 25th Feb 2012

Foreground director and freelance curator Simon Morrissey reveals how a gallery exhibition is put together and curated This even...

Price: £5.00

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A Creative Tune Up for your Business with Patrick Dunn - 25th Feb 2012

Patrick Dunn will present a fun, interactive - and melodious - session aimed at tuning up your business creativity Building on ...

Price: £5.00

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Sign up to social media - 25th Feb 2012

A second chance to participate in this practical workshop with our PR consultant to get you set up with social media By the end of this workshop, which is limite...

Price: £5.00

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Love to Learn - Fringe event in Nunney - 24th Feb 2012

Love to Learn Our ability to learn affects our prospects, business success, and incomeJoin us to find out how to be a brilliant learner who makes...

Price: FREE

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