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Paddling hard below the surface

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted March 30, 2019•0 Comment(s)

I was at the quarterly meeting of the Federation of Scottish Theatre yesterday and was both inspired and worried by all that I was hearing. This is a meeting which allows all those at the front-line of creative delivery to…

Tags: FST, funding, Networking, Scottish Theatre
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Stagefright – fight or flight

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted June 6, 2016•0 Comment(s)

I work in a business where I network a lot, end up standing on stage making announcements, and (as I type this) preparing to lead a workshop for 2hrs with a group of Newcastle based creative who I don’t know,…

Tags: Networking, stagefright
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Creative Life Support – business direction

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted July 1, 2015•0 Comment(s)

  It was in May of last year that I started my first coaching sessions, and it’s about 12 months since my first pay-what-you-can clients signed up. In December I passed my diploma in personal coaching, and I currently have…

Tags: Business, Coaching, mission, Networking, wellness
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Networking – its about having a conversation with someone.

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted June 16, 2015•0 Comment(s)

I’ve just returned from my first “Sausages at Dawn” meeting for a few weeks. Its a chance to sit with fellow freelancers and small business entrepreneurs over breakfast (healthy or otherwise) and learn a little more about each of them.…

Tags: 4N Networking, Networking, patsy rodenburg
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What’s the secret of the Christmas Card List ?

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted June 13, 2015•0 Comment(s)

This week I did a session with each of the 70+ 2nd years in Musical Theatre, Acting and Actor Musicianship at Mountview. Just an hour, but we managed to pack it with lots of useful “stuff” to help them as…

Tags: making connections, marketing, mountview, Networking
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Croissants, Cocktails, and the Universe at work…

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted February 24, 2015•0 Comment(s)

This week I will be quick because its Tues already I want to offer you croissants and coaching, cocktails and coaching, and a quick dose of “thank you Universe”. I was at a course on Saturday to help me help others…

Tags: Coaching, cocktails, consiousness, Networking
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Feeling Rubbish…How Honest Can you Be ?

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted January 27, 2015•2 Comment(s)

One of the things about networking is that you are expected to be in a really good place emotionally and business-wise when you do it. And the thing about going to speak at a conference, or lecturing in education, is…

Tags: 4N Networking, challenge, devoted and disgruntled, fear, help, Networking
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Grab every opportunity – but beware the toilet

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted December 1, 2014

I would like to share 3 stories for actors (and actually anyone trying to get their business happening).  Get work out there, Grab every opportunity, and Be careful where you do your r&d.

Tags: actors, auditioning, Business, Networking, theatre, Training
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An international welcome from all (but one)

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted November 13, 2014

I made my annual pilgrimage to the greatest global trade show on earth last week,  and I took with me a shopping list of things I needed to find out to help some British artists, composers, and theatremakers reach out…

Tags: brazil, canada, global, malaysia, Networking, travel trade, world travel market
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Sharing Creativity and Gifts

Blog•by Chris Grady•Posted October 20, 2014

I am blessed by being surrounded by extraordinary creative, skilled and supportive beings. This morning I type this as the Authentic Artist Asylum warms up above a pub in South London. I look on as visual artists, poets, vocal specialists,…

Tags: authentic artists, cgo surgery, collective consiousness, creativity, DandD, Kath Burlinson, Networking, sharing
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Chris Grady is a facilitator, workshop leader and trainer specialising in the support of the next generation of creative producers and practitioners. 

In 2007, Chris founded the CGO.CGO supports freelancers and organisations to forge connections. These may be: internal ones, with yourself and your ambitions; or external ones, with the business or creative world you wish to explore. 

CGO oversees a variety of projects, including Producing, Proper Job Honest, Producers Pool, and Surgeries. CGO also runs The CGO Institute, which offers a Diploma in Creative Producing.

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CGO is a hub for producing creative people. We run a Diploma in Creative Producing, workshops and offer networking opportunties. We support producers at the beginning of their careers in the theatre sector.

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PROJEKT EUROPA & @Chrisgradyorg ANNOUNCES NEW BURSARY SCHEME FOR EMERGING MIGRANT PRODUCERS!

This scheme will award an aspiring producer a funded place on the CGO Diploma in Creative Producing PLUS a 16-week paid work placement with us!

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