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  • Creative Opportunities: Predictions and Insights for 2025

    Creative Opportunities: Predictions and Insights for 2025

    Discover the top creative sector trends and predictions for 2025, from AI innovation to community-driven opportunities.

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  • 7 Top Submission Platforms for Virtual Event Management

    7 Top Submission Platforms for Virtual Event Management

    Managing virtual event submissions can be overwhelming without the right tools. This article introduces 7 tools that simplify submissions, judging, and voting to help you focus on creating meaningful events.

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  • The 5 Metrics To Drive Growth for your Awards & Competitions

    The 5 Metrics To Drive Growth for your Awards & Competitions

    Running a successful competition means knowing what’s working – and what isn’t. Learn the 5 key metrics that will help you understand your candidates’ journey and grow your program effectively.

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  • Reframing Open Calls: How To Create Non-Competitive Spaces

    Reframing Open Calls: How To Create Non-Competitive Spaces

    In this article, we’ll explore how shifting perspectives on creative competitions could make them friendlier, fairer, and more inclusive spaces.

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  • Your Open Call is Over—Now the Real Engagement Begins

    Your Open Call is Over—Now the Real Engagement Begins

    Hosting an open call is truly an enriching experience. It allows for you to discover new talent and support them, create connections, and foster creativity. However, once the opportunity is over, the real challenge—and the true potential for impact—emerges. This can allow for the nourishment on meaningful relationships and the growth of your community.

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  • Turning Disappointment into Opportunity: Crafting Your Commiserations Email

    Turning Disappointment into Opportunity: Crafting Your Commiserations Email

    As uncomfortable as it can be, sending out commiserations emails are part and parcel of running an opportunity.

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  • How to Run a Good Program with Reduced Resources

    How to Run a Good Program with Reduced Resources

    This article shares practical strategies for organisations to run impactful creative opportunities like open calls and competitions with limited resources.

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  • 5 Top tools to manage your submissions for your Awards and Competitions

    5 Top tools to manage your submissions for your Awards and Competitions

    You want to grow your submissions for your awards or competitions; so you are looking for a robust tool that can reliably scale and that’s intuitive for all your stakeholders so it won’t cause any friction. What tools are out there and are they within my budget?  

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