Ellen O'Hara Email & Phone Number

My strategy work with organisations involves - creating and testing earned income generation strategies - building, testing and launching new products and services - adapting and implementing new business models - accessing alternative finance - leadership & entrepreneurship coachingRecent clients include National Theatre Wales, Theatre Centre, Coney, Metal, Arts Derbyshire, 198 Contemporary Arts, Turner Contemporary, Stop Gap Dance Company, 64 Million Artists.My coaching work with individual artists, creative and social entrepreneurs involves: - building clarity, confidence and agency - developing your own brand of values based entrepreneurship - designing sustainable business models that meet creative ambitions, social aims and financial needsI tend to deliver this work through funded programmes such as Real Creative Futures Digital (New Art Exchnage) and Faultlines (FutureEverything).Training clients include: - Clore Leadership Programme: Emergent and dynamic approaches to strategic planning - Crafts Council: Business modelling, pricing and money modelling for Hothouse - New Art Exchange: Visual Business Planning - Creative United: Business modelling for Creative Industry Finance, Prosper and Prosper NorthProgramme design and delivery work includes:- Nesta & Arts Council England - Digital Arts & Culture Accelerator- Innovate UK - Enterprise Capability- National Arts Council Singapore - Lead the Way cultural leadership programme- British Council & Nesta - Creative Hubs Academy- Warwick Ventures - Venture Into Business Engagement (VIBE)- UAL - Creative Business AcceleratorResearch projects and clients include: - Making Space: Developing and Sustaining Affordable Artists’ Studios and Creative Workspaces, Creative United - Creatives ZW Unlocked, British Council Zimbabwe - Mapping Creative Hubs in England, British CouncilI work internationally and am based in the Derbyshire Dales.

I co-created ModFin with Gill Thewlis to address a gap in the market for business modeling tools that cater for the complexity of creative and purpose led businesses.Over the last two years, we've been tesitng and iterating the methodology and have deployed ModFin with over 40 individual creative businesses, over 70 cultural and heritage organisations and 30 commercial creative businesses.The Modfin System helps you get to grips with everything you’re currently doing as a business, how each part of your model is performing financially and how it all fits together. Our approach:- Using visual tools and powerful questions, we work with you in a practical and participative way - It’s a structured, rigorous process with built in flexibility, making it robust yet tailored to your needs - We take a coaching approach which means we don’t proscribe the outcomes; we support and challenge you to reach the outcome that is right for youThe initial result is a: - Clear visual presentation and understanding of your current business model, however complex - Robust analysis of the financial model that underpins your business model - Clear statement of the other returns you reap, be they creative, social and reputational - Roadmap for creating your future modelVisit our website to find out how we can help you.

National

People Make It Work work with visionary organisations and their leaders to create and embed transformational change. Change that delivers missions, revitalises workplaces, restores audience relationships, reconnects with artists and that delivers real business benefits for the UKs cultural organisations.As an associate consultant, I deliver coaching and consultancy with and for arts and cultural leaders on three core programmes:Change Creation - which enables arts and cultural leaders to transform their organisation in ways that will make it more resilient. It's one of four strands of the Building Resilience Programme, funded by Arts Council England and delivered by people make it work. Clients include Turner Contemporary and Transform.The Arts Portfolio Wales' Resilience Programme - which delivers tailored and responsive support to members of the new Arts Portfolio Wales to helpmore resilient organisations. Delivered by a pool of specialist coaches and advisors over the next two years. Clients include National Theatre Wales and Peak.School for Social Entrepreneurs Building Resilience programme, also funded by Arts Council England - which enables entrepreneurship and diversity. Clients include Theatre Centre, Stopgap Dance Company and CreativityWorks.

National

Creative United provides a range of financial products and services designed to enable the growth and development of the UK’s cultural and creative industries. I've worked with Creative United to deliver business development coaching and training on three flagship programmes: Creative Industries Finance, Prosper and Prosper North.

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Real Creative Futures Digital is New Art Exchange's offering to The Big House programme. It is business support programme, aimed specifically at the creative and digital sectors, using expertise and insight to help launch, innovate and grow creative enterprises. The project nurtures entrepreneurs and SMEs with 12 hours of free tailored support to help you build valuable relationships and develop your skills. If you work in music, visual or performing arts, broadcasting, design, film, photography,architecture or publishing, online marketing and video, mobile applications design and web development, then you're part of the city's creative and digital industries. I offer one to one creative business coaching across Nottingham, based at the New Art Exchange.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Real Creative Futures is part of The Big House, delivering free tailored business support to creative and digital entrepreneurs and businesses in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Coaching, mentoring from industry experts, networking, seminars and workshops are all on offer. I work as the resident creative busness coach based at the New Art Exchange.

Paris & London

I deliver a one day lecture on strategy and new business models for the MA students of the IESA History and Business of the Contemporary Art Market and Old Masters courses.

Arts Council England supported General Fellowship 2014/15.

Leading on enterprise curricula design, development and delivery producing high impact programmes that bring together the latest thinking in business modelling, enterprise education, on and offline teaching platforms and methodologies.* Strategy development on how to leverage intellectual property assets to help the company grow through licensing, partnerships and new products.* Secured a high value contract of £1.2m to deliver enterprise skills training to Innovate UK supported technology companies. Designed the entrepreneurial skills training framework and created content for business modeling and pricing strategy modules.

Leading on business development support, research and consultancy for an award winning socialenterprise and the UK’s only creative incubator for designer-makers in the UK. Key achievements:* Led research and development to identify new earned income streams, including commercialization of core services, exploitation of IP, new pricing structures and consultancy to help close the organizational funding gap.* Design of business incubation processes and programmes to support designer-makers,contributing to an average increase in profitability of 28% year on year since between 2006.* Led and managed small in-house team and pool of associates to deliver organizational goals.* Delivery of one to one coaching to over 400 designer-makers; creating business plans thatbalance creative development, social aims and commercial goals.* Designed, raised funding for and launched a pilot Creative Employment Programme to supportdesigner-makers take on paid apprentices and interns, in partnership with Arts Council England,Creative & Cultural Skills and Royal Bank of Scotland.* Organisational lead for the ERDF funded New Creative Markets programme.* Established and managed a three year pilot micro-finance scheme, achieving zero bad debt;commissioned a Social Return on Investment study to measure the wider impact of the schemeleading to a partnership with Ingenious to provide a 5 year Growth Loan Fund.* Designed and delivered strategic development programmes of support for the craft sector forBritish Council Thailand, Russia, Slovenia and Vietnam, as well as consultancy to inform policydevelopment in the host countries. * Initiated a knowledge transfer partnership with London Metropolitan University and Pro Bono Economics to establish data collection, analysis and impact measurement tools.Production of annual evidence based research reports; published in the Craft Research Journal2011.

Project manager of a pioneering programme for young people, funded by Arts Council England and the Regional Development Agency. Key achievements:* Supported 70 young creative entrepreneurs to start up in businesses over a two-year period,exceeding project target by 30%; business survival rate across the project was high at 73%.* Successfully embedded the activities of the project within regional teams and secured publicfunding of £105K to deliver the exit strategy.* Commissioned research on the Social and Economic Impact of the project to improve the Trust’s knowledge base in creative entrepreneurship.* Initiated and developed key strategic partnerships with a range of public, private and community sector agencies.

Working with the Audience Development and Cultural Diversity Officers to deliver strategic priorities across a range of programmes. Key achievements:* Initiated and facilitated the growth of regional Carnival Arts and Black History Month networks; achieving joint strategic marketing plans and long-lasting relationships.* Took Board positions on several participatory arts organizations and successfully delivered organizational development support to three of these to achieve regularly funded status.* Supported regularly funded organizations to develop audience development and cultural diversity strategies.* Assessed and supported grant applications with respect to audience development, access and inclusion and cultural diversity.