CraftWork UK Evening Sessions

Craft+Work Evening Sessions are a series of intimate events taking place across the UK (Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Exeter, Cardiff, Manchester & Birmingham) in October and November 2024. If you're a soloist, founder or leader working in the Shopify Partner ecosystem or adjacent industries (SaaS, marketing, design etc.) this event is for you.

Buy Tickets — £15 / PWYC →

Only 50 tickets available per city

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• 2024 Schedule
• What's Happening?
• Who is it For?
• Presenters
• Themes
• Pay What You Can (PWYC)
• Pulse Survey
• Patrons
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• Buy Tickets

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2024 Schedule

Over the course of six weeks we're taking in six UK cities. All events will run from 6pm‐9pm and will include light bites and refreshments to keep your hunger and thurst at bay. Our suggested ticket price is £15 + VAT but you are welcome to "Pay What You Can".

1. Cambridge

   Wednesday 16th October 20246pm‐9pm @ The Bradfield Centre
2. Milton Keynes

   Thursday 17th October 20246pm‐9pm @ x+why
3. Exeter

   Wednesday 30th October 20246pm‐9pm @ Generator Hub
4. Cardiff

   Thursday 31st October 20246pm‐9pm @ Space2B at The Maltings
5. Manchester

   Wednesday 20th November 20246pm‐9pm @ Voco
6. Birmingham

   Thursday 21st November 20246pm‐9pm @ RBC Brewin Dolphin

Buy Tickets — £15 / PWYC →

Only 50 tickets available per city

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What's Happening?

Craft+Work Evening Sessions is an intimate event series for Shopify-focused professionals and will feature guest presentations, hot seat interviews, and group conversations focused on building better businesses. Consider them a more condensed, but equally valuable, version of our full-day events.

Expect to get involved, share your ideas, and learn from others running and building Shopify and ecommerce focused businesses on their own terms.

If you're new to Craft+Work why not read up on what happens as well as catching up on our full-day London events (2023 & 2024).

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Who is it For?

Our Evening Sessions are open to anyone interested in building and growing an ecommerce, digital, or creative business. That said, you'll likely get more from the event if you own, run, or work in a business in the Shopify Partner ecosystem and identify as a soloist, founder or leader.

Here's our take on each of these jargony terms:

• Shopify Partner Ecosytem — Businesses that exist due to the existence of the Shopify ecommerce platform. This includes individuals and agencies specialising in designing and building online stores, app developers, system integrators, ecommerce focused B2B and B2C marketers, SEO specialists, solutions architects, ecommerce strategists, copywriters, coaches, event organisers, and many more.
• Soloist — You are your business. Whilst you might contract out some aspects of your day-to-day work (e.g. accounting), it's really just you and your wits. You probably wouldn't have it any other way, but you want, no need, to find ways to balance out sales, marketing, networking and doing the work.
• Founder — You founded, or co-founded, a business that now has a team of people doing the work. Maybe that was the intention; maybe it was by accident. You likely find your days filled with 1-1s, sales calls, proposals and building relationships. You're constantly challenged by new problems and would value external insight and support.
• Leader — You're a decision maker in a business. You occasionally get your hands dirty on a project but likely spend most of your days leading a team and helping the founders think bigger and more strategically. You would love to learn how other people operate and how you can develop your own leadership toolkit.

Not sure if you fit the bill then why not get in touch and let's find out.

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Presenters

Each evening session will feature two invited presenters who have agreed to come along and share their personal stories and insights. Full details will be released as we confirm the lineup for each city. Expect an interesting and ecclectic mix of people.

Previous presenters have included B2B marketing consultants, business advisors and coaches, ecommerce consultants, event marketing specialists, marketing consultants, operations experts, product managers, startup founders, Shopify agency founders, Shopify app developers, Shopify theme developers and storytelling experts

If you're interested in presenting at one of our Evening Sessions please drop us a note and let's have a chat.

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Themes

Events will be curated around themes highly relevant to anyone running or considering starting an Shopify-focused business. We'll cover many of the following areas: