{"id":80200,"date":"2022-09-07T12:22:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=80200"},"modified":"2022-09-07T20:27:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T00:27:58","slug":"free-public-workshops-focus-on-creativity-technology-and-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/09\/free-public-workshops-focus-on-creativity-technology-and-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Free public workshops focus on creativity, technology and entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock LINC workshops are back.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning this month, the University\u2019s centre for creativity, innovation, research and entrepreneurship is offering several free events and workshops centred on supporting creative exploration, technology literacy and entrepreneurial education.<\/p>\n<p>This fall, students, researchers and members of the wider community are invited to explore new learning opportunities that are informative, fun and can help develop new skills.<\/p>\n<p>For individuals looking to develop a creative mindset, the Brock LINC is hosting a mix of online and in-person workshops, including <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/programs\/creativity-innovation\/creative-writing-sessions-with-firefly-creative-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creative Writing with Firefly Creative Writing<\/a>, those focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/ideation-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ideation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/the-innovative-mindset-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Innovative Mindset<\/a>, as well as a workshop during Homecoming Weekend on <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/programs\/creativity-innovation\/brock-linc-creativity-coffee-workshop-with-416-coffee-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coffee Tasting with 416 Coffee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Brock University Library <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/makerspace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Makerspace<\/a>, located in RFP 204, has in-person <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/makerspace\/workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">orientation workshops<\/a> that highlight the technology available for individuals to use and bring their ideas to life. Sessions focus on creating with 3D printers, laser cutters and engravers; and booking and using the audio and video production labs. The Makerspace\u2019s online September workshops include 3D Modelling Basics with TinkerCAD and Podcasting Basics.<\/p>\n<p>The Library\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/dsl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Scholarship Lab<\/a>, one of the partners in the recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/our-space\/digital-collaboratory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Collaboratory<\/a>, is offering <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/dsl\/workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online workshops<\/a> on Python and PowerBI this month to help researchers and students learn the basics on data science and data visualization.<\/p>\n<p>For individuals who are flirting with the idea of entrepreneurship, but don\u2019t know where to start, the Brock LINC is hosting a workshop on <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/starting-your-entrepreneurial-journey-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Starting Your Entrepreneurial Journey<\/a>. The workshop helps those with a non-business background understand fundamental terminology and introduces the key start-up programs and resources available at Brock and in the Niagara community, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/goodman-group\/venture-development\/programs\/kick-starting-entrepreneurship-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship Program<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/lincubator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LINCubator<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/entrepreneurship-co-op\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entrepreneurship Co-op<\/a>. In addition, the Brock LINC will be hosting its first <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/linc\/linc-up-networking-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LINC UP! Networking Event<\/a>, aimed at bringing together the entrepreneurial community at Brock and in Niagara.<\/p>\n<p>The events and workshops are free and open to Brock University students, staff, faculty and community members. To learn more and for a full list of upcoming Brock LINC workshops and events, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brocku.ca\/linc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brocku.ca\/linc\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning this month, the Brock LINC is offering several free events and workshops centred on supporting creative exploration, technology literacy and entrepreneurial education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,7484,7,1,4],"tags":[3333,2701,5067,3327,4402,703,9593,11908,8940,10831,331,1195,1210,4588,89],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80202,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80200\/revisions\/80202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}