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Columbus Create-a-thon

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April 22 - April 23, 2016
5:30PM - 9:30PM
The STEAM Factory, 2nd Floor, at 400 West Rich St

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Add to Calendar 2016-04-22 17:30:00 2016-04-23 21:30:00 Columbus Create-a-thon The Columbus Create-a-thon is a weekend event that brings together artists, writers, videographers, developers, musicians, and other creatives in an innovation sprint to form content and media around the challenges of arts-based businesses and entrepreneurship. Collaborators can create a web application, art show, ad campaign, video or project that speaks to the questions and challenges of arts-based businesses. Creatives will have the opportunity to share ideas and collaborate with other participants to make their ideas a reality.What you can expect at the event:Columbus Create-a-Thon consists of a combination of novice and experienced arts-based entrepreneurs collaboratively working for two days with OSU students (April 22nd and 23rd 2016) to discover solutions to art industry problems through enterprise models. Questions and challenges could include: 1) how to combine a not-for-profit with a sustainable for-profit component; 2) how to effectively use social media in advertising and marketing artistic products; or 3) how to use technology to build a customer base and create community and more.For a full schedule of the weekends events head to https://columbuscreateathon.splashthat.com/.  The STEAM Factory, 2nd Floor, at 400 West Rich St The STEAM Factory at The Ohio State University steamfactory@osu.edu America/New_York public

The Columbus Create-a-thon is a weekend event that brings together artists, writers, videographers, developers, musicians, and other creatives in an innovation sprint to form content and media around the challenges of arts-based businesses and entrepreneurship. Collaborators can create a web application, art show, ad campaign, video or project that speaks to the questions and challenges of arts-based businesses. Creatives will have the opportunity to share ideas and collaborate with other participants to make their ideas a reality.

What you can expect at the event:

Columbus Create-a-Thon consists of a combination of novice and experienced arts-based entrepreneurs collaboratively working for two days with OSU students (April 22nd and 23rd 2016) to discover solutions to art industry problems through enterprise models. Questions and challenges could include: 1) how to combine a not-for-profit with a sustainable for-profit component; 2) how to effectively use social media in advertising and marketing artistic products; or 3) how to use technology to build a customer base and create community and more.

For a full schedule of the weekends events head to https://columbuscreateathon.splashthat.com/.