Bridging Communities
About this event
Following three sell-out events in Edinburgh, The Melting Pot and Startup Grind Scotland are delighted to announce Glasgow’s first cross-community networking event. We’re bridging communities to help you spark new connections and collaborations.
Your hosts, Helen and Anna, are obsessed with community. It is at the heart of everything they do. Whether in a professional setting or personal, their communities are their source of advice, support, inspiration and celebration, helping them grow into the leaders they are today.
But, as we all know, without challenging our perspectives, innovation slows and ideas silo. There is power in our comfortable spaces, but stepping out of our networks offers us a chance to build relationships with people with different worldviews, expertise and experiences – and create a lasting impact.
These chance encounters lead to great things: making new connections, sparking ideas, solving challenges, and innovating through the collision of perspectives.
In our first Glasgow event, we will explore what community means to us all, hearing personal stories of triumph, professional blunders and mistakes and, ultimately, how our networks can work together to develop a connected business ecosystem.
Join us on June 21st, where our speakers will share their stories about their communities, the impact it has had on them and what they learnt along the way.
What to expect:
Hear from cross-sector experts about how change has the power to transform, shake up and question the status quo
Learn about the different business communities in Glasgow
Share your business passions with like-minded people
Engage in facilitated, purposeful networking
Connect with peers and new friends in a casual setting
Share an ask or a project you’re excited for with the community
Hosted by:
The Melting Pot
In collaboration with:
Barclays Eagle Labs
CodeBase
Black Professionals Scotland
Creative Edinburgh
Our speakers
Martin Avila - Chief Executive Officer: CEIS
Alison Savill - Head of Glasgow and West Regional Engagement: CodeBase
More speakers to be announced soon!
Our hosts
Anna Brow, Content Marketer, loveelectric
From Aotearoa New Zealand to Edinburgh, Scotland, Anna has seen how people create real change through business. With a wealth of experience in Scotland's Startup ecosystem, Anna has established relationships and partnerships with national and local bodies in various sectors, focused on entrepreneurship and social impact.
Anna brings creative and strategic expertise to her work, striving to create innovative strategies to engage with stakeholders. Currently working in the marketing team at loveelectric, Anna brings an inquisitive take on the entrepreneurial world.
Helen Denny, CEO, The Melting Pot - Scotland’s Centre for Social Innovation
Helen is an entrepreneurial and empathetic leader with 20+ years’ experience across sectors. Her expertise lie in business development, strategy, facilitation and innovation. For the past decade, she has run her own social business, Not9to5, helping individuals and organisations navigate the changing world of work. Helen has been a member of The Melting Pot’s coworking community since 2016, and has found it to be an important source of connection, career progression and community. She is passionate about social innovation and has recently taken on the role of CEO, leading The Melting Pot in this next chapter as Scotland’s Centre for Social Innovation.
About The Melting Pot
The Melting Pot is Scotland's Centre for Social Innovation and one of the oldest coworking communities in the world. We offer freelancers, remote workers, small businesses and large organisations flexible, safe and creative solutions for this new era of working.
We offer regular events for our community, from exciting talks with Scotland’s leading Social Innovators to practical help with your business. We love helping people meet, learn and connect so we make sure almost all our events are open to everyone.
About Startup Grind
SG Scotland is the Scottish Chapter of Startup Grind, the world's largest startup community of 3.5M+ entrepreneurs, innovators, investors and dreamers.
Central to everything we do is to help our community make friends, not contacts. We believe that the best ideas come from the most unexpected situations, and we’re committed to creating these moments of magic.
SG Scotland inspires, educates and connects entrepreneurs across the country through monthly events, mentorship opportunities and partners.