“Brilliantly organised. A thought-provoking panel discussion and fantastic workshop session.”
Clare Lowe
Innovation Lead — Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator
Imperial College London
Live learning experiences worth showing up for
Give your business community more than just another event. With Inspiration Space, they’ll apply what they learn, leave with something useful to act on and keep talking about the experience afterwards.
10,000+ hours spent working directly with founders and small-business owners means we understand the audience — and the creative detail that earns their attention, participation and trust.
For the teams behind business-support programmes and events
You know who you want to reach and what you want the experience to achieve. We shape the format so people can take part, contribute and apply something useful.
The result is well-facilitated, locally tuned activity that complements your existing business-support infrastructure — and straightforward for your team to commission, deliver and promote.
Talk to us when you want events and shared experiences that bring your business community together around an opportunity, challenge or next step.
We work with
- Growth Hubs
- Incubators & accelerators
- Local-authority economic development teams
- Organisations bringing business communities together
WHAT WE OFFER
Live learning experiences
We design participatory sessions that help founders explore ideas, make decisions, test assumptions and leave with something practical they can apply afterwards.
Live learning works best when people can use it straight away.
“I took action immediately. Such a valuable use of time - Liana was fab and really appreciate that these events are being put on and funded by Waverley Borough Council.”
Jessica Meins
Founder and Creative Director at Soulspace
Facilitated conversations
We shape facilitated conversations that make space for the knowledge already in the room to flow more freely.
Structured to help participants compare experience, surface useful insight and learn from one another.
People leave with practical ideas, fresh perspective and conversations worth continuing. You get deeper insight into your community and engagement that continues beyond the event.
“A day of round-table discussions, superbly facilitated by Liana Fricker, helped us focus on how we can better support women and other under-represented founders in our communities.”
Emily Davies
Head of Student Entrepreneurship at University of Exeter
Connection-led events
We create events that bring the right mix of people together around a shared interest, opportunity or question.
Careful curation, setting and structure make it easier for people to meet naturally, without forcing the networking.
People leave having met people they want to know better. You get a business community that feels more connected, motivated and alive.
“Liana has such a gift for creating inspiring spaces where conversation, collaboration and big ideas seem to happen naturally.”
Eddie Judd
Podcast Host & Photographer
Trusted by organisations supporting people to start, grow and work differently
Have something else in mind?
We’re open to collaborations, partnerships and commissions that bring useful thinking, interesting people and good ideas into the same room.
WHY INSPIRATION SPACE
The Inspiration Space difference
We understand the realities the people you serve are navigating
Limited time, competing pressures and uncertain markets. A good atmosphere matters, but so does what people take from the room and use afterwards.
A wider network around the right brief
We believe business support can have more curiosity, generosity and cultural range. When a brief needs more than one standard format, we bring together the facilitators, advisers, designers, speakers, venues and specialists that can make it work.
Less for your team to carry, with added promotional lift
Bring us the audience, purpose, context, desired outcome, constraints and budget. We shape the response and carry it through to delivery, including promotional content and simple creative assets where they will help.
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An occasional dispatch of useful ideas, interesting people and things worth knowing about across business, work and community. For people creating, supporting and making space for what comes next.