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Digital Worlds Innovation Coaching Session

Thursday 5 November 2026·10:00am·The University of Manchester
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Date & Time

Thursday 5 November 2026

10:00am – 12:00pm

Location

The University of Manchester

Room 4.204, University Place, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester

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Price

Free

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Manchester Digital

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A small-group coaching session on moving an innovative idea towards an actual outcome: a new partnership, a commercial route, or a bigger funding bid. Drew (Rusty) Carroll, an external innovation coach Manchester Digital met at its Digital Environment conference, facilitates. The format is deliberately open. Attendees can listen, or put their own problem in the room and draw on the group's experience. It is the first of a planned monthly series, so expect a small, repeat-heavy room rather than a one-off audience. Two hours, free, in Room 4.204 at University Place, with capacity capped at 30. Manchester Digital asks anyone who books and then cannot attend to release their place in advance. Why go: coaching rather than content, with a cap low enough that you will actually get airtime on your own idea. Best for researchers and founders stuck between a promising idea and a route to market.

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Drew (Rusty) Carroll

Innovation coach, Independent

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