Operating Models & Process
How work is organised, who decides what, and where effort actually goes. (SIC 70229)
Consultancy · Performing arts support · Sports activities
Behind the event, not on the stage.
DER Associates Ltd works on the organisational side of things — how an organisation is run, how a production is supported, how an activity is put on. We are not performers, not agents and not coaches.
AdviseManagement consultancy
SupportPerforming arts
OrganiseSports activities
Who we are
Three activities, one kind of work.
Advising an organisation, supporting a production and putting on a sporting activity look unrelated, and in one way they are. In another they are the same job: working out who is responsible for what, what has to happen in which order, and what goes wrong if nobody has thought about it.
Management consultancy. Management consultancy activities other than financial management. (SIC 70229)
Performing arts support. Support activities to performing arts. (SIC 90020)
Sports activities. Other sports activities. (SIC 93199)
Not an agency. We do not represent performers or find anybody work. (See our Terms)
What we do
What we doOrganisation, production support and activity delivery
Written Procedures
Writing down how something runs so it survives the person who knows it.
Production Support
Coordination, scheduling and logistics behind a production - the organisational side. (SIC 90020)
Venue & Supplier Liaison
Dealing with venues, suppliers and timetables so the people on stage do not have to.
Sports Activity Organisation
Organising and running sporting activities and sessions for adults. (SIC 93199)
Risk Assessments
Written risk assessments for activities and events, and what to do when something happens.
How we work
Understand, plan, run, review
Four steps, with responsibilities written down before anything is committed to.
1 · Understand
What is actually happening now, and who currently decides what.
2 · Plan
A plan with named responsibilities, a running order and the things that could go wrong.
3 · Run
The work itself, whether that is a change, a production run or an activity.
4 · Review
What actually happened, written down while people still remember it.
Areas we cover
What we are usually asked for
Operating modelsProcess & rolesProduction coordinationScheduling & logisticsVenue liaisonEvent planningRisk assessmentsWritten procedures
Got something to organise and nobody obvious to own it?
Tell us what it is. We will say what we would do, what it would cost, and what falls outside what we are allowed to do.