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Many weeks ago I'd gone to the offices of the in Edinburgh and suggested that Radio Scotland could forge better partnerships with creative organisations if only we knew about projects well in advance. at the SAC agreed we should bring programme makers together with key figures in the arts community. Today we did exactly that.

I'd been struggling to think of a good format for the meeting. The idea of us all sitting arounf a table bumping our gums seemed uninspiring. Instead I structured the meeting in the style of a speed-dating session. We put eight small tables in a conference room and put one radio producer and one SAC delegate at each of them. Each couple had seven minutes to exchange ideas and then we changed the pairings. I even rang a little crystal bell to signal the intervals.

It seemed to work well and at the end of the session everyone had made new friends and we had a pile of ideas to work through. I did get a bit carried away when I suggested we view this session as a "first date" and that when we next meet there "might be some kissing". Clearly some people thought I had taken the metaphor a little too far. Some, but not all. Gareth Hydes, who leads our Events team, won the prize for best heckler when he shouted "I can't wait for the fourth date!"

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