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SUMMARY:Artselerate South Australia Online
DESCRIPTION:ARTSELERATE ONLINE is closed\n\n\n\nDownload the Program Guide\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARTSELERATE SA is a unique program specifically designed to help South Australian creatives build their small businesses. The in-person events have been a series of intensive incubators designed to help participants devise practical goals for their businesses and creative careers\, and to create a local community of practitioners. \n\n\n\nARTSELERATE SA ONLINE: Creative Business Toolkit is a FREE series of 24 recorded workshops and webinars covering a range of topics related to business\, money\, marketing and wellbeing\, specifically for creatives. It enhances the learning of the in-person events and provides an accessible introduction to creative business for practitioners at any stage of their creative career or small arts business. \n\n\n\nYou must be a resident of South Australia and over 18 to participate.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat Does it Involve?\n\n\n\n\n+ 24 accessible online recordings of workshops and webinars\, arranged into four topic areas of Business\, Money\, Marketing and Wellbeing.\n\n\n\n+ Interviews and presentations from creative business experts\, across a wide range of industries and levels of experience.\n\n\n\n+ Ongoing access to a wide range of additional free webinars on the topics of creative business\, professional development\, financial literacy and marketing.\n\n\n\n+ Ongoing access to a permanent Dropbox folder full of additional materials\, resources\, information sheets\, interesting links and practical workbooks.\n\n\n\n+ Templates for both a One Page Creative Business Plan and a One Page Creative Marketing Plan\, to be worked through during workshop time and at home.\n\n\n\n+ Access to the private Artselerate Facebook Group\, where you can continue to connect with fellow online learners and previous ARTSELERATE SA alumni.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho’s it For?\n\n\n\nArtselerate is a program designed for creative practitioners at any stage of their professional development—it’s a safe and structured melting pot of experiences\, attitudes\, and ideas to get your planning done! \n\n\n\nYou could be… \n\n\n\n\n+  An individual artist or maker from any area of the creative industry\n\n\n\n+  A recent graduate or fledgling freelancer just getting started\n\n\n\n+  Someone representing a small creative organisation or arts not-for-profit\n\n\n\n+  A leader from a mid-sized arts or screen organisation who doesn’t have the financial resources to hire a consultant or participate in a more expensive program\n\n\n\n\nOr anything in between! \n\n\n\nWe welcome keen beans who are based in South Australia from any area of creative practice. Ideally\, you are committed to improving your professional and creative capacity and developing your business and marketing skills in an accelerated way\, using a practical methodology. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Program Facilitator\n\n\n\nMonica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries\, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist and filmmaker. In 2014 Monica completed her Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business at AFTRS\, and was appointed as the first NSW Creative Industries Business Advisor by the Department of Industry. Shortly after she founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business\, which is dedicated to educating creative people about small business and marketing skills. In 2019\, Monica was awarded the QUT Creative Enterprise Australia award for being a Creative Trailblazer that “advocates\, mentors\, donates\, educates and advises within Australia’s creative economy”. Monica continues to work as a writer\, filmmaker and occasional performer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s Creative Plus Business?\n\n\n\nWe’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help through sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way\, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice. We believe that a bit of naughtiness\, tempered with a kind heart and a big dose of professionalism\, is the key to helping creative people understand the boring basics of business. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nIf you have any access requirements\, please contact our Education Coordinator\, Fiona Pulford via  fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fine Print\n\n\n\n\n+ This Online course is free to attend.\n\n\n\n+ You can be from any area of practice\, including screen\, music\, performing arts\,  design\, fashion\, visuals arts\, writing and multi-arts.\n\n\n\n+ This course will be offered only for a limited time – 1 April – 30 June 2025.\n\n\n\n+ You must be aged over 18\, and be a resident of South Australia in order to participate.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARTSELERATE ONLINE is closed\n\n\n\nDownload the Program Guide\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARTSELERATE SA is an initiative of the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.
URL:https://creativeplusbusiness.com/workshop/artselerate-south-australia-online/
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SUMMARY:ONLINE (NSW): Diversify Your Creative Income
DESCRIPTION:Surviving and thriving financially as a creative practitioner usually means doing more than one thing to make a living – but where to start\, and what to do?  \n\n\n\nCreative businesses often need help to brainstorm all the possible ways to diversify their income streams (especially now!) and become more financially sustainable. ‘Diversify Your Creative Income’ is a free interactive online workshop that allows participants to discuss the various general ways that creatives can make money (including services\, goods and passive income)\, and includes practical exercises to help brainstorm those ideas. \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nThis workshop examines:+ Defining your core\, complementary and supplementary offerings;+ Using a skills audit to help inspire new ideas and ways of thinking about making money;+ The ‘cheat sheet’ – a collection of tried-and-true ideas including online sales\, passive income\, productifying a service\, selling experiences\, education\, mentoring and more;+ The testing process\, and how to identify whether or not these ideas are actually “good”. \n\n\n\n\nWhat do I get?All participants of this workshop also receive:+ Lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder full of additional resources and help;+ A practical workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops;+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop;+ The possibility of further one-to-one business advice\, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors. We have a whole team ready to help! \n\n\n\n\nWho is presenting?Cat Dibley – Cat Dibley is a national and international creative producer with over 10 years’ experience producing dance\, theatre\, tours\, and festivals. She has worked at major theatre companies across Australia\, Europe\, and the US and founded a theatre company in 2011\, producing many shows under this banner for mainstage companies\, festivals\, and large-scale national tours. Cat has also worked as a creative consultant\, story producer\, screen development producer\, educator and mentor. \n\n\n\nWhat’s Creative Plus Business?We’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help by sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way\, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice. \n\n\n\nAccessibility: if you have any access requirements\, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\nThis workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop. Download our handy Zoom users guide here. \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nWhat is NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect is a dedicated and personalised NSW Government program that provides trusted advice to help you start\, run\, adapt or grow your small business. Creative Plus Business provides confidential\, independent business advice and skills training for small and medium creative businesses across NSW as part of the NSW Government’s Business Connect program. \n\n\n\nCreative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.
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SUMMARY:ONLINE (NSW): How to Start a Creative Business
DESCRIPTION:This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with West Darling Arts. \n\n\n\nCurious about turning your creative practice into a fully-fledged small business? Loving your artistic hobby\, and wondering if you have the chops for freelancing? \n\n\n\nThis fun and friendly FREE online workshop will cover all the essentials you need to get the basics of creative business right\, and avoid some of the most common pitfalls that artists can experience when entering the world of self-employment and freelancing. ‘How to Start a Creative Business’ was designed by creative practitioners for absolute beginners\, and it’s a friendly safe space where every question is a good question\, and the mysteries of business will become a little clearer. \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nYou will learn the following\, with a special focus on arts practice and creative industries:+ Setting goals and making a plan for your start-up journey\,+ The basics of business including ABNs\, structures\, business names and licences\,+ The legal steps to registering your business\,+ Getting ready for managing the money\,+ Preparing for marketing and promotion\,+ Where to go for more help. \n\n\n\n‘How to Start a Creative Business’ is your passport to a world where you can be creative\, make money from your craft\, and love your work. \n\n\n\nWhat do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ A practical workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.+ The possibility of further one-to-one business advice\, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors. We have a whole team ready to help! \n\n\n\nWho is presenting?Cat Dibley – Cat Dibley is a national and international creative producer with over 10 years’ experience producing dance\, theatre\, tours\, and festivals. She has worked at major theatre companies across Australia\, Europe\, and the US and founded a theatre company in 2011\, producing many shows under this banner for mainstage companies\, festivals\, and large-scale national tours. Cat has worked as a creative consultant\, story producer\, screen development producer\, educator and mentor. \n\n\n\nWhat is CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS?We’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help by sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way\, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice.Accessibility: if you have any queries or access requirements\, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\nThis workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop. Download our handy Zoom users guide here. BOOK NOW \n\n\n\nWhat is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free\, independent\, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business. \n\n\n\nCreative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.
URL:https://creativeplusbusiness.com/workshop/online-nsw-how-to-start-a-creative-business-4/
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SUMMARY:ONLINE (National): Social Enterprise for Screen
DESCRIPTION:Submissions have closed\n\n\n\nDownload the Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS Program in partnership with the Screenrights Cultural Fund. \n\n\n\nThe first ever opportunity of its kind in Australia\, Social Enterprise for Screen is a national masterclass program designed to empower under-represented filmmakers who want to use the power of screen to make the world a better place. Successful applicants will have their placement fully-subsidised\, made possible by the Screenrights Cultural Fund. \n\n\n\nOver this rigorous thirteen-week online program you will be equipped with the skills and knowledge required to build a sustainable screen organisation that can also contribute to positive social change\, using the organisational model of social entrepreneurship. \n\n\n\nWHAT TO EXPECT\n\n\n\nHere’s what to expect if you join us for the program: \n\n\n\n\n12 x 2.5 hours online sessions full of collaborative tutorials\, guest speakers\, practical activities and presentations\, resource sharing and networking activities.\n\n\n\n2 x 1-hour expert creative business mentor meetings.\n\n\n\nApprox. 4 – 6 hours of guided activities between sessions.\n\n\n\nParticipation in our guided ‘Screen Buddy’ peer support program.\n\n\n\nDevelop your own Strategic Plan and Pitch Video.\n\n\n\n\nWHO’S IT FOR?\n\n\n\nThe program has been created and tailored for participants who are from under-represented sectors of screen industry leadership\, including First Nations filmmakers\, People of Colour\, culturally and linguistically diverse filmmakers\, women and gender-fluid people\, the LGBTQIA+ community\, regional filmmakers\, and people living with disability. \n\n\n\nTo get the most from this program you will have some experience in the screen industry preferably with some freelance work behind you\, and the ambition to build a business that has a specific focus on creating work that supports positive social impact and disrupts the traditional models of film production. You might be a solo practitioner\, a partnership\, or part of a small team. \n\n\n\nPROGRAM OUTCOMES\n\n\n\n\nSocial Enterprise Models: A comprehensive understanding of social enterprises and how you can use the model in screen production to support positive change both on- and off-screen.\n\n\n\nNarrative Development: Learn how to develop new ideas for compelling narratives narratives that showcase social enterprise stories.\n\n\n\nUnderstanding Impact: Social Enterprises need to measure their impact. You’ll learn how to measure and evaluate the social impact of your business and your filmmaking.\n\n\n\nYour New Network: Throughout the program you’ll be building a network of like-minded individuals committed to social change through film. Your next collaborator could be in the room!\n\n\n\nEmpowered Filmmakers: You’ll be learning how to empower yourself and other under-represented filmmakers to use social enterprise modelling for collaboration\, community-building and strategic disruption.\n\n\n\nProject & Plan: By the end of the program\, you’ll have completed a draft for your own social enterprise strategic plan\, and a video pitch for your business. You’ll also get feedback from industry experts about your project and plan!\n\n\n\n\nWHAT’S CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS? \n\n\n\nThe program is delivered by Creative Plus Business\, a national social enterprise dedicated to advancing the business skills and entrepreneurialism of creative practitioners. \n\n\n\nIt has been designed by the company’s Doyenne and founder\, Monica Davidson\, who brings over thirty years of screen industry and social enterprise experience to the project. \n\n\n\nDATES & DETAILS \n\n\n\nParticipants will need to attend 13 x online sessions\, along with some self-managed learning and mentoring sessions. Each online learning session in the program runs weekly on a Thursday evening from 6:00pm – 8:30pm. \n\n\n\nPROGRAM DATES\n\n\n\nThursday 15 May – Thursday 7 August 2025 \n\n\n\nEOI Dates\n\n\n\nApplications open Wednesday 19 February 2025Applications close Friday 4 April 2025 \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT\n\n\n\nSuitable applicants will be selected via applications. You will be notified of the outcome of this EOI by the end of April 2025. You must be aged over 18 and be a resident of Australia in order to participate. \n\n\n\nAccessibility: if you have any access requirements\, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions have closed\n\n\n\nDownload the Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSCREENRIGHTS CULTURAL FUNDThe Screenrights Cultural Fund makes a difference by supporting people with exciting and innovative new initiatives that foster the creation and appreciation of screen content in Australia and New Zealand.
URL:https://creativeplusbusiness.com/workshop/online-national-social-enterprise-for-screen/
CATEGORIES:Business Incubator,Online Courses,Workshops
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SUMMARY:ONLINE (NSW): Time Management for Creatives
DESCRIPTION:Creative practitioners and arts professionals juggle an array of tasks and projects\, not to mention their personal priorities as well. How on earth to make time for it all? \n\n\n\nMost creatives are pushed to the limit when it comes to time management. Many are juggling work\, freelancing gigs\, passion projects\, admin and marketing demands\, as well as the other challenges that might come from parenting\, caring responsibilities and other personal factors. There are solutions to these vexing issues\, but there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. The added complexities of neurodiversity and creative thinking mean that more than one tactic might help. ‘Time management for creatives\, is a fun and relaxed online workshop that explores a variety of practical options for time management\, specifically designed for a range of learning needs. \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nWith a specific focus on the arts and creative industries\, this online workshop covers:+ The different approaches and individual definitions of what ‘time management’ means.+ The importance of breaking down what ‘time success’ and priorities mean for you.+ The difference between deadlines and goals\, and how to make that work in your favour.+ Challenges to better time keeping\, including all the different methods of procrastination.+ Apps and processes that can help to create better time systems.+ Bringing habits and small changes into effect for the long-term time management gain. \n\n\n\n‘Time Management for Creatives’ is a collaborative online workshop and participants will be encouraged to ask questions\, share experiences and ideas\, make connections and foster peer relationships. \n\n\n\nWhat do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links\,+ Templates for budgets and other accounting requirements\,+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop\,+ The possibility of further one-to-one business advice\, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors. We have a whole team ready to help! \n\n\n\nWhat’s CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS?We’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help by sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way\, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice. \n\n\n\nWho is presenting?Wendi Lanham – Wendi Lanham is an actor\, presenter\, model\, and Head of Operations at Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice and is well-versed in the myriad ways artists can make money to weather the famine and feast of creative income more effectively. \n\n\n\nAccessibility: if you have any access requirements\, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\nThis workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop. Download our handy Zoom users guide here. BOOK NOW \n\n\n\nWhat is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free\, independent\, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business. \n\n\n\nCreative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.
URL:https://creativeplusbusiness.com/workshop/online-nsw-time-management-for-creatives-4/
CATEGORIES:Online Courses,Workshops
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