Webinars

Start-Up Success is a panel webinar featuring five successful creative business practitioners who have been through the ups, downs, good and bad of starting out.

Funding Fundamentals is a free webinar to help you understand how to write, manage, and maintain funding applications.

As our professional lives begin to return to a sense of normalcy, fresh opportunities for work and play arise. But how does one decide what to take and what to leave? When you work for yourself, it can be very difficult to make decisions about the direction your work will take; especially when you don't have anyone to bounce ideas off of or when people don't understand what it is you do (we're looking at you, Nan!).The Decision Tree is a simple process designed specifically for creative folks to help you figure out what you should say 'yes' to, and why. It can help make the decision-making process a little less painful and it ensures your decisions are always aligned with your fundamental purpose.  What’s Included?A 60-80 min webinar with our creative industries experts, plus lifetime access to additional resources and/or a special Dropbox folder containing more resources to support your learning.Who should sign up?Creative folks who struggle to make professional decisions and often feel conflicted about the choices they make.  Who's the host? Monica Davidson, director and doyenne of Creative Plus Business, Queen of purposeful decision-making, and unfortunate lover of shredded wheat. What's Creative Plus Business? We're a certified social enterprise dedicated […]

It's almost the end of the financial year, which means it's time to get your money stuff in order. It's not much fun, but a few simple tips and tricks (and a friendly face) can help. This FREE webinar will help you get organised in time for EOFY and take the terror out of tax. Creatives, you are not alone! We'll be looking at: + The key creative tax rulings you need to know;+ Are you a hobby or a business?+ How to work out your deductions;+ Easy tips and tricks for record-keeping;+ Cloud Accounting suggestions;+ Preparing for TAX (eugh!);+ Better financial habits for next year. What’s Included?A 60-80 min webinar with our creative industries experts, plus lifetime access to additional resources and/or a special Dropbox folder containing more resources to support your learning. Who should sign up?Creative industries professionals and business people from start-up to established (Australia only, sorry!). We also welcome creative freelancers, soloists, students, start-ups and curious hobbyists. Who's the host? Monica Davidson, director and doyenne of Creative Plus Business, teacher of tax and record keeping, lover of financial organisation and super fun at parties. What's Creative Plus Business? We're a certified social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and […]

“BY FAILING TO PREPARE, YOU ARE PREPARING TO FAIL.” Benjamin Franklin summed it up best in the quote above.  A business or strategic plan is a summary and evaluation of an entrepreneurial idea – and it should be more than just a conciliation for bank managers and funding bodies. A useful plan can make the difference between creative business success and heading back to the drawing board. This webinar reframes the planning process specifically for creative practitioners, and helps participants create a plan that will actually help. Participants will dig into the deeper issues of:+ The planning process in general, and to make it useful both internally and externally;+ Choosing the right template, and adding an Action Plan;+ The four sections: admin, finances, marketing and goals;+ The Personal/Private and Professional Plans. Resources and templates will also be provided for a variety of both business and strategic plans, including the preferred options for the Australia Council and other kinds of financing.  What do I get?  All participants of this workshop also receive:+ Lifetime access to a dedicated BUSINESS PLANNING 101  Dropbox folder full of additional resources and workbooks to help continue the learning after the webinar is over;+ Access to additional free […]