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SUMMARY:COWRA: How to Start a Creative Business
DESCRIPTION:This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Arts Out West and Cowra Regional Art Gallery. \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 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 about 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.Join us for a creative business day!We encourage you to book for both workshops and meet fellow creatives.Please book for the workshops separately through Business Connect. \n\n\n\n+ 10:30am ‘How to Start a Creative Business’ workshop + 12:30pm Break time and network with fellow creatives+ 1:30pm ‘Tax Time for Creatives’ workshop (book here) \n\n\n\nWho is presenting?Monica Davidson – Monica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries\, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist\, performer\, and filmmaker. Monica has a Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business from AFTRS\, and was appointed as Australia’s first Creative Industries Business Advisor in 2013. In 2016 Monica founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business\, an organisation dedicated to educating creatives about small business skills\, financial literacy and marketing. \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 education@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\nVENUE: Cowra Regional Art Gallery\, 77 Darling Street\, CowraBOOK 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 until 30 September 2025.
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SUMMARY:COWRA: Tax Time for Creatives
DESCRIPTION:This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Arts Out West and Cowra Regional Art Gallery. \n\n\n\nAll creatives\, arts organisations and small businesses need to understand how their tax rights and responsibilities work – but it’s all so boring! And where to begin? \n\n\n\nTax is painful but an inevitable part of surviving and thriving in the creative industries. Managing the annual and ongoing obligations of tax as a creative means getting an understanding what’s involved in the first place\, getting organised\, and learning about the unique position that creative professionals hold in the Australian tax landscape. It’s not fun\, but a few simple tips and tricks (and a friendly face) can help. ‘Tax Time for Creatives’ is a FREE workshop that covers the basics of how tax works for creative professionals\, the intersection between individual tax and small business\, and how key creative tax rulings can help creative practitioners in the tax world. \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nWith a specific focus on the arts and creative industries\, this workshop will cover:+ Understanding what basics of how tax works – jargon\, income\, expenses\, and what to pay.+ How to calculate ‘taxable income’ and ‘assessable income’.+ The key creative tax rulings\, and what they mean in practical terms. + Hobby vs Business\, how to work it out\, and why it matters. + The basics of tax deductions and how to figure out what you’re entitled to.+ Easy tips and tricks for getting organisation\, record keeping\, and cloud accounting platforms. + Where to get help – an introduction to the ‘Groovy Accountants’. \n\n\n\n‘Tax Time for Creatives’ is a collaborative 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.+ 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.Join us for a creative business day!We encourage you to book for both workshops and meet fellow creatives.Please book for the workshops separately through Business Connect. \n\n\n\n+ 10:30am ‘How to Start a Creative Business’ workshop (book here)+ 12:30pm Break time and network with fellow creatives+ 1:30pm ‘Tax Time for Creatives’ workshop \n\n\n\nWho is presenting?Monica Davidson – Monica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries\, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist\, performer\, and filmmaker. Monica has a Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business from AFTRS\, and was appointed as Australia’s first Creative Industries Business Advisor in 2013. In 2016 Monica founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business\, an organisation dedicated to educating creatives about small business skills\, financial literacy and marketing. \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 education@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\nVENUE: Cowra Regional Art Gallery\, 77 Darling Street\, CowraBOOK 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 until 30 September 2025.
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