Creative Plus Business

CAMDEN: Speed Networking for Creatives & Businesses
2025-10-08 18:00 - 21:00 (Australia/Brisbane)
An after-hours experience of connection, creativity and collaboration hosted by Camden Council Creative Connect for Small Business Month.

Join Creative Collab and Small Business Month for a fast-paced networking event for local business owners and creatives in one inspiring space. This event if your opportunity to spark real conversation and connection, and to uncover new ideas through speed networking. Whether you are a business looking for help with visual branding, storytelling, art, music, or activation ideas; or a creative wanting to connect your talent with local business, Creative Connect is where ideas take shape.

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Who 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.

VENUE: Camden Civic Centre | Ferguson Gallery, Cnr Oxley & Mitchell Streets, Camden NSW 2570

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For more information or accessibility questions contact education@creativeplusbusiness.com.

ONLINE (QLD): Websites
2025-10-14 18:30 - 20:30 (Australia/Brisbane)
This is part of the Online Webinar Series, facilitated by CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS and part of Sunshine Coast Council’s MadeSC Professional Development Program.

A website is an essential part of any marketing strategy, but with a little thought and planning it can be much more than a passive online portfolio display. This webinar examines best practice for creatives to present their websites, with examples and helpful resources for DIY design.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)RSVPs for this online event are essential. Limited spaces available.

Who 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.

What’s Creative Plus Business?We’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.

What is MadeSC?MadeSC is a creative and professional development program that supports independent artists, creative businesses and arts organisations across the Sunshine Coast to develop, create, connect and present. The program is designed to strengthen professional practice and industry connections, support new work and link participants with presentation and career development opportunities.

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For more information or accessibility questions contact creativearts@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

What is the Online Webinar Series?These weekly webinars run on Tuesdays from 14 – 28 October for 90 minutes and deep dive into all things marketing for your creative business. The sessions will cover Websites, Social Media & Linkedin and Old School & Traditional Methods. Please note these will be 6.30-8.30pm AEST.

Registered participants will be emailed the webinar link prior to each session.

MadeSC is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Image by Jade Ellis featuring BESERK by KIN

ONLINE (QLD): Social Media + LinkedIn
2025-10-21 18:30 - 20:30 (Australia/Brisbane)
This is part of the Online Webinar Series, facilitated by CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS and part of Sunshine Coast Council’s MadeSC Professional Development Program.

Social media is a complex and challenging marketing tool for a lot of creatives. This webinar is friendly, up-to-date and interactive and covers the basics of how to kick-start marketing using social media, with a focus on the main tools at your disposal and the strategy behind the socials. It also includes a deep dive into LinkedIn as an alternative to the usual.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)RSVPs for this online event are essential. Limited spaces available.

Who 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.

What’s Creative Plus Business?We’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.

What is MadeSC?MadeSC is a creative and professional development program that supports independent artists, creative businesses and arts organisations across the Sunshine Coast to develop, create, connect and present. The program is designed to strengthen professional practice and industry connections, support new work and link participants with presentation and career development opportunities.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

For more information or accessibility questions contact creativearts@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

What is the Online Webinar Series?These weekly webinars run on Tuesdays from 14 – 28 October for 90 minutes and deep dive into all things marketing for your creative business. The sessions will cover Websites, Social Media & Linkedin and Old School & Traditional Methods. Please note these will be 6.30-8.30pm AEST.

Registered participants will be emailed the webinar link prior to each session.

MadeSC is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Image by Jade Ellis featuring BESERK by KIN

ONLINE: Creative's Guide to Marketing Workshop
2025-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Many creatives struggle with how to sell their work and services, but what if marketing could be more than impersonal hustle? How about a strategic approach that focuses on people first?

Marketing is one of the most challenging aspects of running a creative business or working in the arts. Most creatives hate the ‘sell’ and would rather be making, than hustling. However, there is a simple solution to making marketing more palatable – take out the sales and focus on the strategy.

The ‘Creative’s Guide To Marketing’ is an online workshop that shares a simple six-step marketing approach that has been designed to take the pain out of promotion.

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You will learn the following, with a special focus on arts practice and creative industries:

+ Re-imagining traditional marketing in a way that makes sense for creativity and the arts.+ Getting the foundational elements of “YOU” marketing right, without the terror of a deadline.+ Understating the breadth of our ‘customers’, from clients to funding bodies to audience.+ Knowing and learning from our peers, and from word-of-mouth.+ Choosing the best digital and ‘old school’ tactics to help achieve your marketing goals.

More resources and templates will also be provided to help create a marketing action plan.This workshop has been designed by creatives for creatives and includes ideas for ‘homework’.

What do I get?All participants of this workshop also receive:

+ A practical workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.+ Templates and Guides to creating a marketing plan that works for you.+ Resources to help you understand and devise marketing tactics tailored to your creative practice or business.+ Simple tools that will help you clarify how to talk about your work, it’s value, and identify your potential clients or customers.

Plus you’ll also get…+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.+ Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who is presenting?Lillie Brown – Lillie Brown is a freelance marketing strategist and digital marketing consultant for Creative Plus Business. Lillie works with small to medium creative businesses to devise and implement marketing and social media strategies that are easy for creative brains to digest. She walks clients through a comprehensive planning process to create simple to understand and actionable strategies to help them fulfil their vision – including Creative Plus Business!

What 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 access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$50 + GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place online and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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ONLINE (QLD): Old School + Traditional Media Methods
2025-10-28 18:30 - 20:30 (Australia/Brisbane)
This is part of the Online Webinar Series, facilitated by CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS and part of Sunshine Coast Council’s MadeSC Professional Development Program.

Everything old is new again – with the increased instability of social media, more creatives are turning back to previous marketing tactics. This webinar explores the benefits and practicalities.

This workshop examines:+ The EDM: regular newsletters and reaching out directly to fans and audience.+ ‘Warm Calling’: A new take on the old process of cold calling, with a better strategy and results.+ Giveaways and Pro Bono Offerings; When working for free is a GOOD idea.+ Coffee Meetings: Using the in-person consumption of hot drinks to create lasting relationships.BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)RSVPs for this online event are essential. Limited spaces available.

Who 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.

What’s Creative Plus Business?We’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.

What is MadeSC?MadeSC is a creative and professional development program that supports independent artists, creative businesses and arts organisations across the Sunshine Coast to develop, create, connect and present. The program is designed to strengthen professional practice and industry connections, support new work and link participants with presentation and career development opportunities.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

For more information or accessibility questions contact creativearts@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

What is the Online Webinar Series?These weekly webinars run on Tuesdays from 14 – 28 October for 90 minutes and deep dive into all things marketing for your creative business. The sessions will cover Websites, Social Media & Linkedin and Old School & Traditional Methods. Please note these will be 6.30-8.30pm AEST.

Registered participants will be emailed the webinar link prior to each session.

MadeSC is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Image by Jade Ellis featuring BESERK by KIN

WEBINAR: Money Day
2025-10-29 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Sydney)
There is a simple way to manage your creative business finances.

Money Day is a simple, practical and process-driven approach to managing your responsibilities. It can also help you overcome any anxiety you might have about money, taxes, record keeping and your financial future – even if you’re on your own.

This FREE webinar will go through the ways to approach creating and maintaining a Money Day for your creative business or practice, and covers:

+ Setting the day, date and agenda+ Invoicing and reminders+ Record-Keeping+ Cloud Accounting+ Cash-Flow Projection

Part of our Evening Education series!

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What’s Included?A 60 minute webinar with our creative industries expert (which you can access later if you want) plus lifetime access to additional resources.

Who’s it for?Creative and arts practitioners, freelancers, start-ups, small arts organisations, and arts entrepreneurs from beginners to established (international sign-ups welcome!).

Who is the Host?Monica Davidson – Monica 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 business skills, financial literacy, wellbeing, and marketing.

What’s Creative Plus Business?We’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.

Accessibility: if you have any queries or access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com.

This webinar will be provided via Crowdcast. REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL.

Click the Book Now link below to reserve your place now.

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New to CROWDCAST? Check out our handy ‘How to register and use Crowdcast’ Guide here.

TAREE: How to Start and Run a Creative Business
2025-10-30 15:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Curious about turning your creative practice into a fully-fledged small business? Loving your artistic hobby, and wondering if you have the chops for freelancing or starting a small business?

This fun and friendly FREE workshop will cover all the essentials you need to get the basics of creative business right! You’ll learn how to avoid some of the most common pitfalls, and what you need to get sorted to start on stronger foundations.

The workshop was designed by creative practitioners for 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.

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You 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,+ 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.+ Getting ready for managing the money,+ Preparing for marketing and promotion,+ Where to go for more help.

‘How to Start and Run a Creative Business’ is your passport to a world where you can be creative, make money from your craft, and love your work.

This is a Creative Plus Business Workshop presented by MidCoast Council, and proudly funded by TLE Electrical in partnership with the Friends of the Manning Regional Art Gallery.

What 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.

Who is facilitating?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.

What 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

VENUE: Manning Entertainment Centre. 33 Manning River Drive Taree, NSW 2430

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TAREE: Creative's Guide To Marketing
2025-10-30 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Many creatives hate the idea of selling, but what if marketing could be more than impersonal hustle? How about a strategic approach that focuses on people first?

Marketing is one of the most despised and least understood aspects of running a creative business or working in the arts. Most creatives hate to sell and would rather be making than hustling. However, there is a simple solution to making marketing more palatable – take out the sales and focus on the strategy. The ‘Creative’s Guide To Marketing’ FREE online workshop shares a simple six-step marketing approach that has been designed to take the pain out of promotion.

BOOK NOW

You will learn the following, with a special focus on arts practice and creative industries:

+ Re-imagining traditional marketing in a way that makes sense for creativity and the arts.+ Getting the foundational elements of “YOU” marketing right, without the terror of a deadline. + Understating the breadth of our ‘customers’, from clients to funding bodies to audience.+ Knowing and learning from our peers, and from word-of-mouth.+ Choosing the best digital and ‘old school’ tactics to help achieve your marketing goals.

More resources and templates will also be provided to help create a marketing action plan. This workshop has been designed by creatives for creatives and includes ideas for ‘homework’.

This is a Creative Plus Business Workshop presented by MidCoast Council, and proudly funded by TLE Electrical in partnership with the Friends of the Manning Regional Art Gallery.

What 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!

Who is facilitating?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.

What 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 access requirements, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

VENUE: Manning Entertainment Centre. 33 Manning River Drive Taree, NSW 2430

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ONLINE: What's it Worth?
2025-11-03 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
What should I charge? This question plagues creative practitioners and arts no matter what industry. There are answers, but they are fascinating and complicated.

Working out what to charge for creative products and services can be a colossal challenge. Where to even start? Pricing For Creatives is a practical workshop that covers the basics of figuring out the price point for creative work, including calculating costs and understanding the marketplace what to charge for creative products and services.

‘What’s Worth’ is vital for any creative struggling to understand the value of their own work, and how to share that value with others. It’s a fun and relaxed workshop that explores a variety of practical options for pricing, specifically designed for artists, makers and creatives.

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With a specific focus on the arts and creative industries, this workshop covers:

+ The beginnings of the process and working out how much everything costs. + Working out the unit cost measurement, and its place in the costing process. + The value of time, and how to measure effectively.+ Choosing the right pricing method for your products and services. + Understanding how to evaluate the marketplace with the right kind of research. + The Psychology of Pricing, and how it impacts on what you can charge for your work.

‘What’s it Worth’ is a collaborative workshop and participants will be encouraged to ask questions, share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

What do I get?Participants will receive a curated selection of resources to help them get the most out of the workshop, including:

+ Budget templates and a handy product and service calculator.+ Worksheets on all of the workshop activities to use during the workshop (and after).+ Project & Work Planners+ LOTS MORE

Plus you’ll also get…+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.+ Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who 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.

What 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 access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$50 + GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place online and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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SUNSHINE COAST: I Hate Networking
2025-11-06 17:30 - 19:30 (Australia/Brisbane)
Facilitated by CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS as part of Sunshine Coast Council’s MadeSC Professional Development Program.

Networking is a necessity in the creative industries, but many practitioners consider it to be the stuff of nightmares.

‘I Hate Networking’ is an entertaining hybrid between traditional in-person workshop and social event designed to encourage creative people to get to know each other, while acknowledging the horror, and sharing a few tips at the same time. The first half is dedicated to learning the most effective strategy for effective networking, including preparation and follow up. The second half is a practical opportunity to rehearse some of these tips in a safe and friendly environment, while embracing the discomfort of the whole process and having a laugh.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)RSVPs for this in-person workshop are essential. Limited spaces available.

This program is suitable for artists, creatives and aligned organisations or collectives including but not limited to – ceramics, photography, design, dance, performance, music, fashion, film and screen, gaming, painters, illustrators, animation, music, writers, publishers and many more.

Who 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.

What’s Creative Plus Business?We’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.

What is MadeSC?MadeSC is a creative and professional development program that supports independent artists, creative businesses and arts organisations across the Sunshine Coast to develop, create, connect and present. The program is designed to strengthen professional practice and industry connections, support new work and link participants with presentation and career development opportunities.

VENUE: Light Industry, 2/11 Endeavour Drive, Kunda Park QLD 4556

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For more information or accessibility questions contact creativearts@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au

What’s Light Industry?The Light Industry Project is a manufacturing and creative industries collaboration being delivered by Feral Arts in the Kunda Park Industrial Precinct on the Sunshine Coast. The project is exploring the role of the arts and creative sector in the economic revitalisation of the manufacturing and light industrial sector in Australia. ‘I Hate Networking’ event event is being presented with support from Light Industry, Kunda Park

MadeSC is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

ONLINE: LinkedIn for Creatives Workshop
2025-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Lots of creative professionals think that LinkedIn is not for them – maybe in the past, but now it’s an invitation to the world’s biggest networking event.

Although it might be at the boring end of the social media spectrum, LinkedIn is a fantastic digital marketing tool for creatives who work with (or get funding from) government organisations, peak bodies, councils, businesses and the educational sector.

LinkedIn for Creatives is a workshop that works through the step-by-step process of creating a brilliant profile and posting strategy, while sharing some of the tricks required to make it more arts-friendly. This interactive workshop is designed so professional arts practitioners can make the most of LinkedIn for their career.

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Participants will be guided step-by-step through:

+ Getting the basics of a profile right, including your Headline, About and Current Position.+ The features of a brilliant photo and banner addition, and how to make them great.+ Adding extra sections, including Services, Featured, Creator and more.+ Hacking the Experience section to make it work for the gigging life of a creative practitioner.+ The Strategy for making new contacts and focussing on quality not quantity.+ Staying active and in plain sight, with strategic posting, sharing, blogging, and more.

This is a practical workshop and participants will be expected to have a basic LinkedIn profile and a laptop to work on while we work together, make connections and collaborate on ideas.

What do I get?

Participants will receive a curated selection of resources that can be used for a variety of different funding applications, including:

+ A practical Workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.+ Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who 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.

What 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 access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$50 + GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place online and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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SYDNEY: THRIVE CONNECT 4
2025-11-12 17:30 - 20:30 (Australia/Sydney)
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event supported by the City of Sydney.

Join us for the fourth THRIVE CONNECT meetup event, Recap. Renew. Reflect. This quarterly series of meaningful meetups will combine networking with skills development for creative practitioners, artists, innovators, and small businesses, hosted at hubs and venues across the Sydney CBD. Each event will include a guest speaker and theme, with suggested conversation topics to make networking easier and connections more interesting.

The final THRIVE CONNECT meetup is all about creative wellbeing. By reflecting on the year that’s been we’ll be guiding the THRIVE network on the ways they can embed self-care into their work and practice by exploring what we can take forward, leave behind, and what gets Sydney’s creatives excited about the future. We’ll hear from two special guest speakers before Monica describes how what she’s learned from working with creatives who have taken a wellbeing approach to creative business, and how it’s changed their work for the better – for them, and their clients.

SPECIAL GUESTS:

+ Deputy Lord Mayor Jess Miller

+ Felicity Nicol – theatre maker, writer, and director.

Registration is FREE and every THRIVE CONNECT includes plenty of time for networking (nibbles included). BOOK HERE VIA HUMANITIX

Venue: The Rose of Australia, 1 Swanson St, Erskineville NSW 2043

WHAT’S THRIVE?THRIVE SYDNEY is a new program of events, mentoring, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of Sydney’s artists and creative community. Supported by the City of Sydney and produced by Creative Plus Business, THRIVE brings to the city four initiatives to help creative professionals and artists come together, hear from inspiring industry leaders, access free professional development opportunities, and build new creative and professional networks.

By attending a THRIVE Connect event you’ll gain access to a dedicated private LinkedIn group, the THRIVE Toolkit (a trove of online resources, business templates, and a free professional and business development course), and be able to book in with a creative industries specialist for free mentoring about your practice or business.

WHAT’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.

BOOK HERE VIA HUMANITIX

Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com.

Want to know more about THRIVE?

Visit the Thrive website here.

Interested in the next upcoming THRIVE CONNECT events? Check out the events page here or register to get updates here.

ONLINE: How to Sell Online
2025-11-17 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
You’ve poured your passion into your craft, art or products, and the time has come to share them with the world. What are the basics to building an online business?

Selling online and using e-commerce can be overwhelming at first, especially for creatives – but where to begin? ‘How to Sell Online’ is a beginner’s course ideal for any creatives with little or no experience, who have products or services ready to sell, and no idea how to get their online sales set up.

This two-hour workshop covers the easiest path to digital commerce, and the best ways to untangle the mess of legal jargon, platform choices, and marketing mysteries.

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With a focus on people selling in the arts and creative industries, this workshop will cover:

+ Understanding the process of selling online, including the pros and cons to watch for.+ Preparing for the basics of an online business – registration, banking, accounting, stock management, legal requirements, consumer regulations and more. + Understanding eCommerce model and choosing the best one for your business. + Dropshipping and the elements of using external parties to help with sales and productions.+ The Customer Journey, and how to craft an experience to remember (including unboxing). + The basics of marketing, how to build an audience and connect with customers.

How to Sell Online is a collaborative workshop and participants will be encouraged to share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

What do I get?Participants will receive a curated selection of resources that can be used for a variety of different funding applications, including:

+ A One-Page Marketing Plan template to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ Info sheets to help you get started, manage inventory, and understand legal and insurance issues.+ Guides to shipping and dropshipping.+ Guides to setting up a new business, including a one-page business plan template.

Plus you’ll also get…+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.+ Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who 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.

What 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 access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$50 + GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place on Zoom and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. Not familiar with using Zoom? Download our handy Zoom users guide here.

You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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ADELAIDE: IGNITION Program Launch
2025-11-20 17:30 - 21:00 (Australia/Adelaide)
Produced by Creative Plus Business, IGNITION SA brings to South Australia four initiatives to help creative businesses and arts professionals come together to learn, access professional development opportunities, gain mentorship and guidance, and build new creative and professional networks.BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

Join us for the very first IGNITION SA event, and the official launch of this exciting new program for South Australian creatives. In a fun and facilitated end-of-year event, creative businesses and arts professionals from every sector will come together to enjoy a meaningful meetup that combines networking opportunities with skills development. Creatives will learn some light-hearted tips from a networking expert, followed by the chance to explore facilitated conversations with a few drinks and nibbles.

Monica Davidson and Robbi James will also be joined by IGNITION SA special guests and mentors to show you the full program. It’s a celebration of everything creative professionals do!

By attending an IGNITION SA workshop or event, you’ll also gain access to a dedicated private LinkedIn group, and receive lifetime access to a dropbox of resources and materials to support your ongoing professional development and the growth of your business or creative practice.

WHAT’S IGNITION SA?IGNITION SA is a new program of learning opportunities, mentoring, resources, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of South Australia’s creative professionals.

Every participant in IGNITION SA Events gets lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links, practical Workbooks to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops, access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop AND the rest of the IGNITION SA program!

DOWNLOAD THE IGNITION SA PROGRAM GUIDE FOR FULL DETAILS

WHAT’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.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

VENUE: The Mercury Theatre, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide SA 5000Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com.

Want to know more about IGNITION SA?

Visit the IGNITION SA webpage, where you can sign up to the IGNITION SA newsletter so you don’t miss the latest news and events happening in South Australia.

Presented by Creative Plus Business with support from the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.

ONLINE: Diversify Your Creative Income
2025-11-24 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
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?

Creatives are usually adept at a range of skills, and with a little brainstorming and guidance those various talents can be turned into diversified revenue. Becoming less reliant on a single source of income, whether that’s a job or government funding, can also open up abundant creative and commercial opportunities for savvy creatives and arts organisations.

Diversify Your Creative Income is an interactive workshop that discusses the various ways that creatives can make money, and includes practical exercises to help inspire and shape some new ideas.

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Participants will learn all the following, with a focus on arts practice and creative industries:

+ Where to start? The breakdown of a Revenue Model that works for a range of activities.+ 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”.

This workshop has been designed by creatives for creatives and includes practical activities.

What do I get?All participants of this workshop also receive:

+ A practical workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.+ Templates and Guides to help you with budgeting, cost benefit calculation, and risk analysis.+ A Creating Income Toolkit+ Simple tools that will help you with things like market research, how to protect your work, and where to go for more help or guidance.

Plus you’ll also get…+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.+ Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who 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.

What 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 access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$50 + GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place on Zoom and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. Not familiar with using Zoom? Download our handy Zoom users guide here.

You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

BOOK NOW VIA HUMANITIX

PORT ADELAIDE: Business Basics for Creatives
2025-11-28 09:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide)
Produced by Creative Plus Business, IGNITION SA brings to South Australia four initiatives to help creative businesses and arts professionals come together to learn, access professional development opportunities, gain mentorship and guidance, and build new creative and professional networks.BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

‘Business Basics for Creatives’ is a fun and practical workshop that covers all the essentials a creative needs to get the basics of small business right and avoid some of the most common pitfalls that artists can experience when entering the world of self-employment and freelancing. It also covers the legal necessities of running a professional practice and creates a safe friendly safe space where the mysteries of creative business are unravelled.

You will learn about the following: + 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.

Who 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.

WHAT’S IGNITION SA?IGNITION SA is a new program of learning opportunities, mentoring, resources, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of South Australia’s creative professionals.

Every participant in IGNITION SA Events gets lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links, practical Workbooks to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops, access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop AND the rest of the IGNITION SA program!

DOWNLOAD THE IGNITION SA PROGRAM GUIDE FOR FULL DETAILS

WHAT’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.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

VENUE: Vitalstatistix, Waterside Workers Hall, 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide SA 5015Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com.

Want to know more about IGNITION SA?

Visit the IGNITION SA webpage here, where you can also sign up to the IGNITION SA newsletter so you don’t miss the latest news and events happening in South Australia.

Download the IGNITION SA Program guide and information here.

Presented by Creative Plus Business with support from the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.

PORT ADELAIDE: Financial Basics for Creatives
2025-11-29 09:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide)
Produced by Creative Plus Business, IGNITION SA brings to South Australia four initiatives to help creative businesses and arts professionals come together to learn, access professional development opportunities, gain mentorship and guidance, and build new creative and professional networks.BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

Making a living and building a business in the arts means understanding how money works, but the financial situation for creatives can be challenging. ‘Financial Basics for Creatives’ is a whole day workshop that delves into all the tricky topics including how to manage the irregularity of work, what to charge, how to diversify a creative income, and where to go for more help with insurance, tax and superannuation.

You will learn about the following: + Introduction to the ‘Famine and the Feast’, and understanding how to weather the natural ups and downs of creative income.+ Ways to make better financial decisions by using the cost-benefits analysis tool.+ Learning the basics of budgets and cash flow projection to help navigate financial irregularity.+ The essential paperwork, including managing invoices and receipts.+ Practical steps to getting financially organised, including the best cloud accounting tools.+ More resources and places to go for help.

Who 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.

WHAT’S IGNITION SA?IGNITION SA is a new program of learning opportunities, mentoring, resources, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of South Australia’s creative professionals.

Every participant in IGNITION SA Events gets lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links, practical Workbooks to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops, access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop AND the rest of the IGNITION SA program!

DOWNLOAD THE IGNITION SA PROGRAM GUIDE FOR FULL DETAILS

WHAT’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.

BOOK NOW (via Humanitix)

VENUE: Vitalstatistix, Waterside Workers Hall, 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide SA 5015Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com.

Want to know more about IGNITION SA?

Visit the IGNITION SA webpage here, where you can also sign up to the IGNITION SA newsletter so you don’t miss the latest news and events happening in South Australia.

Download the IGNITION SA Program guide and information here.

Presented by Creative Plus Business with support from the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.

FREE WEBINAR: Year In Review 2025
2025-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Sydney)
It’s been a big year for many of us. Let’s take a moment to gather, breathe, and reflect on 2025. Grab a cuppa (or your preferred beverage, if bubbles are required) and tune in for our annual Year in Review, a guided reflection on the challenges and triumphs of your creative business this year.

In this relaxed and informative FREE webinar, using a workbook, we’ll walk through a review of the basics of business, your goals, values, promotional strategies, and we’ll look forward to next year to make a start on how best to approach what’s about to come.

Part of our Evening Education Series!

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What’s Included?A 60 minute webinar with our creative industries experts (which you can access later if you want) plus a handy workbook!

Who’s it for?Creative and arts practitioners, freelancers, start-ups, and arts entrepreneurs from beginners to established (international sign-ups welcome!).

Who is the Host? Monica Davidson, founder and doyenne of Creative Plus Business, lover of dogs and pink champagne, proud survivor of 2025 and keen bean for 2026!

What’s Creative Plus Business? We’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.

Accessibility: if you have any queries or access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

This webinar will be provided via Crowdcast. REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL. Click the Book Now link below to reserve your place now. BOOK NOW

Download your workbook here before the webinar.

HUNTER: The Freelance Five
2026-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Sydney)
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Tantrum Youth Arts.

Creative professionals will usually consider freelancing at some stage—it’s the nature of the industry. What are the five biggest pitfalls, and how to avoid them?

A career in the creative industries will very often involve at least one foray into freelancing—whether we like it or not! Everyone from curious hobbyists to regular employees will probably need to understand the basics—not to mention those who have deliberately chosen the freelance life. ‘The Freelance Five’ is a fast, fun, and practical FREE presentation specifically designed for creative practitioners and arts professionals with absolutely no business skills, to help them get the five most important elements of creative freelancing right. It’s a workshop designed by creatives for creatives and facilitated by those who have lived the life and have stories to share.

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Participants will learn the following, with a focus on arts practice and creative industries:+ Step One: Setting up the freelance business properly, including registrations and ABNs.+ Step Two: Getting ready to make (and spend) the money, using best practice and tech.+ Step Three: Understanding how insurance works for freelancers (boring but necessary!).+ Step Four: Making the deal legal and using MOUs and agreements as protection.+ Step Five: Preparing for marketing, self-promotion and relationship building.

More links and resources will also be shared about superannuation, tax and licensing.

What 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!

Who is presenting?Cat Dibley is a national and international creative producer with over 12 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 developed several mentorship programs, most recently a Producer Mentorship program for CALD artists. Following its initial success, Cat worked with the City of Sydney to increase the scope of this program, which now includes mentorship for directors, early-career actors, and school children in regional and remote areas.

What’s Creative Plus Business?We’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.

Who is Tantrum Youth Arts?Tantrum is the leading youth arts company in the Hunter region (NSW, Australia) and a not-for-profit co-operative. Tantrum Youth Arts exists to amplify the voices of young people and emerging artists through creativity. Through our workshops, programs and performances, Tantrum makes young people feel confident, connected, creative and heard. They are a hub for local emerging artists who want to carve out their own sustainable arts practice within our region, through skills development, networking and making bold new performance.

Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbuiness.com

VENUE: Tantrum Youth Arts, Frederick St, Charlestown NSW

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ILLAWARRA: Screen Artselerate 2026
2026-02-13 09:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide)
SUBMIT YOUR EOI & REGISTRATION HERE

SCREEN ARTSELERATE NSW is a unique in-person program specifically for screen practitioners that combines all the benefits of a business incubator, start-up accelerator, creative collaboration and networking opportunity. The outcome is a fast and practical approach to business and strategic planning for filmmakers who are building their careers and making their own work.

SCREEN ARTSELERATE NSW helps participants devise practical goals for their screen businesses and creative careers, with realistic actions ready to be implemented, and creates a continued connection with other screen professionals through a guided peer support program and ongoing connection to experts.

The program is open to all residents of NSW and will be hosted by Screen Illawarra in Wollongong.

Dates: (you must be able to attend all dates listed below)

Friday 13th and Saturday 14th February 2026 – 9:30am to 4:30pm both days

Friday 27th and Saturday 28th February 2026 – 9:30am to 4:30pm both days

For More Information:

Download the Screen Artselerate Brochure (quick overview)

Download the Screen Artselerate Program

You must be a resident of NSW and over 18 to participate.

SUBMIT YOUR EOI & REGISTRATION HERE

SCREEN ARTSELERATE is a program designed for screen professionals at any stage of their development across NSW. Ideally, you are committed to improving your professional and creative capacity and developing your business and marketing skills in an accelerated way, through a practical approach. You also need to be engaged, enthusiastic, and willing to commit to participating in the whole program. That means all the in-person workshops and in-between meetings.

We actively encourage applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent. We also welcome people of all genders.

YOUR PROGRAM FACILITATOR

Monica 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.

WHAT’S CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS?

We’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.

Screen Artselerate Illawarra is presented by Creative Plus Business in partnership with Screen Illawarra. It is made possible with funding from the NSW Government through Screen NSW.

FREE WEBINAR: Social Media is Dead - Old School Marketing Tactics
2026-02-17 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Sydney)
If marketing is making you feel like you’re screaming into the void, you’re not alone. The algorithm is broken, but your creative business doesn’t have to be.

Join us for Social Media is Dead, a webinar designed to liberate you from the content hamster wheel. Inspired by the analogue revival championing ‘guerilla’ creativity, we’re supplementing reels with real connection.

Tune into our webinar and discover some ‘old school’ tactics that actually work, from printed material to strategic partnerships and coffee dates. Stop renting your audience from the tech giants and start building a community that lasts. Let’s get creative like it’s 1999.

Part of our Evening Education Series. The series is delivered as part of our commitment as a Social Enterprise to devote at least 50% of our profit to making programs and education free or heavily subsidised for creatives and arts organisations.

REGISTER FOR FREE NOW

What’s Included?A 60 minute webinar with a creative industries expert (which you can access later if you want) plus materials to help make the most of what you learn on the night.

Who’s it for?Creative and arts practitioners, freelancers, start-ups, and arts entrepreneurs from beginners to established (international sign-ups welcome!).

Who are the Hosts? 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.

Robbi James is a producer and marketing whizz who has built a portfolio career across media, business and brand development, public relations, and project management. He is a founding member and Executive Director of multi-award-winning production company Rogue Projects. Before becoming the Director of Engagement at Creative Plus Business he led national touring company Critical Stages Touring as its CEO, and has been a cultural consultant for organisations large and small, including the Arts Council of Korea. He is also the producer of Arts on Tour’s Salon, the arts market and conference for theatre in NSW/ACT, and sits on the board of the newly established Australian Arts Markets.

What’s Creative Plus Business? We’re a national 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.

Accessibility: if you have any queries or access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

This webinar will be provided via Crowdcast. REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL. Click the Register Now link below to reserve your place now.

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WENTWORTH: Creative Cultural Tourism
2026-02-20 09:00 - 16:30 (Australia/Brisbane)
Cultural tourism is a powerful force, attracting visitors driven by a desire for authentic art, culture, study, festivals, and meaningful, memorable experiences. As a result, regional creatives are sitting on a cultural tourism goldmine, but how do we unlock it?

This workshop explores how artists, councils, small business, and organisations can collaborate to create meaningful, market-ready experiences.

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This full-day event combines in-depth discussions, hands-on activities, advanced resource sharing, and targeted networking opportunities. Participants will learn how to strategically leverage their unique attributes – including their people, history, traditions, arts, and culture – to create compelling, participatory experiences that resonate deeply with cultural tourists.

It’s designed for creatives and cultural organisations that are ready to move beyond the basics of cultural tourism planning to delve into advanced strategies for engagement, collaboration, and sustainable growth.

Come ready to workshop ideas, refine your offer, and shape the future of cultural tourism in our region.

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM GUIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION & OUTCOMES

Who is presenting?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.

What’s Creative Plus Business?We’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.

LOCATION: Wentworth Town Hall – Community Meeting Room24 Adelaide Street, Wentworth NSW

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For more information or accessibility questions contact hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

This workshop is presented by West Darling Arts in partnership with Creative Plus Business.

ONLINE: Future Planning for Creatives
2026-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
A business or strategic plan is more than a way to make a bank or funder happy. It can be a truly invaluable tool to help you figure out where you’re going – and why.

Summarising your creative business or arts organisation into a written plan is a great idea, but without guidance it can become a stale and unused document that never gets implemented.

Future Planning for Creatives is an online workshop that reframes and explains the planning process in a way specifically designed for creative learners, with a focus on creating practical action plans that work. With plenty or templates and tools to discuss, this friendly and real-world workshop will help arts practitioners from beginners to more experience professionals.

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Participants will discuss the following, with a focus on arts practice and creative industries:

+ The planning process in general, and how to understand the different types.+ A look at the ‘traditional’ business and strategic plan, and the sections to focus on.+ The importance of understanding the benefits of a vision, mission and values statement.+ Choosing the right template for your purposes.+ The reality of planning a professional approach with a busy personal life and artistic practice.

Resources and templates will also be provided for a variety of both business and strategic plans.

What do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:

+ Templates for business, strategic, operational, and marketing plans – everything you need!+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ 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!

Who is presenting?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.

What 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 access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$47 incl GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place on Zoom and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. Not confident using Zoom? Download our handy Zoom users guide here.

You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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FREE WEBINAR: Yes, You're An Expert - or how to beat imposterism
2026-03-11 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Smart creative people have extensive options for marketing themselves and making money, and using Expert Strategy is a fabulous way of combining both.

Making a plan and becoming a recognised expert in a specific niche of your practice can significantly build your business and help to generate new income streams. Yes, You’re an Expert introduces the basics of this strategy, covers some ways to identify where you are most knowledgeable and confident, and helps with some practical pointers on how to overcome the biggest hurdle – Imposterism.

Part of our Evening Education Series. The series is delivered as part of our commitment as a Social Enterprise to devote at least 50% of our profit to making programs and education free or heavily subsidised for creatives and arts organisations.

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What’s Included?A 60 minute webinar with a creative industries expert (which you can access later if you want) plus materials to help make the most of what you learn on the night.

Who’s it for?Creative and arts practitioners, freelancers, start-ups, and arts entrepreneurs from beginners to established (international sign-ups welcome!).

Who is the Host? 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.

What’s Creative Plus Business? We’re a national 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.

Accessibility: if you have any queries or access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

This webinar will be provided via Crowdcast. REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL. Click the Register Now link below to reserve your place now.

REGISTER NOW VIA CROWDCAST

ADELAIDE HILLS: IGNITION SA Business Basics for Creatives
2026-03-13 09:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide)
Produced by Creative Plus Business, IGNITION SA brings to South Australia four initiatives to help creative businesses and arts professionals come together to learn, access professional development opportunities, gain mentorship and guidance, and build new creative and professional networks.REGISTER FOR FREE NOW (via Humanitix)

‘Business Basics for Creatives’ is a fun and practical workshop that covers all the essentials a creative needs to get the basics of small business right and avoid some of the most common pitfalls that artists can experience when entering the world of self-employment and freelancing. It also covers the legal necessities of running a professional practice and creates a safe friendly safe space where the mysteries of creative business are unravelled.

You will learn about the following: + 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.

Who 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.

WHAT’S IGNITION SA?

IGNITION SA is a multi-year program of learning opportunities, mentoring, resources, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of South Australia’s creative professionals.

Every participant in IGNITION SA Events gets lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links, practical Workbooks to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops, access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop AND the rest of the IGNITION SA program!

DOWNLOAD THE IGNITION SA PROGRAM GUIDE FOR FULL DETAILS

WHAT’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.

REGISTER NOW (via Humanitix)

VENUE: Fabrik Arts + Heritage, Lobethal Woollen Mill, 1 Lobethal Road, Lobethal SA 5241Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Want to know more about IGNITION SA?

Visit the IGNITION SA webpage here, where you can also sign up to the IGNITION SA newsletter so you don’t miss the latest news and events happening in South Australia.

Download the IGNITION SA Program guide and information here.

Presented by Creative Plus Business with support from the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.

ADELAIDE HILLS: IGNITION SA Financial Basics for Creatives
2026-03-14 09:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Adelaide)
Produced by Creative Plus Business, IGNITION SA brings to South Australia four initiatives to help creative businesses and arts professionals come together to learn, access professional development opportunities, gain mentorship and guidance, and build new creative and professional networks.REGISTER FOR FREE NOW (via Humanitix)

Making a living and building a business in the arts means understanding how money works, but the financial situation for creatives can be challenging. ‘Financial Basics for Creatives’ is a whole day workshop that delves into all the tricky topics including how to manage the irregularity of work, what to charge, how to diversify a creative income, and where to go for more help with insurance, tax and superannuation.

You will learn about the following: + Introduction to the ‘Famine and the Feast’, and understanding how to weather the natural ups and downs of creative income.+ Ways to make better financial decisions by using the cost-benefits analysis tool.+ Learning the basics of budgets and cash flow projection to help navigate financial irregularity.+ The essential paperwork, including managing invoices and receipts.+ Practical steps to getting financially organised, including the best cloud accounting tools.+ More resources and places to go for help.

Who 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.

WHAT’S IGNITION SA?IGNITION SA is a new program of learning opportunities, mentoring, resources, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of South Australia’s creative professionals.

Every participant in IGNITION SA Events gets lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links, practical Workbooks to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops, access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop AND the rest of the IGNITION SA program!

DOWNLOAD THE IGNITION SA PROGRAM GUIDE FOR FULL DETAILS

WHAT’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.

REGISTER FOR FREE NOW (via Humanitix)

VENUE: Fabrik Arts + Heritage, Lobethal Woollen Mill, 1 Lobethal Road, Lobethal SA 5241Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Want to know more about IGNITION SA?

Visit the IGNITION SA webpage here, where you can also sign up to the IGNITION SA newsletter so you don’t miss the latest news and events happening in South Australia.

Download the IGNITION SA Program guide and information here.

Presented by Creative Plus Business with support from the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.

Ryde Creative Business Day: Pro Skills for Creatives
2026-03-25 09:30 - 15:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Welcome to an opportunity that is sure to provide some great value to your creative business practices – CREATIVE BUSINESS DAY!

The Creative Business Day is a day that combines peer-led workshops with networking, practical activities and a huge range of resources. The focus will be on two main areas – Finding Your Audience and Creative’s Guide to Websites, where you will be sure to accelerate your skills, create stronger creative networks and see immediate outcomes.

A creative business professional development event not to be missed!

REGISTRATION IS FREE AND ESSENTIAL Register via Ryde City Council on Eventbrite

PROGRAM

9.30am – 9.50am: Arrival9.50am – 10.00am: Host Welcome10.00am – 12.00pm: Workshop 1 – Finding Your Audience60 Minutes Lunch1.00pm – 3.00pm: Workshop 2 – Creative’s Guide to Websites

Who is the creative business day for?

Come along if you are a creative of any level – from recent graduate or curious hobbyist to a freelancer or an established arts practitioner. This workshop is open to anyone who lives, works, studies in the City of Ryde.

What do I get?All participants of this workshop receive:

+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.+ Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who is presenting?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.

Location: Boronia Kitchen Next Door, 152 Pittwater Rd, Gladesville

Cost: This program is free but registration via Eventbrite is essential and places are strictly limited! Register via Ryde City Council on Eventbrite

THRIVE SYDNEY: Practical AI for Creative Business
2026-03-25 17:30 - 19:30 (Australia/Sydney)
REGISTER FOR FREE – CLICK HERE

Join us for the first fabulous THRIVE CONNECT meetup event for 2026, Practical A.I for Creative Business.

In the rapidly evolving world of AI it’s easy to feel like we’re being left behind. Join former Google Creative Director and Artificial Intelligence consultant Tea Uglow for a fast and fun dive into the “what, why and how” of Artificial Intelligence, where it’s going and why we can feel confident within the creative and culture sector about the innate value of human creativity.

Special Guest: Tea Uglow from EP Australia

Tea Uglow is a Peabody-winning creative strategist, innovation advisor and internationally sought-after speaker exploring how technology is reshaping creativity, leadership and culture. Formerly a senior creative leader at Google Creative Lab, Tea has spent her career helping organisations make sense of emerging technologies, from AI to new digital experiences and what they mean for people, audiences and the future of work.Working with EP Australia, Tea brings a global perspective to conversations about leadership, innovation and change across the creative and digital economy. Known for her thoughtful, human approach, she helps leaders move beyond hype to understand how technological change can be approached with curiosity, responsibility and imagination.

Tea is also a passionate advocate for inclusion and representation in business and media. She is co-author of the trans flag emoji and author of Great LGBTQ Speeches.

ABOUT THRIVE CONNECT EVENTS

These are a quarterly series of meaningful meetups that combine networking with skills development and panel discussions on key topics affecting the creative industries. Made for creative practitioners, artists, innovators, and small businesses, each event is hosted at hubs and venues across the Sydney CBD. Every meetup includes a guest speaker and theme, along with suggested conversation topics to make networking easier and connections more interesting.

Registration is FREE and every THRIVE CONNECT includes plenty of time for networking (nibbles included). Every attendee will also receive an invitation to the THRIVE Toolkit and THRIVE private LinkedIn group.

Venue: The Commons Central, 20-40 Meagher Street, Chippendale. The event will take place in the main communal space on Level 1.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL AND FREE – CLICK HERE

WHAT’S THRIVE?THRIVE SYDNEY is a program of events, mentoring, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of Sydney’s artists and creative community. Supported by the City of Sydney and produced by Creative Plus Business, THRIVE brings to the city four initiatives to help creative professionals and artists come together, hear from inspiring industry leaders, access free professional development opportunities, and build new creative and professional networks.

DOWNLOAD THE THRIVE GUIDE FOR FULL DETAILSWHAT’S CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS?Creative Plus Business is 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.

ACCESSIBILITYIf you have any queries or access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com.Entry is via main entry via stairs, and there is lift access to Level 1. If you require access for a wheelchair or are unable to use stairs please let us know and we’ll arrange for side entry for direct access to the elevator. EVENT PHOTOGRAPHYPlease note that a photographer will be there to snap images of the event for future marketing purposes and to share on social media. If you do not wish to be photographed on the night please let our team know.

Want to know more about THRIVE?

Visit the Thrive website here.

ONLINE: The Creative Hustle
2026-03-26 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Sydney)
It’s not just a dance move! Understanding how to hustle is a necessity for any creative professional because it’s all about knowing how to showcase your talent and professionalism in a way that connects with potential clients, customers, employers and audiences.

While we’d like to let our work speak for itself, we also need to be able to advocate for ourselves and tell our own stories. The Creative Hustle is a practical workshop designed to focus on purposeful visibility for yourself and your output.

You’ll learn how to showcase your talent and professionalism in a way that resonates with clients, employers, and audiences alike. We’ll explore ways to prepare for the inevitable hustle, including ways of talking about ourselves without too much cringe, getting our portfolio in order, and much more.

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Participants will discuss the following, with a focus on arts practice and creative industries:

+ Personal, creative ways to start the hustle and build relationships with the world.+ Explaining yourself, and showcasing your work in the best light.+ Understanding who you’ll be dancing with – customers, clients and audience!+ Preparing for conferences and networking opportunities.+ Making the most of referrals and relationships.+ Warm Calling and Strategic Coffee Meets.+ How to hustle up a professional lifetime in the creative industries.

More links and resources will also be shared about other elements of marketing like building a website, social media strategy, using the media and more

What do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:

+ A practical Workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ 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!

Who is presenting?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.

What 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 access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Cost: Registration is AU$47 incl GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place on Zoom and is open to anyone in Australia or internationally. Not confident using Zoom? Download our handy Zoom users guide here.

You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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Geelong Creative Business Day
2026-03-27 10:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Join Creative Plus Business and Geelong City Council for a day of learning, networking, and business building, designed for creative practitioners, artists, and small creative businesses.

What is the Geelong Creative Business Day?

The day consists of a morning and afternoon session that dives into topics essential for creatives who are running their own practice or business, and the whole day has been designed by creatives, for creatives.

This new creative business day will focus on getting a great plan in place for your creative future, and tackle one of the most important aspects of any business or freelancing, marketing!

REGISTER FOR FREE NOW – CLICK HERE

Each session comes with all the tools, templates, and some handy tips to help you get the most of the content. Plus, every registration receives lifetime access to a dropbox with even more resources, and free webinars to help you with every aspect of your creative business.

It’s FREE and it’s happening on Friday, 27th March at Wurriki Nyal at 10am and 1pm, with a networking lunch in between. It’s a great chance to up-skill while meeting creatives from across the region – there’s nothing like meeting your next collaborator or creative mate!

MORNING SESSION: FUTURE PLANNING FOR CREATIVES | 10AM-12PM

A business or strategic plan is more than a way to make a bank or funder happy. It can be a truly invaluable tool to help you figure out where you’re going – and why. ‘Future Planning for Creatives’ is a fun and practical workshop that reframes the business and strategic planning process, made specifically for creative practitioners and arts businesses.

AFTERNOON SESSION: CREATIVE’S GUIDE TO MARKETING | 1PM-3PM

Marketing is one of the most challenging aspects of running a creative business or working in the arts. However, there is a simple solution to making marketing more palatable – take out the sales and focus on the strategy. The Creative’s Guide to Marketing workshop shares a simple six-step strategic approach designed to take the pain out of promotion, and put people back at the heart of marketing.

Accessibility: if you have any access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Location: Wurriki Nyal, 137-149 Mercer Street, Geelong. Room: Multipurpose Room 1 on Podium Level.

Your Workshop Facilitator:

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.

What’s Creative Plus Business?

We’re a national 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.

REGISTER FOR FREE NOW – CLICK HERE
