ONLINE (NSW): Time Management for Creatives
2024-10-23 12:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Creative practitioners and arts professionals juggle an array of tasks and projects, not to mention their personal priorities as well. How on earth to make time for it all?

Most creatives are pushed to the limit when it comes to time management. Many are juggling work, freelancing gigs, passion projects, admin and marketing demands, as well as the other challenges that might come from parenting, caring responsibilities and other personal factors. There are solutions to these vexing issues, but there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. The added complexities of neurodiversity and creative thinking mean that more than one tactic might help.

‘Time Management for Creatives’ is a fun and relaxed online workshop that explores a variety of practical options for time management, specifically designed for a range of learning needs.

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With a specific focus on the arts and creative industries, you will learn:

+ The different approaches and individual definitions of what ‘time management’ means.+ The importance of breaking down what ‘time success’ and priorities mean for you.+ The difference between deadlines and goals, and how to make that work in your favour.+ Challenges to better time keeping, including all the different methods of procrastination.+ Apps and processes that can help to create better time systems.+ Bringing habits and small changes into effect for the long-term time management gain.

‘Time Management for Creatives’ is a collaborative online workshop and participants will be encouraged to ask questions, share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

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

+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ A workbook to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ 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 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’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.

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

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

SYDNEY: Networking Tips for Creatives
2024-10-24 18:00 - 20:00
This is a Creative Plus Business event for NSW Small Business Month.

Networking, meeting new people, developing relationships –all terrifying stuff. Entering the world of networking without a plan or strategy – even scarier!

Networking is a necessity in the creative industries, but many practitioners consider it to be the stuff of nightmares. ‘Networking tips for Creatives’ is an entertaining hybrid between traditional 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.

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Participants will discuss the following tips and share their thoughts about:

+ Preparing for the event, and getting the basics right – introductions, branding, and cards.+ Preparing your conversation in advance and learning how to read the room.+ Tips and tricks for dealing with difficult people. + How to make the networking event a success. + The all-important (and often-ignored) follow-up process.

This is a practical workshop and participants will have the opportunity to meet each other, practice their introductions, and try out some of the conversation tips discussed.

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?Wendi Lanham – Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and Head of Operations at Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice and is well-versed in the myriad ways artists can make money to weather the famine and feast of creative income more effectively.

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.

This is a NSW Small Business Month EventNSW Small Business Month is a month-long program created for small businesses across the state to attend events aligned to their individual business interests. Coordinated by the NSW Small Business Commission, NSW Small Business Month brings together small businesses with local chambers, industry associations, not-for-profits and social enterprises, large businesses, and all levels of government. Creative Plus Business is an official Collaboration Partner for NSW Small Business Month in 2024.

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

Venue: Workshop Room – The Commons, 388 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

COOMA: Creative's Guide to Branding
2024-10-25 10:00 - 12:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with South East Arts.

Personal and professional branding is an essential marketing tool for creative practitioners, but understanding and creating branding can be a challenge.

Branding can be a tricky concept to comprehend, and many creative freelancers and arts professionals don’t understand how to make it work. In a crowded marketplace full of mixed promotional messages, a compelling personal and professional brand can help a creative practitioner, organisation or arts business stand out from the crowd. Creatives who make the most of their branding can build a loyal community of audience, clients and customers that are engaged and interested, willing to spend money, and happy to spread the word.

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

+ The definitions of branding, and how it applies to people working in the creative industry.+ How to understand branding as it applies on a personal and professional level.+ Your Core Values, how to define them as they make all the difference.+ Discussion of your personal brand, and how it applies to creative practitioners.+ An introduction to Colour Theory and why it helps to communicate your brand.+ Extending from the personal into a Business, Organisational and/or Creative Brand.+ ‘Brand Pillars’, the practical steps to help participants bring their branding A-Game

‘Creative’s guide to branding’ 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? 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!

Join us for the day! We encourage you to stay for lunch and to meet fellow creatives.

+ 10:00am Creative’s Guide to Branding; workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 12:00pm Enjoy sandwiches for lunch and chat with special guest, Andrew Gray, Director of South East Arts+ 1:00pm Creative’s Guide to Social Media’ workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 3:00pm Workshops conclude

Who is presenting? Lillie Brown – Lillie Brown is a freelance marketing strategist and Marketing Manager of 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 fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

Venue: Raglan Gallery and Cultural Centre, 9-11 Lambie Street, Cooma NSW

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

COOMA: Creative's Guide to Social Media
2024-10-25 13:00 - 15:00
Social media is everywhere, as are tips and tricks to use it for business. What are the best ways for creative and arts professional to use this powerful marketing tool?

Social media is a complex and challenging marketing tool for a lot of creatives, as it can be very difficult to find a balance between constantly updating the world just about themselves, and ignoring the platforms entirely! ‘Creative’s Guide to Social Media’ is a friendly, up-to-date and interactive workshop for beginners that covers the basics of how to kickstart marketing using social media, with a focus on the main tools at your disposal and the strategy behind the socials.

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With a focus on people selling in the arts and creative industries, you will learn:

+ A new and different definition of social media to consider for the arts and creative marketing.+ The basics of social media marketing, regardless of which platform you choose.+ The strategic process behind using social media for marketing, including R.O.I.+ Understanding audience, and finding out what your followers and fans want and need.+ Choosing the right social media, from the most used and popular platforms right now.+ Content creation tips and ideas for all the most popular platforms.+ Using other methods, and staying up to date.

Resources and templates will also be provided to create a social media marketing action plan.

‘Creative’s Guide to Social Media’ is a collaborative workshop and participants will be encouraged to share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

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 One-Page Marketing Plan template to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ 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!

Join us for the day! We encourage you to stay for lunch and to meet fellow creatives.

+ 10:00am Creative’s Guide to Branding; workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 12:00pm Enjoy sandwiches for lunch and chat with special guest, Andrew Gray, Director of South East Arts+ 1:00pm Creative’s Guide to Social Media’ workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 3:00pm Workshops conclude

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.

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!

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

Venue: Raglan Gallery and Cultural Centre, 9-11 Lambie Street, Cooma NSW

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (NSW): Creative's Guide to Marketing
2024-10-29 12:00 - 14:00
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’ online workshop shares a simple six-step marketing approach that has been designed to take the pain out of promotion.

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Participants will learn all the following, with a 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 online workshop also receive:

+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links,+ A Marketing Plan Template and Action Plan Template to assist with future marketing,+ 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!

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.

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!

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

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ORANGE: How to Structure Your Creative Business
2024-10-30 11:00 - 13:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Orange Regional Gallery and Arts Out West.

Creative businesses and arts organisations need to choose a structure when starting out. Sole trader, partnership, not-for-profit – where to begin?

Are freelancers, contractors and sole traders all the same thing? What’s the difference between a not-for-profit and a social enterprise? Is a theatre company really a company? And how on earth can anyone tell the difference? ‘How to Structure Your Creative Business’ is a practical workshop for beginners that details all the types of legal structures available for businesses and not-for-profit organisations, the rights and responsibilities that come with each choice, and how to choose the right one that’s fit for purpose for you and your strategic goals.

This workshop is essential for anyone wanting to understand how their professional practice, business idea or charitable purpose fits into the legal and structural world.

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

+ Going it alone – being a sole trader, freelancer and contractor.+ Working together – different types of partnerships and working with loved ones.+ Forming a company – understanding the Propriety Limited (PTY LTD) structure, and the power of an Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).+ Structures for purpose – The different types of not-for-profit entities, and deductible gift receipts (DGR) status.+ Purpose and profit – understanding how the structure of social enterprise fits.

‘How to Structure Your Creative Business’ 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? 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?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: Orange Regional Gallery, 149 Byng St, Orange.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ORANGE: Diversify Your Creative Income
2024-10-30 14:00 - 16:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Orange Regional Gallery and Arts Out West.

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:

+ 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?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.

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

Venue: Orange Regional Gallery, 149 Byng St, Orange NSW 2800

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What is Service NSW Business Connect?Service NSW Business Connect provides free independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one-on-one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (National): Creative Sustainability
2024-10-30 18:00 - 19:00
Creativity and planet saving can go hand in hand, but can those of us running small creative businesses or independent arts organisations really make that much of a difference? Does a creative freelancer really make a positive impact?

The answer is yes.

In this relaxed and informative FREE webinar we’ll be chatting with experts from different areas of creative work about practical tips and strategies for incorporating sustainability into a small business, independent arts organisation or freelance practice. You’ll learn how to reduce your environmental footprint, conserve resources, and create a more sustainable future for the arts.

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 lifetime access to additional resources.

Who’s it for?Creative and arts practitioners, freelancers, start-ups, and arts entrepreneurs from beginners to established (international sign-ups welcome!). This webinar will also be helpful for those managing small to medium arts organisations who would like more insight into neurodiversity in practice.

Who are the Hosts? Wendi Lanham – Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and the Head of Operations of Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice, and loves teaching individuals and businesses how to expand their networks, unlock new opportunities, and foster collaborations for mutual growth.

Wendi will be being joined by:

Zachary Lurje – Zachary is a producer and sustainability consultant based in Meanjin/Brisbane. He is passionate about reducing our carbon footprint and environmental impact at every stage of production across stage, screen and live events. His recent sustainability credits include: Rock Island Mysteries Seasons two and three, Some Kind of Blue (short), and Mortal Kombat 2 (feature). His company Cosmo Creative provides sustainable consultation services to film and television production, including his current roles with Amazon Prime/Amazon MGM Studios.

Julian Dibley-Hall – Julian is the co-Artistic Director of Melbourne-based theatre company VIMH (The Voice in My Hands) and works as a director, dramaturg, performer and producer. His professional practice focuses on creating and presenting new theatrical productions and developing spaces for other independent artists to create new work. Julian co-founded Sustainable Theatres Australia in 2019 with a group of fellow theatre artists with the urgent mission to make the Australian theatre industry more sustainable, across both the independent and professional sectors.

Maria Pia Mosquera – Maria is a designer and artist, director of Maria Mosquera Design + Illustration. With over 20 years’ experience in graphicdesign, Maria Pia has developed bold and vibrant exhibition graphics and collateral design for prominent cultural institutions in Australia andoverseas. With a strong commitment to sustainable design, she implements sustainable principles in her design practice wherever possible and encourages her clients to pursue sustainable production. She has been invited to speak on the importance of sustainability in design invarious institutions and government departments.Some of her clients include Botanic Gardens of Sydney, Chau Chak WingMuseum, National Museum of Australia (NMA), National Portrait Gallery, Australian National Maritime Museum, Australian Design Centre and City of Sydney .

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 fiona@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

ORANGE: Creative's Guide To Marketing
2024-10-31 10:00 - 12:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Orange Regional Gallery and Arts Out West.

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’ workshop 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 all 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:

+ 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?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: Orange Regional Gallery, 149 Byng St, Orange NSW 2800

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ORANGE: Networking Tips for Creatives
2024-10-31 13:00 - 15:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Orange Regional Gallery and Arts Out West.

Networking, meeting new people, developing relationships –all terrifying stuff. Entering the world of networking without a plan or strategy – even scarier!

Networking is a necessity in the creative industries, but many practitioners consider it to be the stuff of nightmares. ‘Networking Tips for Creatives’ is an entertaining hybrid between traditional 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.

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Participants will discuss the following tips and share their thoughts about:

+ Preparing for the event, and getting the basics right – introductions, branding, and cards.+ Preparing your conversation in advance and learning how to read the room.+ Tips and tricks for dealing with difficult people. + How to make the networking event a success. + The all-important (and often-ignored) follow-up process.

This is a practical workshop and participants will have the opportunity to meet each other, practice their introductions, and try out some of the conversation tips discussed.

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?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: Orange Regional Gallery, 149 Byng St, Orange NSW 2800

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (NSW): Creative's Guide to Selling Online
2024-11-01 12:00 - 14:00
You’ve poured your passion into your craft, art or products, and the time has come to share 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? ‘Creative’s Guide to Selling Online’ is a FREE online 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. The webinar 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, you will learn:

+ 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.

‘Creative’s Guide to Selling Online’ is a collaborative online workshop and participants will be encouraged to share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

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 One-Page Marketing Plan template to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ 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!

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.

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!

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

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop. BOOK NOW

What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (NSW): Creative's Guide to Social Media
2024-11-05 18:00 - 20:00
Social media is everywhere, as are tips and tricks to use it for business. What are the best ways for creative and arts professional to use this powerful marketing tool?

Social media is a complex and challenging marketing tool for a lot of creatives, as it can be very difficult to find a balance between constantly updating the world just about themselves, and ignoring the platforms entirely! ‘Creative’s Guide to Social Media’ is a friendly, up-to-date and interactive online workshop for beginners that covers the basics of how to kickstart marketing using social media, with a focus on the main tools at your disposal and the strategy behind the socials.

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With a focus on people selling in the arts and creative industries, you will learn:

+ A new and different definition of social media to consider for the arts and creative marketing.+ The basics of social media marketing, regardless of which platform you choose.+ The strategic process behind using social media for marketing, including R.O.I.+ Understanding audience, and finding out what your followers and fans want and need.+ Choosing the right social media, from the most used and popular platforms right now.+ Content creation tips and ideas for all the most popular platforms.+ Using other methods, and staying up to date.

Resources and templates will also be provided to create a social media marketing action plan.

‘Creative’s Guide to Social Media’ is a collaborative online workshop and participants will be encouraged to share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

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 One-Page Marketing Plan template to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ 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!

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.

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!

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

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

PENRITH: Diversify Your Creative Income
2024-11-07 17:00 - 19:30
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Penrith City Council.

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 a FREE interactive workshop that discusses the various ways that creatives can make money, and includes practical exercises to help inspire and shape some new ideas. Participants will learn 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:

+ 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!

5:00pm Doors open, food served, connect with fellow creatives5:30pm ‘Diversify Your Creative Income’ workshop with Creative Plus Business7:30pm workshop finishes8:00pm Doors closeWhile the Creative Plus Business workshop starts at 5:30pm, we encourage people to arrive at 5:00pm for canapes and to meet fellow creatives.

Who is presenting?Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and Head of Operations at Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice and is well-versed in the myriad ways artists can make money to weather the famine and feast of creative income more effectively.

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 access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Venue: Borland Lounge, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, 597 High St, Penrith NSW 2752

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What is Service NSW Business Connect?Service NSW Business Connect provides free independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one-on-one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business

ONLINE (NSW): The Freelance Five
2024-11-12 18:00 - 20:00
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 online 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 all 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 online 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 – 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’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 access requirements, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop. Note: this workshop will not be recorded.

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What is NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect is a dedicated and personalised NSW Government program that provides trusted advice to help you start or grow your small business. Creative Plus Business provides confidential, independent business advice and skills training for small and medium creative businesses across NSW as part of the NSW Government’s Business Connect program.Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

SUTHERLAND: Creative's Guide To Marketing
2024-11-15 13:00 - 15:00
Presented in partnership with The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre, Sutherland.

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 workshop 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 all 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:

+ 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 – 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 hello@creativeplusbusiness.com

Venue: The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre Sutherland, 30 Eton Street, Sutherland

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

ONLINE (NSW): Financial Literacy for Creatives
2024-11-20 18:00 - 20:00
You can be a professional creative without being a starving artist. Financial literacy may not come naturally, but the secrets of managing money can be learned.

Making a living and building a business means understanding how money works, but the financial situation for creatives can be tricky. Navigating the numbers is not always a happy place, emotions can be overpowering, and who ever learned the basics of business money and financial literacy during their arts training? ‘Financial Literacy for Creatives’ is a surprisingly fun and practical FREE online workshop designed specifically by creatives, for creatives, with a range of tips and insights into navigating the realities of financial management in a professional arts practice.

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Participants will learn all the following, with a focus on professional arts practice:

+ 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.

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?Wendy Lanham – Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and Head of Operations at Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice and is well-versed in the myriad ways artists can make money to weather the famine and feast of creative income more effectively.

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

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect?Service NSW Business Connect provides free independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one-on-one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

LISMORE: Creative's Guide To Marketing
2024-11-21 16:00 - 18:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Lismore City Council’s CONVERGE Creative Enterprise Development Program

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

BOOK NOW

You will learn all 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:

+ 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?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.

What is Lismore City Council’s CONVERGE Creative Enterprise Development Program?CONVERGE is an innovative creative enterprise development program, designed to revitalise Lismore’s business centre and elevate the economic and artistic strength of our local creative industries.

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

Venue: Converge, 2/123-125 Woodlark St, Lismore, NSW 2480

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

LISMORE: Creative Wellbeing
2024-11-22 10:00 - 12:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event presented at Lismore Regional Gallery.

Taking care of our wellbeing is vital for creative professionals. Without safeguarding the easy and artistic flow of ideas, it’s more than our health that might suffer.

Using your creativity for professional work is both rewarding and taxing. While there’s immense satisfaction in building a business around your artistic vision, the constant pressure to deliver and the emotional rollercoaster of the creative process can lead to burnout. ‘Creative wellbeing’ is a unique workshop designed to equip you with the tools and strategies to not only flourish creatively, but also fuel the success of your creative business.

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Participants will learn the following in this FREE workshop with a focus on arts practice and creative business success:

+ Wellbeing: We’ll explore how physical, mental, and emotional well-being are all interconnected and crucial for creative success. + Creative Wellbeing: Discover how self-care extends to nurturing your creative spark. + Creative Illness: Learn to identify and overcome roadblocks like imposter syndrome and self-sabotage that can hinder your progress. + Burnout: Understand the signs and impacts of burnout on creatives and develop strategies to prevent it. + Actionable Techniques: Walk away with practical tools to safeguard your creative wellbeing and integrate it seamlessly into your daily professional life. More resources and help will be provided for broader wellbeing support. This workshop has been designed by creatives for creatives and includes a variety of activities.

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

+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources.+ 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’s the Host?Monica Davidson – 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.

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

Venue: Lismore Regional Gallery, 11 Rural Street, Lismore NSW 2480

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What is Service NSW Business Connect?Service NSW Business Connect provides free independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one-on-one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (NSW): Creative's Guide to Websites
2024-11-26 18:00 - 20:00
Creatives, arts organisations and small businesses all need a website, but where to begin when there are so many tech and design hurdles to navigate?

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. A creative’s website can be a centralised place to showcase services, a marketing tool to share stories and case studies, and an educational platform to help clients and customers understand everything they need to know about your craft, your purpose and the offerings you have that meet their wants and needs.

‘Creative’s Guide To Websites’ is a FREE practical online workshop for beginners that examines best practice for creatives to present their websites, with examples and helpful resources for DIY design.

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With a specific focus on the arts and creative industries, this online workshop will cover:

+ Starting with the Why – outlining the goals for your website and why they matter. + The importance of planning, making a site map and organising the content.+ Designing a website that focuses on proactive sales as well as a passive portfolio. + Do it yourself or hire a designer? The pros and cons of design options, with suggestions. + Choosing the best platform for a DIY website.+ Planning for maintenance and keeping a website up to date.

‘Creative’s Guide To Websites’ is a collaborative online workshop and participants will be encouraged to ask questions, share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

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 workbook to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ 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!

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.

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!

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

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (National): Year In Review 2024
2024-12-02 18:00 - 19:00
2024 has been a rollercoaster for many of us, from amazingly shiny to hectic bin fire and back again (sometimes on the same day). Let’s take a moment together to pause, breathe, and reflect on the last twelve months. Grab a cup of tea (or your preferred beverage, if bubbles are more 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!). This webinar will also be helpful for those managing small to medium arts organisations who would like more insight into neurodiversity in practice.

Who is the Host? Monica Davidson, founder and doyenne of Creative Plus Business, lover of dogs and pink champagne, proud survivor of 2024 and keen bean for 2025!

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 fiona@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.

ONLINE (NSW): Networking Tips for Creatives
2024-12-05 18:00 - 20:00
Networking, meeting new people, developing relationships – all terrifying stuff. Entering the world of networking without a plan or strategy – even scarier!

Networking is a necessity in the creative industries, but many practitioners consider it to be the stuff of nightmares. ‘Networking tips for Creatives’ is an entertaining hybrid between traditional 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.

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Participants will discuss the following tips and share their thoughts about:

+ Preparing for the event, and getting the basics right – introductions, branding, and cards.+ Preparing your conversation in advance and learning how to read the room.+ Tips and tricks for dealing with difficult people. + How to make the networking event a success. + The all-important (and often-ignored) follow-up process.

This is a FREE practical online workshop and participants will have the opportunity to meet each other, practice their introductions, and try out some of the conversation tips discussed.

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?Wendi Lanham – Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and Head of Operations at Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice and is well-versed in the myriad ways artists can make money to weather the famine and feast of creative income more effectively.

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

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

Tamworth: Financial Literacy for Creatives
2024-12-06 09:00 - 11:00
In partnership with ARTS NORTH WEST.

You can be a professional creative without being a starving artist. Financial literacy may not come naturally, but the secrets of managing money can be learned.

Making a living and building a business means understanding how money works, but the financial situation for creatives can be tricky. Navigating the numbers is not always a happy place, emotions can be overpowering, and who ever learned the basics of business money and financial literacy during their arts training? ‘Financial Literacy for Creatives’ is a free and surprisingly fun and practical workshop designed specifically by creatives, for creatives, with a range of tips and insights into navigating the realities of financial management in a professional arts practice.

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Participants will learn all the following, with a focus on professional arts practice:

+ 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.

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 Presenting?Monica Davidson – Monica Davidson s 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.

Join us for the day!We encourage you to book for both free workshops and join us for light refreshments in between.

+ 9:00am ‘Financial Literacy for Creatives’ workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 11:00am Enjoy light refreshments and network with fellow creatives+ 12:00pm ‘Pricing For Creatives’ workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 2:00pm Workshops conclude

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

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Venue: UNE SMART Region Incubator TamworthPeel House, 24 Fitzroy St, Tamworth NSW.

Who are Arts North West?Arts North West are a Regional Arts Development Organisation for the New England North West region of NSW, who facilitate the development of arts and cultural projects and initiatives across the whole region, building a rich cultural landscape in the New England North West and increasing participation in arts and cultural activities.

Tamworth: Pricing for Creatives (or What's it Worth?)
2024-12-06 12:00 - 14:00
In partnership with ARTS NORTH WEST.

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’ (What’s It Worth?) is a free 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.

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

+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed full of additional resources and helpful links+ A workbook to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.

All questions are welcome in this relaxed, safe and inclusive workshop. Participants are also encouraged to share their own experiences and network with their fellow practitioners.

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.

Join us for the day!We encourage you to book for both free workshops and join us for light refreshments in between.

+ 9:00am ‘Financial Literacy for Creatives’ workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 11:00am Enjoy light refreshments and network with fellow creatives+ 12:00pm ‘Pricing For Creatives’ workshop with Creative Plus Business+ 2:00pm Workshops conclude

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

Venue: UNE SMART Region Incubator Tamworth, Peel House, 24 Fitzroy St, Tamworth NSW.

BOOK NOW (via Humantix)

Who are Arts North West?Arts North West are a Regional Arts Development Organisation for the New England North West region of NSW, who facilitate the development of arts and cultural projects and initiatives across the whole region, building a rich cultural landscape in the New England North West and increasing participation in arts and cultural activities.

WEBINAR: The Business of Creativity
2025-02-03 17:30 - 19:00
A Create NSW webinar in partnership with CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS.

Set yourself up as a freelancer and avoid the most common pitfalls.

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 Business of Creativity’ is a fast, fun and practical presentation specifically designed for creative practitioners and arts professionals with limited business skills, to help them get the five most important elements of creative freelancing right. It’s a webinar 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 all of 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.

All participants of this workshop receive:

+ Access to a licensed version of the webinar. + Access to a Dropbox folder 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.

The webinar presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A. Who’s it for?A webinar for individual creative and arts practitioners, freelancers, start-ups, and arts entrepreneurs from beginners to established.

Who are the Hosts?Join Monica Davidson, Creative Plus Business Director + Doyenne, along with Create NSW Senior Manager of Arts Strategy and Engagement, Bec Dean.

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

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ONLINE (NSW): How to Start a Creative Business
2025-02-18 18:00 - 20:00
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?

This fun and friendly FREE online workshop will cover all the essentials you need to get the basics of creative business right, and avoid some of the most common pitfalls that artists can experience when entering the world of self-employment and freelancing. ‘How to Start a Creative Business’ was designed by creative practitioners for absolute beginners, and it’s a friendly safe space where every question is a good question, and the mysteries of business will become a little clearer.

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

+ Setting goals and making a plan for your start-up journey,+ The basics of business including ABNs, structures, business names and licences,+ The legal steps to registering your business,+ Getting ready for managing the money,+ Preparing for marketing and promotion,+ Where to go for more help.

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

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?Brooke Scobie (she/they) is a queer First Nations creative business mentor based on Darkinjung land. With over 15 years of experience in community services and five years in the arts, Brooke specialises in empowering creatives and driving innovation that fosters growth and opportunity. Brooke’s professional expertise spans program development, project management, and strategic partnerships across corporate, non-profit, and government sectors. With a strong track record of supporting First Nations artists and marginalised voices, they offer a uniquely holistic approach to business education, blending industry insight with creative and community-driven solutions.

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 fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop. BOOK NOW

What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (NSW): Pricing for Creatives
2025-02-20 18:00 - 20:00
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 free, practical online workshop that covers the basics of figuring out the price point for creative work, including calculating costs and understanding what the market can bear. ‘Pricing for Creatives’ is vital for anyone struggling to understand the value of their own work, and how to share that value with others.

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

+ Lifetime access to a dedicated Dropbox folder full of additional resources and workbooks to help continue the learning after the workshop.+ 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.

Who is it for? Creative freelancers, established practitioners, arts organisations.

Who is presenting? Wendi Lanham – Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and Head of Operations at Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice and is well-versed in the myriad ways artists can make money to weather the famine and feast of creative income more effectively.

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 fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

ONLINE (NSW): Time Management for Creatives
2025-02-25 18:00 - 20:00
Creative practitioners and arts professionals juggle an array of tasks and projects, not to mention their personal priorities as well. How on earth to make time for it all?

Most creatives are pushed to the limit when it comes to time management. Many are juggling work, freelancing gigs, passion projects, admin and marketing demands, as well as the other challenges that might come from parenting, caring responsibilities and other personal factors. There are solutions to these vexing issues, but there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. The added complexities of neurodiversity and creative thinking mean that more than one tactic might help.

‘Time Management for Creatives’ is a FREE, fun and relaxed online workshop that explores a variety of practical options for time management, specifically designed for a range of learning needs.

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With a specific focus on the arts and creative industries, you will learn:

+ The different approaches and individual definitions of what ‘time management’ means.+ The importance of breaking down what ‘time success’ and priorities mean for you.+ The difference between deadlines and goals, and how to make that work in your favour.+ Challenges to better time keeping, including all the different methods of procrastination.+ Apps and processes that can help to create better time systems.+ Bringing habits and small changes into effect for the long-term time management gain.

‘Time Management for Creatives’ is a collaborative online workshop and participants will be encouraged to ask questions, share experiences and ideas, make connections and foster peer relationships.

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

+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ A workbook to assist with the practical elements of the workshop.+ 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 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’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.

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

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

BALMAIN: Diversify Your Creative Income
2025-02-25 18:00 - 20:00
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Balmain Rozelle Business Chamber of Commerce.

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:

+ 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?Wendi Lanham – Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and Head of Operations at Creative Plus Business. She has a wealth of experience combining business and creative practice and is well-versed in the myriad ways artists can make money to weather the famine and feast of creative income more effectively.

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 access requirements, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

Venue: The London Hotel, 234 Darling St, Balmain NSW 2041

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What is Service NSW Business Connect?Service NSW Business Connect provides free independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one-on-one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.

WEBINAR: All About Auspicing
2025-02-26 18:00 - 19:00
Auspicing is a wonderful but sometimes mystifying process where one organisation provides support, sponsorship, or guidance to another, often in the context of funding. It can be a life-changing arrangement, particularly for an early career practitioner, but there are so many steps (and potentially costs) to consider.

This free webinar is the perfect entry point for anyone interested in learning how auspicing could benefit their practice or business. We’ll be talking with two special guests that have extensive experience with auspicing to cover the basics, including the different kinds of arrangements, as well as key legal and financial considerations, common pitfalls, and best practices.

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 lifetime access to additional resources.

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 – 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.

Selene Bateman – Selene is a highly regarded arts administrator, producer, and project manager with over 20 years of experience in the creative sector. She has produced animated TV series, queer cabarets, and children’s comedy shows, collaborating with hundreds of artists across various art forms and career stages to help them navigate the funding landscape, shape budgets, and manage their projects. In 2021, Selene became the CEO of Auspicious Arts Projects, guiding the organisation through the challenges of COVID lockdowns and recovery. As an industry leader, her insights are frequently sought by funding bodies and small to medium organizations on key sector issues. She is on the advisory board of the Arts & Cultural Management Program for Deakin University, and regularly delivers guest lectures at institutions including the University of Melbourne (VCA), Collarts, and JMC Academy.

Tim Kurylowicz – Tim is the Executive Director of Eastern Riverina Arts (ERA), the lead organisation for arts and creative industry development in the Eastern Riverina region of NSW. He leads a team with a passion for creative cultural development that brings real world change. In 2021 Tim and his team produced the Arbour Festival, a 50-day festival in a forest to mark the first anniversary of the Dunns Road bushfires. In 2023 they established The Station Creative Workspace, a creative hub in Wagga Wagga bringing creative people together to work, collaborate and do business. He has worked for local government, museums and the not-for-profit sector shaping community and cultural projects that break down barriers and bring people together.

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 fiona@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.

ONLINE (NSW): Creative's Guide To Marketing
2025-02-27 12:00 - 14:00
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.

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You will learn all 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:

+ 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?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 fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.

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What is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business.

Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.
