MANDURAH: Managing Creative Money Workshop Day
May 24 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Demystify the scary world of financial literacy in this one-day workshop for artists, by Creative Plus Business.
Managing Creative Money is a surprisingly fun and practical day that covers the basics of financial literacy, and fights finance fears with a range of tips and insights plus knowledge of the real-world complexities of managing money in a professional arts practice or creative business.
Creatives have unique financial needs and challenges associated with their professional practice, and require specialise knowledge to avoid feeling overwhelmed. This one-day offering will tackle subjects, tools and systems to empower artists or those in creative fields to confident in their financial decisions.
Participants will learn how to:
+ Understand and adapt cost-benefit analysis tools
+ Learn about cashflow and recognise financial patterns
+ Manage inconsistent income cycles
+ Consider creative and non-creative revenue streams
+ Determine appropriate pricing strategies
+ Adopt financial management systems and processes
Along with the skills gained throughout the day, participants will also receive lifetime access to carefully crafted resources by Creative Plus Business, to continue providing support and guidance long after the event.
This workshop day is catered with tea, coffee and a light lunch included in the ticket-price.
Participants Also Get
+ Templates, Guides, and Tools to use on the day and in your business or practice.
+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.
+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.
+ Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.
Who is presenting?
Monica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist, performer, and filmmaker. Monica has a Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business from AFTRS and was appointed as Australia’s first Creative Industries Business Advisor in 2013. In 2016 Monica founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business, an organisation dedicated to educating creatives about small business skills, financial literacy and marketing.
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: The workshop is wheelchair accessible. if you have any other access requirements, please email hello@creativeplusbusiness.com
Cost: Registration for Funding Fundamentals is $60 incl GST.
This workshop is presented by Creative Plus Business as part of the City of Mandurah’s Creative Learning Calendar program.