PORT ADELAIDE: Financial Basics for Creatives

Produced by Creative Plus Business, IGNITION SA brings to South Australia four initiatives to help creative businesses and arts professionals come together to learn, access professional development opportunities, gain mentorship and guidance, and build new creative and professional networks.

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

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

Who is presenting?
Monica Davidson – Monica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist, performer, and filmmaker. Monica has a Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business from AFTRS, and was appointed as Australia’s first Creative Industries Business Advisor in 2013. In 2016 Monica founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business, an organisation dedicated to educating creatives about small business skills, financial literacy and marketing.

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

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

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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.

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VENUE: Vitalstatistix, Waterside Workers Hall, 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide SA 5015

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

Want to know more about IGNITION SA?

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

Download the IGNITION SA Program guide and information here.

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