PORTLAND: Creative’s Guide to Pitching Your Work
March 18 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Arts Out West.
No matter your work as a creative professional, someday you’ll have to present your ideas to others, with courage, and the power of persuasion. But how?
Pitching is a necessary part of creative practice, whether it’s discussing an idea for a work, talking to funding bodies about a project, or persuading a client to accept a proposal. It’s fraught with legal and marketing challenges and needs to be approached in a thoughtful and strategic way. ‘Creative’s Guide to Pitching Your Work’ is a free, relaxed workshop that provides practical advice on how to tell your best story while protecting your ideas and shares simple tips and tricks to build lasting relationships with the people who can help bring your ideas to life.
Participants will learn the following, with a special focus on arts practice and creative industries:
+ Preparing for the pitch – making sure you, and your idea, are both ready for the process.
+ How to put an idea together in a practical, shareable form for a pitch, including assets.
+ Tips for presenting live and in person, online and in writing.
+ Understanding the vulnerabilities of pitching and how to protect yourself legally.
+ The all-important follow-up, and how to make sure the pitch is just the beginning.
This is not a workshop where participants will be expected to practice their own pitch, but they are most welcome to share their own experiences and ask all the questions they like.
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!
Join us for the day!
We encourage you to book for both workshops and meet fellow creatives.
Please book for both events separately through Business Connect.
+ 10:00am ‘Creative’s Guide to Social Media’ workshop with Creative Plus Business (book here)
+ 12:00pm Enjoy networking with fellow creatives
+ 1:00pm ‘Creative’s Guide to Pitching Your Work’ workshop with Creative Plus Business
+ 3:00pm Workshops conclude
Who is presenting?
Wendi Lanham – Wendi 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
VENUE: The Foundations Portland, 36 Williwa St, Portland NSW 2847
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.