SUNSHINE COAST: I Hate Networking

Facilitated by CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS as part of Sunshine Coast Council’s MadeSC Professional Development Program.

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

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

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RSVPs for this in-person workshop are essential. Limited spaces available.

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

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

What’s Creative Plus Business?
We’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help through sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice. We believe that a bit of naughtiness, tempered with a kind heart and a big dose of professionalism, is the key to helping creative people understand the boring basics of business.

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

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

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

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

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