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TAREE: How to Start and Run a Creative Business
October 30 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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 or starting a small business?
This fun and friendly FREE workshop will cover all the essentials you need to get the basics of creative business right! You’ll learn how to avoid some of the most common pitfalls, and what you need to get sorted to start on stronger foundations.
The workshop was designed by creative practitioners for 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.
You will learn about 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,
+ 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.
+ Getting ready for managing the money,
+ Preparing for marketing and promotion,
+ Where to go for more help.
‘How to Start and Run a Creative Business’ is your passport to a world where you can be creative, make money from your craft, and love your work.
This is a Creative Plus Business Workshop presented by MidCoast Council, and proudly funded by TLE Electrical in partnership with the Friends of the Manning Regional Art Gallery.
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 facilitating?
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 queries or access requirements, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com
VENUE: Manning Entertainment Centre. 33 Manning River Drive Taree, NSW 2430