Free Online Workshop: Creatives Guide to Pitching Your Work

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 relaxed online 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. Delivered by Creative Plus Business through Service NSW Business Connect

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.

What do I get? All participants of this online 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!

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.

Who is presenting? 

Wendi Lanham 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.

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop. 

ACCESSIBILITY: If you have any queries or access requirements, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com

What is Service NSW Business Connect? 

Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. Creative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect.