Online workshop: Future Planning for Creatives

A business or strategic plan is more than a way to make a bank or funder happy. It can be a truly invaluable tool to help you figure out where you’re going – and why.

Summarising your creative business or arts organisation into a written plan is a great idea, but without guidance it can become a stale and unused document that never gets implemented.

Future Planning for Creatives is a workshop that reframes and explains the planning process in a way specifically designed for creative learners, and with a focus on creating practical action plans that work. With plenty of templates and tools to discuss, this friendly and real-world workshop will help arts practitioners from beginners to more experienced professionals.

Participants will learn the following, with a focus on arts practice and creative industries:

• The Planning Process in general, and how to understand the different types.

• A look at the ‘traditional’ business and strategic plan, and the sections to focus on.

• The importance of understanding the benefits of a vision, purpose and values statement.

• Choosing the right template for your purposes.

• The reality of planning a professional approach with a busy personal life and artistic practice.

Resources and templates will also be provided for a variety of both business and strategic plans, including the preferred options for the Creative Australia and other kinds of financing.

What do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:

• Templates for business, strategic, operational, and marketing plans.

• Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.

• Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.

• Information on how to access further one-to-one business advice, mentoring, and support from one of our creative industries business specialist advisors.

Who is presenting?

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.

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

Cost: Registration is AU$47 incl GST. No Booking Fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

This workshop will take place online and is open to anyone. You will receive a link to the workshop in an email from Creative Plus Business prior to the workshop.