Online Event - DIVERSIFY YOUR CREATIVE INCOME

HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS CAN YOU THINK TO MAKE MONEY?

Creatives are good at lots of different things, and with a little brainstorming and guidance those talents can be turned into revenue. Becoming less reliant on government funding can also open up abundant creative and commercial opportunities for savvy creatives and arts organisations that think outside of the ‘grant box’. DIVERSIFY YOUR CREATIVE INCOME is an interactive workshop that allows discusses the various general ways that creatives can make money (including services, goods and passive income), and includes practical exercises to help brainstorm those ideas.

The workshops examines in detail:

• Identifying Core and Complementary Skills;
• Understanding and crafting a Minimum Viable Offering;
• Using a Skills Audit to inspire ideas;
• The ‘Cheat Sheet; of ideas that previous creatives have used to generate revenue;
• The testing process and how to identify a 'good' idea.

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

• Lifetime access to a dedicated DIVERSIFY YOUR CREATIVE INCOME  Dropbox folder full of additional resources and workbooks to help continue the learning after the workshop is over;
• 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.

All questions are welcome in this relaxed, safe and inclusive workshop. Participants are also encouraged to share their own experiences and network with their fellow practitioners.

You also get free advice! All NSW participants are entitled to 4 x 1 hour CHAT sessions, with a creative industries business advisor, 100% subsidised by Business Connect and therefore at no cost to you (no, there’s no catch!).

Who should enrol? Creative freelancers, established practitioners, arts organisations. 

Who is Presenting?  Wendi Lanham is an actor, presenter, model, and the Business Manager of 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 in order 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 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.