Presented by Creative Plus Business with support from the City of Sydney.

Join us for the second exciting THRIVE CONNECT meetup event, Marketing Maestros. Reaching new audiences, and keeping our current ones engaged, is never-ending. Our second meetup brings together marketing experts Belinda Daly and Robbi James to talk about out-of-the-box ways that creative businesses can approach marketing. With a specific focus on finding new ways to market and promote ourselves, our work, and our businesses in a world where the impact of social media is changing, our guest speakers will be sharing innovative ways to spread the word about your work, and develop lasting relationships with clients and consumers.

THRIVE CONNECT events are a quarterly series of meaningful meetups that combine networking with skills development. Made for creative practitioners, artists, innovators, and small businesses, each event is hosted at hubs and venues across the Sydney CBD. Every meetup includes a guest speaker and theme, along with suggested conversation topics to make networking easier and connections more interesting.

Registration is FREE and every THRIVE CONNECT includes plenty of time for networking (nibbles included). Every attendee will also receive an invitation to the THRIVE Toolkit and THRIVE private LinkedIn group.

Venue: will be announced very soon

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL

WHO’S SPEAKING?
Belinda Daly - Belinda Daly, the founder of The Marketing Edit, is a senior marketing, digital and communications consultant with over 25 years experience in the retail and property sector.
Belinda has developed award-winning customer experience programs and has a deep interest in using multichannel segmented strategies to reach customers using a customer-led approach.
She has extensive experience on the branding, repositioning and launch process having worked on numerous development projects including Pacific Fair, Macquarie Centre and Rhodes Shopping Centre.

Robbi James - Robbi James is a producer, theatre maker, and marketing whizz who has built a portfolio career across media, business and brand development, public relations, and project management. He is a founding member and Executive Director of multi-award-winning production company Rogue Projects, where he has produced fifteen fully-staged works in Australia and internationally, and the Cannes-award winning short film Refused Classification. Before joining the Creative Plus Business leadership team he led national touring company Critical Stages Touring as its CEO, and led marketing activity for some of the country's leading production companies including Red Line Productions, Red Stitch, The Good Room, Belloo Creative and Siren Theatre. He has been a cultural consultant for organisations large and small, including the Arts Council of Korea. He is currently also the producer of Salon, the NSW arts market and conference for theatre in NSW/ACT, at Arts on Tour.

WHAT’S THRIVE?

THRIVE SYDNEY is a new program of events, mentoring, and online experiences designed to enhance the professional development and wellbeing of Sydney’s artists and creative community. Supported by the City of Sydney and produced by Creative Plus Business, THRIVE brings to the city four initiatives to help creative professionals and artists come together, hear from inspiring industry leaders, access free professional development opportunities, and build new creative and professional networks.

DOWNLOAD THE THRIVE GUIDE FOR FULL DETAILS

WHAT’S CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS?
Creative Plus Business is 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 fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com.
Entry is via King Street and there is lift access to Level 4.

EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
Please note that a photographer will be there to snap images of the event for future marketing purposes and to share on social media. If you do not wish to be photographed on the night please let our team know.