Creative Plus Business

For those in Sydney (and let's face it, beyond) one of the biggest opportunities of the year has opened, and the Creative Plus Business team will be on the ground for more than just conferencing, amazing screen and music, and the incredible networking. SXSW Sydney is an enormous offering, and we're thrilled to have Wendi Lanham and Robbi James navigating the conference alongside Monica Davidson, who this year will also be an industry mentor - meeting one-on-one with professionals who are keen to take that next step in their careers. Congratulations Monica, those who get to speak to you this week are very lucky. If you're heading to SXSW and want to connect with us during the week, reach out to find a time!

Coming up from Creative Workplaces. Creative wellbeing is something we should all be embedding in our professional practice and creative organisations, and we've been delighted to see the response to our own workshops and events in this area. But to see the groundswell of sector-wide offerings like this one is very encouraging, and more than a step in the right direction. We'll definitely be online for this one!

An amazing opportunity has opened up for First Nations Arts Business! The Arts Business: First Nations Development Fund provides grants from $10,000 to $50,000 to build sustainable business practices and support economic and capacity-building opportunities. The opportunity is open to First Nations individuals and micro-organisations working in any artform and creative business. Grants can be used to support, professional and workforce development, governance training, capacity building, temporary staffing, marketing, seed funding, building digital capabilities and strategic planning. Closes 12th November, it looks INCREDIBLE! https://lnkd.in/geKgJ3KF

Our strategy and planning services are a cornerstone of our work with creative businesses, arts organisations, and cultural departments. It’s the perfect time of year to reach out and discover how we’re helping them shape their present future work.

The NSW Government's Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport is looking for the first cohort of assessors to help shape the future of contemporary music in NSW through Future Sound NSW. Future Sound NSW funding will support a range of activity from venue upgrades and touring, to the creation of new work, curation and, and market and sector development. To achieve all that they need 40 industry professionals from across the music ecosystem. If you're passionate about the music industry and want to be a part of this exciting new step for the state, check out the link below. EOIs close October 8. https://lnkd.in/gX_JHvJi #futuresoundnsw #musicnsw MusicNSW #musicindustry #contemporarymusic

Our friends at Freelance Jungle are turning the spotlight on client-to-freelancer relations, and they need your help. Freelance Jungle are a leading community of 6600 freelancers across Australia and New Zealand, and they're launching a new research initiative aimed at improving client-freelancer relations via the Freelance Value in the Workplace survey. If you are an organisation or an individual who has worked with freelancers in the past, they’d love your honest impressions. You can be anonymous or even sign up to share your views in an interview for further intelligence gathering. The survey is here: https://lnkd.in/g4JpvSes    To find out more about the project, they also have this blog: https://lnkd.in/gy8JqTNq

“One of the things that ARTSELERATE talks about is there are actually lots of different ways to be an arts business... It is a really great set of skills to think about that business side even if you do not think you’re quite ready because you’ll probably surprise yourself, you’re probably doing a lot more than you think you are. Let’s share the resources we have and let’s share the knowledge we have, because the more creative businesses we have that are thriving in the community, the more arts opportunities there are for everyone – including audiences.” Alysha Herrmann spoke to The SE Voice last week about our upcoming Mt Gambier edition of ARTSELERATE SA. Alysha is one of three industry mentors - including artist Jeff McCann and fashion designer Stavroula Adameitis - who will join Creative Plus Business' Monica Davidson to share their experience of building sustainable careers in the the creative industries. ARTSELERATE is one of our flagship programs, delivered in SA in partnership with the Government of South Australia's Office for Small and Family Business. Part incubator, start-up accelerator, and collaboration thinktank, it's designed to fast track the development of creative industries businesses locally. We're very excited to be welcoming the cohort in Mt Gambier next week, and in Port Adelaide in a few weeks' time. EOIs for both Mt Gambier and Port Adelaide are open now. All the information can be found at https://lnkd.in/gQQMXAnP https://lnkd.in/gEzgSieB

Thanks ArtsHub and Creative Victoria for yet another excellent instalment in the Creative Exchange Series - this time all about using social media to promote your creative business by picking the right platforms, amassing followers and getting cut-through in an increasingly cluttered and ever-changing social media landscape. https://lnkd.in/g8SvsKnk

Creative Plus Business' Monica Davidson is one of an amazing cohort of leaders and speakers heading to #CrewCon2024 this week. Crew Con continues to grow every year and with delegates able to be there in person or online, this year is set to be even bigger. Congratulations to Kirsty Stark and the team at CrewHQ, we can't wait to be there!

The team at Creative Plus Business is getting ready for our first multi-workshop program delivered in partnership with a leading independent theatre, and we’re thrilled that it’s with Sydney’s iconic Old Fitz Theatre. "Having previously partaken in, and benefited from, the wonderful services offered by Creative Plus Business (including a range of their free workshops and the brilliant GROW program), we are delighted for the Old Fitz Theatre to be partnering with them for the Fitz's inaugural New Works Festival. This partnership will see the delivery of three professional development workshops designed to upskill our emerging sector and equip them with the necessary tools for success. We very much look forward to welcoming Sydney artists through the Fitz's doors for this exciting program, and to continue to work alongside Creative Plus Business to fortify our sector." Emma Wright, Co-Artistic Director. Emma and her Co-Artistic Director Lucy Clements have worked with our team to select three of our creative business workshops that will help to build the business capacity of independent theatre makers in funding, marketing, and creative wellbeing. As we continue to develop partnerships that can contribute to sector development in targeted ways we’re delighted to be able to do so in Sydney’s thriving indy theatre community. The upcoming workshops are: 📅 Tues Sept 10 - Creative’s Guide to Funding 💵 https://lnkd.in/gswV7_gt 📅 Wed Sept 25 - Creative’s Guide to Marketing 🪄 https://lnkd.in/gbmYJV4u 📅 Wed Oct 16 - Creative Wellbeing 🎭 https://lnkd.in/gEdViRqA The workshops are being made accessible to all creative practitioners thanks to the Service NSW Business Connect initiative. For more information about all of our programs visit the C+B website or reach out to our Head of Education Jillian D'Ercole or Head of Strategy KB Heylen.