Free Workshop: Financial Literacy For Creatives

You can be a professional creative without being a starving artist. Financial literacy may not come naturally, but the secrets of managing money can be learned.

Making a living and building a business means understanding how money works, but the financial situation for creatives can be tricky. Navigating the numbers is not always a happy place, emotions can be overpowering, and who ever learned the basics of business money and financial literacy during their arts training? ‘Financial Literacy for Creatives’ is a surprisingly fun and practical online workshop designed specifically by creatives, for creatives, with a range of tips and insights into navigating the realities of financial management in a professional arts practice.

Participants will learn all the following, with a focus on professional arts practice:

• Introduction to the ‘Famine and the Feast’, and understanding how to weather the natural ups and downs of creative income.

• Ways to make better financial decisions by using the cost-benefits analysis tool.

• Learning the basics of budgets and cash flow projection to help navigate financial irregularity.

• The essential paperwork, including managing invoices and receipts.

• Practical steps to getting financially organised, including the best cloud accounting tools.

• More resources and places to go for help.

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 practical Workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.

• 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!

Who is Presenting?

Cat Dibley is a national and international creative producer with over 10 years’ experience producing dance, theatre, tours, and festivals. She has worked at major theatre companies across Australia, Europe, and the US and founded a theatre company in 2011, producing many shows under this banner for mainstage companies, festivals, and large-scale national tours. Cat has also worked as a creative consultant, story producer, screen development producer, educator and mentor.

What is 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.

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

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

Register for this workshop through Service NSW Business Connect. Service NSW Business Connect provides free, independent, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions.