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Online Workshop – The Creative Hustle

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When

Thursday 26 March from 6pm to 8pm

It’s not just a dance move! Understanding how to hustle is a necessity for any creative professional because it’s all about knowing how to showcase your talent and professionalism in a way that connects with potential clients, customers, employers and audiences.

While we’d like to let our work speak for itself, we also need to be able to advocate for ourselves and tell our own stories. The Creative Hustle is a practical workshop designed to focus on purposeful visibility for yourself and your output. 

You’ll learn how to showcase your talent and professionalism in a way that resonates with clients, employers, and audiences alike. We’ll explore ways to prepare for the inevitable hustle, including ways of talking about ourselves without too much cringe, getting our portfolio in order, and much more. 

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

  • Personal, creative ways to start the hustle and build relationships with the world.

  • Explaining yourself, and showcasing your work in the best light.

  • Understanding who you’ll be dancing with – customers, clients and audience!

  • Preparing for conferences and networking opportunities.

  • Making the most of referrals and relationships.

  • Warm calling and strategic coffee meets.

  • How to hustle up a professional lifetime in the creative industries.

More links and resources will also be shared about other elements of marketing like building a website, social media strategy, using the media and more. 

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

  • A practical workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshop.

  • 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 $47 including GST. No booking fee is charged for registrations to our workshops.

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

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