Creative Business Planning for Creatives who Hate Business Planning

Creative Colchester Partnership

A half day training programme designed to help creative freelancers plan for their future and identify what ‘good growth’ looks like

Firstsite

BUSINESS PLANNING FOR CREATIVES WHO HATE BUSINESS PLANNINGThe first in Creative Colchester&#x27;s intensive workshop series, led by Julia Payne, Director of the hub.THE WORKSHOPBusiness planning, but not as you know it! Aimed squarely at creative freelancers who think business planning isn’t for them, this playful but super-informative course will see the hub’s Julia Payne share some top tips, tricks and real life examples to help you get clearer – and more excited - about your career and business goals. You’ll get inside the following: •	Why a plan, and how to make planning less daunting•	What business planning is, minus the jargon •	Messy thinking and tidied up plans: right brain vs left brain planning•	How to make sure it starts with YOU•	Superheroes in disguise – strengths, weaknesses and making a change•	Sketching your landscape…looking around to get ahead•	The strategy stuff… debunking strategic jargon •	Belt and braces… What are the risks? And how would you deal with them?•	Making the money work – how to budget not fudge-it and scenario planPlayful and creative but designed to make a real difference, there’ll also be an emphasis on small group work, peer learning and sharing collective experiences. P﻿rice: £20***﻿*We know times are tough right now so we do have a number of bursary places available. Please email Anna at hello@creativecolchester.org.uk to discuss your needs. Firstsite is an accessible space but please email Creative Colchester again, at the above addess, to discuss any needs you may have.About your facilitatorJulia Payne is Director of the hub, a creative social enterprise she founded in 2002 with an aim of doing innovative work and building the capacity of the creative sector. Known for being curious and generous, she’s worked with hundreds of creative freelancers to help them build their careers and businesses and identify what ‘good growth’ looks like. In 2021 she won the IPSE Wellbeing Freelancer Award for the hub’s Balance programme, which helped 1000+ artists and creative freelancers balance their minds and their books at a time of huge uncertainty, and included a free toolkit packed with 100+ business planning and wellbeing resources, action learning sessions, monthly wellbeing talks and training.

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