The Professional Business of Creativity

As a creative practitioner, we often stumble into business by accident. 

 While the kind of activities required in business aren't always those we're naturally inclined as creatives, there’s some fundamental steps to ensure you’re starting as you mean to continue when establishing commercial operations.

Workshop facilitator Angela D’Alton will guide you through those business basics and how to set yourself up for success as a creative in business during this 30 minute presentation.

What you’ll learn:

Do I need an ABN? What about GST?
What is my business structure?
How do I register a business name?
What insurance do I need?
How do I send an invoice?
Marketing yourself - A (very) brief overview

Who is Angela D’Alton?

With a career that spans over thirty years in multinational corporations and micro-business, Angela has experience in a variety of industries including Marketing, Communications, Events and Information Technology.  Drawing upon a background that includes roles at Etsy supporting the seller community, The Finders Keepers market and working as an agent representing artists, she is the head of education at Make Good Things Happen, a board director at Ballarat Evolve and the support curator of Craft Lab 2024.