Applying for funding can be a nightmare, especially when all your hard work results in zero dollars. You are not alone! Even successful applicants can fail, more than once, and in spectacular fashion. 

Join us in our no-holds-barred free webinar ‘Funding F#!k Ups’ where we expose the most common grant application mistakes that lead to rejection, and hear real-life war stories from our panel of funding experts. Learn from others' failures and prepare to turn those f#!k ups into funding success!

What’s Included?
A 60 minute webinar with our creative industries experts (which you can access later if you want) plus lifetime access to additional resources.

Who’s it for?
Creative and arts practitioners, freelancers, start-ups, and arts entrepreneurs from beginners to established (international sign-ups welcome!).

Monica Davidson
Monica 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 business skills, financial literacy, wellbeing, and marketing.

Cat Dibley is a creative industry specialist, and a national and international creative producer with over 12 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 developed several mentorship programs, most recently a Producer Mentorship program for CALD artists. After the initial success, Cat worked with City of Sydney to increase the scope of this program which now includes mentorship for directors; early career actors; and school children in regional and remote areas. Following this, Cat worked as Manager of Strategic Projects and Engagement at Create NSW, developing a $2.5 million cross-government partnership program with the Department of Regional NSW, and supporting the Arts Culture and Funding Program.

Cat also specialises as a Coach and will soon be accredited with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) specialising in support for creative businesses and artists.

Robbi James is a producer, theatre maker, and marketing whizz who has built a portfolio career across media, business and brand development, public relations, and project management. He is a founding member and Executive Director of multi-award-winning production company Rogue Projects, where he has produced fifteen fully-staged works in Australia and internationally, and the Cannes-award winning short film Refused Classification. Before joining the Creative Plus Business leadership team he led national touring company Critical Stages Touring as its CEO, and has been a cultural consultant for organisations large and small, including the Arts Council of Korea. He is currently also the producer of Salon, the NSW arts market and conference for theatre in NSW/ACT, at Arts on Tour.

What’s Creative Plus Business?
We’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help through 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. We believe that a bit of naughtiness, tempered with a kind heart and a big dose of professionalism, is the key to helping creative people understand the boring basics of business.

Accessibility: if you have any queries or access requirements, please email fiona@creativeplusbusiness.com.

WEBINAR: Funding F**k-Up's