Online Workshops
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Free online workshops for members based in England
To help you develop the key business skills that will help you survive and thrive in the creative industries, we’ve launched a series of online workshops. We also host easy to enrol webinars so you can learn online.
Due to the increasing effects of the Coronavirus, we have suspended our venue-based courses for the time being. Further information here
WEBINAR – Building Confidence 26 Mar, 2021
In this webinar, we will share tips and techniques to help you gain and maintain confidence through the vicissitudes of your freelance career.
How to create promo videos for social media – 24 March
This workshop will help you make snappy, animated promo videos that help grab attention and promote your creative work online.
Build new revenue streams – 16th March
In this workshop, we aim to help you identify new ways to utilise your unique experience and expertise to develop new revenue streams.
Blogging for creative freelances – 10th March
Everybody tells you that you must have a website and you must have a blog but nobody tells you how – or why. In this workshop you will learn the key steps to creating your blog but, more importantly, what you can use one for and how it will become an important part of your creative work.
Write that book and get it published – 2nd March
Both writing and then getting a book published can be incredibly challenging. However, thousands of people do so every year, so why not you? To help you, this workshop aims to give you a realistic idea of how to go about writing your first book, and how and where to sell it.
How to run a crowd funding campaign – 26th Feb
Crowdfunding campaigns can be effective in raising money for creative projects. However, if you suspect that there’s more to it than just putting your great idea online and waiting for the money to roll in, you’re right.
We’ll spend the day working through how to structure your own crowdfunding campaign, from how to choose a platform and set a realistic target to how to find your audiences and tell your story.
Click into Instagram – 16th Feb
This online workshop will explore different elements of the Instagram app including Stories and video as well as demonstrating ways for you to get more creative.
Grow your own business via email marketing – 9th Feb
In this workshop you’ll learn how to get your name out to your audiences and keep that relationship going through using MailChimp for emails, newsletters and mailing lists.
Maximise the potential of YouTube – 3 Feb, 2021
In this online workshop you will learn to develop a YouTube channel to help you meet your creative objectives. You will gain hands on experience with basic content creation techniques.
WEBINAR – Stay connected online – 28th Jan, 2021
This webinar will help you access or initiate a support group that meets your specific creative objectives.
Cash flow for freelances – 26 Jan, 2021
Income can vary from month to month when you’re a creative freelance. So, in this online workshop, we’ll show you how you can plan to have enough cash all year round and avoid the panic of running out of money at any given time.
Get creative with graphics – 19 Jan, 2021
This workshop will introduce you to the design platform Canva with the aim of helping you produce visual content that can help you showcase and support your creative work through producing graphics for a range of purposes including social media, business cards, posters and flyers.