Freelancer Skills Workshop: From Idea to Event

Freelancer Skills Series

Culture Sheffield and Fair Collective bring you a ten part training series which gives freelancers the chance to build new skills, grow their networks, and explore opportunities for income, collaboration and visibility within the city’s vibrant cultural and visitor economy.

Each session will be focused on a different topic relating to your creative freelance practice, based on the feedback and suggestions from Sheffields freelance community.

Workshop 8 - From Idea to Event - Event management skills for creative freelancers [online workshop]

Great events don't just happen. This workshop gives you the inside track on turning creative ideas into smooth, professional events. From nailing down your objectives and audience, to knowing what makes an innovative event experience, to handling the moving parts behind the scenes, you'll learn how to produce events that make an impact. Along the way, we'll swap stories, crowdsource a go-to venues list and connect with other freelancers who can support your future projects.

Through practical planning exercises and collaborative problem-solving, we'll work through real event scenarios and build your confidence in managing the details that make events successful. Expect hands-on documents that will help you plan your to-do list and timeline, think about the roles you need 'on the day' and plan your budget.

Some of the questions and topics we'll consider:

• Planning and project management: from concept to clean-up and thinking about risk management
• Creating a memorable event experiences that reflect your creative vision
• Building realistic budgets and timelines
• Marketing and promoting events that attract your ideal audience

This online workshop is led by Sarah Goddard.

Sarah is a values-driven consultant, working in the charity sector across events, audience insight and marketing under the banner of ‘Public Fundraising’. Specialising in building relationships, storytelling and strategy, Sarah supports, coaches and trains fundraisers to inspire audiences to give and fundraise in the ways they choose, to make a difference. Sarah is passionate about the power individuals and communities have, and also in supporting fellow freelancers in building their businesses in the way they want to. 

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By registering for this event, you agree that your registration information (name and email) will be shared with Fair Collective, who will use it solely for the purpose of managing this event, including sending you joining details.

If you have any questions, or problems accessing the event please email: vic@faircollective.co.uk

This series of workshops is funded by the UK Government via the Shared Prosperity Fund.

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