Confidence Killers: The Fears That Come with Running a Creative Business

Confidence Killers: The Fears That Come with Running a Creative Business

What makes creatives so confident in their creativity, yet still fear running a business?

For many creatives, a lack of confidence is what’s getting in the way of running a more successful business. Often we aren’t even confident enough to call what we do a business. Maybe you don’t think your work is good enough, or you just don’t feel comfortable boasting about it on social media. It might be that you feel you’re not earning enough to call yourself a business. Maybe you’re “great at creating in the studio, just bad at the money bit.” Together with our guests, South East Creatives discusses the different ways a lack of confidence can manifest itself in a creative business and looks at what you can do to gain confidence.

This talk is open to all. Any subsequent webinars are only available to eligible businesses on the South East Creatives Workshop + Mentoring programme.

This webinar will be recorded.

About The Speakers

Anne-Marie Shepherd is the Marketing and Social Media Manager at The Design Trust. She is involved in blog and resource creation, as well as managing the Business Club at The Design Trust, which she feels is ‘a no-brainer’ for anyone looking to get great business training. Anne-Marie also works as a PR and marketing consultant for arts organisations, and facilitates Accountability Sessions, which help creatives gain confidence in supportive groups.

Kate Atkin has been delivering keynotes, workshops and seminars on Imposter Syndrome, Confidence, and Presenting with Impact since 2000. Discussing courage, conviction and their relation to Imposter Syndrome, Kate inspires others to overcome their fears. For nearly two decades Kate has covered the topics of management development, leadership and personal impact and her client base has grown to include the Bank of England, the NHS and the University of Cambridge. Kate has written articles for multiple magazines and her work has been cited in the Oxford English Dictionary blog and the Financial Times.

Pete Mosley is the author of The Art of Shouting Quietly, a guide to self-promotion for introverts and other quiet souls which has become a ‘set text’ for Cambridge University’s Leading Change programme. He has also had international success with his book Make Your Creativity Pay. Pete also writes and podcasts for Psychologies magazine and delivers talks and workshops on confidence building, values-led communication and presentation skills for corporate clients, universities, and creative and cultural organisations.

Remi Harris MBE has 20 years’ experience working across the creative industries as a trainer, senior manager, coach and business adviser in the UK and internationally. Remi has a Masters in Business and is the author of Easy Money? The Definitive Guide to Funding Music Projects in the UK. Her clients include Creative United, Somerset House Trust, The Barbican, Metal Culture, Association of Independent Music, The Musicians’ Union, PRS Foundation and many individual artists.

Tamara Gal-On is a creative industries coach with a special interest in using intuition in business. Tamara has 17 years’ experience working with creatives and those who support them to encourage joy and career longevity in industries well known for their uncertainty and constant change. Tamara has worked with organisations like The London College of Communication, Be Smart About Art and WOW Festival London as well as with individual fine artists, illustrators and photographers and film-makers.

`The Confidence Toolkit

Why not check out this amazing resource created by Pete Mosley and use code FIRST100 for a 40% discount. The Confidence Toolkit will help you build your confidence in yourself and in the way you do business – getting over your fear or aversion to selling yourself – finding and building relationships with customers and clients, understanding how to tell the story that will help them get to know, like and trust you, and finding your authentic voice and deciding exactly where you can use it to really shine through. It’ll also help you to be more effective – you’ll get better results by doing fewer things to a higher standard.