Professional Development

Avoiding a war of taste
When selling art, there is a difficult balance between guiding clients to choose the right work and not imposing your…

Making the most of your first working decade
Studies show your lifetime income is determined largely by how well you earn in the first decade of your working…

How to manage intelligent workers
Creative workers need to know that they are understood and valued as a whole person and not an expendable unit…

Not lost in translation
Funding programs such as Catalyst encourage cross-cultural collaboration, but there’s more than language barriers to consider when embarking on such…

Succession planning grows from restructure
Arts organisations need to be flexible and responsive, as do the people who work in them, if they are to…

Arts studio call-out for Western Sydney
Be part of a $400,000 Making Spaces Initiative in Western Sydney – it could be the studio collaboration you’re looking…

Taking the show on the road: the logistics of touring
For a touring production, every sequin, wig and set is packed, tracked and shipped around the country.

How to listen to podcasts
Ears pricking up with all this talk of podcasts? We’ve prepared a primer on the what, where and how of…

Why people quit their jobs
The old adage is that people leave managers, not jobs. But new research suggest that is not necessarily the case.

The secrets to keeping the doors open
Longevity can seem an elusive concept in the current arts funding climate, so we asked a few established organisations to…