Firelight Media Financial Clinic

October, 2020
Firelight Media

On Saturday, October 10, Elaine will join fellows from Firelight Media Documentary Lab to talk about sustainability… When it comes to finance.

Building healthy financial habits can be a challenge for anyone… And in the arts, we have the added complication of managing cash flow, measuring success in creative and financial terms, and relying on sometimes uncertain sources of income. Especially now.

In this interactive, hands-on workshop, we’ll cover healthy approaches to identify realistic business and personal expenses, strategize to build wealth, and plan for tax obligations effectively. The framework for addressing these things revolves around building knowledge, establishing habits (and holding ourselves accountable for those habits), reclaiming control where we can, and knowing what to pay attention to.

As part of this workshop, participants will:

  • Review a framework for managing income and expenses.
  • List key metrics to build financial wealth.
  • Identify relevant pandemic-related financial resources.
  • Describe ways of diversifying income to meet expense needs.
  • Draft next steps for future planning.
  • Apply the framework to a creative career.
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Arts & Numbers

You don’t have to do this alone. Arts & Numbers is a comprehensive financial guide for creative individuals… and anyone else with a passion for something other than accounting and finance. This book aims to provide basic information on finance and financial matters for creative entrepreneurs to take ownership of their financial situations, thus ensuring their long-term success, creative and otherwise.

Written in short story form with fictional anecdotes supporting the financial advice, Arts & Numbers promises to be an easy and useful read for creative entrepreneurs at any stage.

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