dbc training - designers

Roundtable workshops

This program is based on the highly successful Roundtable workshops run for CEO's and business owners. It has been developed specifically for designers to allow them to participate without compromising their client base. It gives the participants the opportunity to receive mentoring advice in a targeted series of sessions. Topics covered include; growth strategies, staffing issues, marketing problems, financial planning and business plans. It will run for 2 months with 2 x two hour sessions per month.

Typical issues that are raised include;
  • growth strategies
  • staffing problems
  • marketing problems
  • financial planning
  • business plans

The workshops format:
The first session is used to identify the common issues that the participants want to cover. We each explain our studio set up and how we are working currently and where we would like to be in 2 years time. In the first session we will get into examining these issues.

When: 9.30 - 11.30 am 4 August, 18 August, 1 Sept, 15 Sept
Where: Business Centre @365 Little Collins St - Grd Flr, 365 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

Cost: $660 inc gst

The course presenter
The workshop will be facilitated by a Greg Branson. Greg developed the Roundtable workshops based on his 10 years experience in similar CEO roundtable workshops. In 25 years of running a studio Greg has faced and resolved all the issues that a design studio has. He used his time in the CEO roundtable workshops to resolve these issues. In this series of sessions Greg will pass on his experience. Read more about Greg Branson.

Who should attend
This course is designed for studio owners, designers, design managers, account service managers.


Register
To register your interest in this workshop contact Greg Branson

This workshop is only available to members


Membership
Membership of the dbc is free and open to all participants in the design loop.

Membership form

dbc training - designers

The business of design - for designers
A series of workshops presenting the skills needed to operate a successful design business.

Half-day workshops

One page business plan
This workshop helps graphic designers develop a business plan that is concise and useable.

Job costing workshop
This workshop will help all designers work out the real cost of running a business and how to create a job costing system.

Designing demand
Practical advice on how to examine your current client base and expand it to capture new business.

Developing strategic design in your studio
This workshop helps graphic designers understand how strategic design can be part of their client services.

Writing the perfect design brief
This workshop helps graphic designers, design managers and studio owners prepare a design brief in response to a client briefing.

Conducting a Design audit
This workshop shows design studio owners a process for conducting a design audit.

Developing a business case for design
This workshop shows studio owners, design managers and account service people how to identify the need for design in new client markets.

Web production management
This workshop helps graphic designers, design managers and studio owners make the move into producing websites for clients without requiring any knowledge of web applications.

Short courses

Roundtable workshops
Four 2-hour workshops give participants the opportunity to discuss studio management issues.