Learning pathways are comprised of ArtistProducerResource.com pages, YouTube videos, templates, infographics, and other fun things meant to deepen your knowledge and understanding on a particular theme. From January until September 2021, Generator will be releasing a new learning pathway every month on our blog.

Please note: Read times are based on the Learning Pathway publish date and should be treated as approximate, as our content is updated all the time.

Explore learning pathways below:

Budgeting for what to pay people
Accessibility as a Practice
Digital Communications
Tax Season
Personal Organization & Business Management

Budgeting for what to pay people

This pathway takes you through Expenses (with a quick refresher on Revenues and Building your Budget if needed), Professional Standards, Rights and Royalties, CARFAC and brings you to Professional Associations and Unions on ArtistProducerResource.com, with some infographics and templates along the way. The total read/watch time is approximately 15 hours (including 13.5 hr long YouTube playlist).

For a more narrative guide through the pathway listed below, you can read Lead Producer Kristina Lemieux's introduction to this pathway on Generator's blog.

Length of time: 1.5 hours reading time (as of July 27, 2021)
Created by: Kristina

Pages:

Expenses (8 min read)
Revenues (9 min read)
Building your Budget (8 min read)
Professional Standards (17 min read)
Rights and Copyright (39 min read)
CARFAC (5 min read)
Professional Associations and Unions (3 min read for landing page; pages vary depending on the union/association)

Templates:

This Client Email Helper by Jessica Hische generates email responses to help you say “no” to free and low-budget work and to help ask for more favourable contract terms before the start of a project.

Infographics:

Expenses Infographic (found on Expenses – preview below)

Further learning:

Use the Freelance Rate Calculator to set your base hourly rate
Sometimes the hardest person to pay is yourself! Use the Rags to Reasonable Salary Worksheet to calculate how much you should pay yourself on your next (or current) project.

Accessibility as a Practice

This pathway takes you through Inclusion, Community Engagement, Accessibility, and Marketing Strategy on ArtistProducerResource.com, with some YouTube videos and downloadable templates and workbooks for you to make your own. The total read/watch time is approximately 15 hours (including 13.5 hr long YouTube playlist).

For a more narrative guide through the pathway listed below, you can read Online Content Producer Keshia Palm's introduction to this pathway on Generator's blog.

Length of time: 1.5 hours reading time, 13.5 hrs watch time (as of May 5, 2021)
Created by: Keshia Palm

Pages:

Inclusion (17 min read)
Community Engagement (11 min read)
Accessibility (7 min read)
Audience Accessibility (11 min read)
Artist Accessibility (37 min read)
Accessible Performances (12 min read)
Marketing Strategy (12 min read)

YouTube Videos/Playlist:

Accessibility in the Arts Playlist which includes panels, interviews, and educational videos (13.5 hours)

Templates:

Community Agreement Templates (can found on Inclusion)
Theatre Venue Accessibility Audit Checklist by Realwheels and Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture (found on Audience Accessibility)

Infographics:

How to Make Spoken Theatre Accessible for Deaf Audiences (found on Accessible Performances – preview below)

How to Make Sign Language Theatre Accessible for All Audiences (found on Accessible Performances – preview below)

Further learning:

Sins Invalid; founders of the disability justice movement that continue to incubate and celebrate artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of colour and LGBTQ / gender-variant artists as communities who have been historically marginalized in their programming and events
Creative Users; whose newsletter frequently sparks joy and illuminates new opportunities for theatre/connection
Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO); offers numerous workshops and panels gathering movers and shakers from across the sector
Cripresentation; a podcast highlighting queer and trans disabled artists and their work, specifically centering Black, Indigenous and other people of colour
AccessDocsForArtists; a website all about creating access docs – a document that outlines your disability access needs, also known as an “access rider” – with resources to make your own!

Digital Communications

This pathway takes you through Social Media; Accessible Websites, Graphics, Videos and Documents; and Newsletters & e-Blasts on ArtistProducerResource.com, with some YouTube videos and downloadable templates and workbooks for you to make your own. The total read/watch time is approximately 2 hours.

For a more narrative guide through the pathway listed below, you can read Communications Producer Annie Clarke's introduction to this pathway on Generator's blog.

Length of time: 2 hours including YouTube playlist (as of March 31, 2021)
Created by: Annie Clarke

Pages:

Social Media (34 min read)
Accessible Websites, Graphics, Videos and Documents (16 min read)
Newsletters & eBlasts (22 min read)

YouTube Videos/Playlist:

Generator’s Producing Social Media Playlist (6 min watch time)
Google Analytics Beginner’s Tutorial (1 min watch time)

Templates:

Analytics Tracking Template (can be found on Social Media)

PDFs and Workbooks:

Dos and Don’ts of Designing for Accessibility PDF poster series by Karwai Pun
Content Marketing for the Performing Arts Sector PDF (Paul Gravett Consulting)

Further learning:

Check out Accessibility Services Canada webinars
Subscribe to the Camp Tech newsletter
Read BC Alliance for Arts and Culture’s Digital Ladders project blog posts

Tax Season

This pathway takes you through Income Tax, Personal Finance and Planning, and the difference between Employee vs. Contractor on ArtistProducerResource.com, with some YouTube videos and downloadable templates for you to make your own. The total read/watch time is approximately 2.5 hours.

For a more narrative guide through the pathway listed below, you can read Financial Literacy Consultant Audrey Quinn's introduction to this pathway on Generator's blog.

Length of time: 2.5 hours including YouTube playlist (as of February 9, 2021)
Created by: Audrey Quinn

Pages:

Income tax (12 min read)
Employee vs. Contractor (8 min read)
Personal Finance and Planning (22 min read)

YouTube Videos/Playlist:

How to be less stressed at tax time (3 min watch time)
Generator’s “Personal Finances” YouTube Playlist (1hr 45 min total watch time)

Templates:

Personal budget planning excel document (can be found on Personal Finances & Planning)
Invoice template (can be found on Income Tax)

PDFs and Workbooks:

Generator Grant Whitepaper on preparing your taxes after receiving a grant. (1.5 hr read)

Further learning:

Explore Artbooks tax prep resources
Other favourite further learning and development opportunities to help you with budgeting and personal finance include: Rags to Reasonable, Ambitious Adulting, and The New School of Finance.

Personal Organization and Business Management

This pathway takes you through Personal Finance & Planning, Information Management, Websites, and a Contracts Overview on ArtistProducerResource.com, with some YouTube videos and downloadable templates for you to make your own. The total read/watch time is approximately 2.5 hours.

For a more narrative guide through the pathway listed below, you can read Online Content Producer Keshia Palm's introduction to this pathway on Generator's blog.

Length of time: 3-3.5 hours including YouTube playlist (as of January 11, 2021)
Created by: Keshia Palm

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