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The Event
Location:
Focus on the Story Festival
Dates:
June 2020
Final dates coming with the Festival announcements in early 2020
Cost:
$180 general tuition
Limited Enrollment:
30 Attendees Total
Get Funded: Financing Projects
a Momenta #PhotoBizSkills Series program
If you’ve been struggling to get grants or never even started to look because it just seemed too hard, this is the right seminar for you. We won’t soft pedal this: it’s an intense, full throttle workshop day! However, you will walk away with a clear path to creating a fundraising plan for your next dream project.
Our business skills curriculum is one of the cornerstones of the Momenta Workshops model and we know this workshop will help you get focused to achieve your goals.
You will enjoy a full day of lectures, a panel discussion, strategic planning worksheets, and guided question-and-answer sessions. Likewise, you will be surrounded by a group of like-minded photographers who are passionate about documentary and artistic projects. Explore how to successfully finance a personal project and meet your goals with us.
Your 1-Day Financing Bootcamp At a Glance:
• A full day of presentations, guest speakers, and captivating discussions
• Lectures on understanding private, public, and personal funding models
• Budgeting, marketing, grant writing, fundraising and much more will be covered
• Lively Q&A session on relevant topics for working photographers to grow their dream projects into reality
Start Your Funding Roadmap.
The Logistics
This workshop covers real world concepts to help you create a path to successful fundraising. During this in-depth seminar, you will learn the ins-and-outs for funding your dream project.
Our company co-founder and COO Jamie Rose will explain the 3 types of funding (Public, Private, Personal) you can use to fund your next photo or multimedia project. This full-day seminar will to help you decide which projects are worthy of doing a fundraising campaign and the approaches needed to go after each type of funding.
From writing a grant or sponsorship proposal to writing thank you notes when you’re done, this day should set you on the path to funding success.
If you have a personal project in mind but need an extra boost of financing, this is the workshop for you. Laptops or paper for note taking are highly recommended. Every level of photographer will be able to grow and expand their knowledge on personal projects funding and success models.
We offer handouts and worksheets to help you gain better experience in pitching your project, finding the right sources of funding, mapping a project plan for success, and much more.
Workshop perks include coffee and donuts during the morning meet-n-greet, digital handouts, and a surprise guest speaker.
Join us for this perfect mixture of strategy, art, and business!
What To Expect
- Lecture #1: Is my project ready for a funding campaign?
- Lecture #2: How to find Public, Private & Personal Funding
- Lecture #3: Building A Successful Campaign Start to Finish
- Guest speaker: an expert on grant writing will join Jamie for an in-depth Q&A
- Topics Covered: Grant writing; successful crowdfunding approaches; corporate sponsorship; researching a personal project; international vs. domestic assignments; and so much more!
Meet the Panelists & Instructors!
Click through the tabs below to read all the bios.
Jamie Rose
Our co-Founder and COO Jamie Rose will be leading this workshop and she knows firsthand how to concept, execute, and successfully complete a personal project using public, private and personal funds. Her energy and enthusiasm for helping photographers will boost your creative batteries and help motivate you into the next stage of your project fund raising.
Jamie’s early career was spent in the halls of power as a Press Corps photojournalist covering Capitol Hill and the White House, primarily as a contractor for The New York Times.
Her passion for working with nonprofits led her to documentary coverage of humanitarian crises in Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Her clients included organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, The Calvert Foundation, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, & Tuberculosis, and Physicians for Human Rights among others.
In 2011, Jamie was awarded the United Nations’ IPC’s Photographers Leadership Award. She has also won an Award of Excellence by The Alexia Foundation, and the prestigious White House News Photographers’ Association Project Grant for her portfolio of nonprofit health care providers in East Africa. In 2008, she helped to co-found Momenta, which taught more than 700 photographers during 59 workshops on 5 continents.
Jamie is considered an expert in nonprofit photography and business development. She has been featured by Photo District News (PDN), News Photographer Magazine, and numerous online publications about the importance of nonprofit documentary photography. She received her Master’s Degree in photojournalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and her bachelor’s degree from American University.
Our Guest Speaker
Our guest speaker is an expert at fundraising and grant writing. Her full bio will be announced here and social media channels as we get closer to the workshop. Stay tuned!
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The Event
Location:
Focus on the Story Festival
Dates:
June 2020
Final dates announced with the Festival in early 2020
Cost:
$180 general tuition
Limited Enrollment:
30 Attendees Max
Marketing for Photographers
a Momenta #PhotoBizSkill Series program
We’re not going to lie: this is an intense workshop! It’s full day of lectures, working groups, guest speakers, and strategy sessions designed to help you create a clear plan to grow your business, find new clients, and hone in your brand messaging. You will join a group of like-minded photographers to explore how to be more competitive and creative with your outreach.
Our business skills curriculum is one of the cornerstones of the Momenta Workshops model and we know you will walk away with a creative energy boost, new ideas for outreach, and tools to help you take the next step to grow.
Your #PhotoBizSkills Bootcamp At a Glance:
- A full day of guided lectures, business discussions, and guest speakers
- How to market your business and find new clients
- Relevant topics for working photographers to help their bottom line thrive
Get Ready to Grow Your Business.
The Logistics
This workshop covers an in-depth approach to putting your best foot forward and attract new clients. During this full day seminar, you will learn the ins-and-outs of how to:
- create a marketing plan and budget
- increase your sales per year by targeting the right clients
- evaluate your real Cost of Doing Business
- strategically plan to achieve your long term business and marketing goals
- and much more!
Finding new clients, creating effective marketing campaigns, negotiating contracts…. These are just some of the necessary skills photographers need to thrive in today’s competitive marketplace. During this full day seminar, COO Jamie Rose will present our highly popular and newly expanded #PhotoBizSkills presentations specifically focused on marketing.
The seminar topics include: social media strategies, website development, branding design, effective networking, presenting your work in person, interviewing, budgeting, follow up, and much more.
With plenty of audience participation and Q&A opportunities, Jamie and the special guest speakers will offer ways each attendee can make the most of their limited free time to find new and better paying clients, increase revenue, and meet your goals.
Laptops or paper for note taking are highly recommended. Workshop perks include coffee and donuts during the morning meet-n-greet, digital handouts, and two guest speakers who will present on techniques that work in attracting clients.
Every level of photographer should be able to grow and expand their knowledge on how to creatively market their business with this workshop. Join us for this perfect mixture of inspiration, information, and business practices!
What To Expect
- Lecture #1: Know your Marketplace & Personalize your Portfolio
- Lecture #2: Finding & Building A Strong Client Base; Brand Messaging & Strategic Planning
- Lecture #3: Successful Contracts & Negotiating start to finish
- Lecture #4: How to Keep the Momentum Going Strong
- Guest Panelists: join in the lively discussion with 2 successful DC-based professionals
- Topics Covered: portfolios + presentations; contracts, copyright, hiring, collaborating, skills building, networking, social media, budgeting for outreach, in-person meeting success; and so much more!
Meet the Panelists & Instructors!
Click through the tabs below to read all the bios.
Jamie Rose
Our COO and co-founder Jamie Rose will be leading this workshop and you’ll find her energy is infectious during this program. Jamie’s early career was spent in the halls of power as a Press Corps photojournalist covering Capitol Hill and the White House, primarily as a contractor for The New York Times.
Her passion for working with nonprofits led her to documentary coverage of humanitarian crises in Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Her clients included organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, The Calvert Foundation, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, & Tuberculosis, and Physicians for Human Rights among others.
In 2011, Jamie was awarded the United Nations’ IPC’s Photographers Leadership Award. She has also won an Award of Excellence by The Alexia Foundation, and the prestigious White House News Photographers’ Association Project Grant for her portfolio of nonprofit health care providers in East Africa. In 2008, she helped to co-found Momenta, which taught more than 700 photographers during 54 workshops on 5 continents.
Jamie is considered an expert in nonprofit photography and business development. She has been featured by Photo District News (PDN), News Photographer Magazine, and numerous online publications about the importance of nonprofit documentary photography. She received her Master’s Degree in photojournalism from the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University and her bachelor’s degree from American University.
Our Panelists
Our two business experts joining Jamie as guest speakers will be announced here and on social media channels as we get closer to the workshop. Stay tuned!