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Ceres Solutions has specialist expertise in the following areas and specialises in contemporary music, children's theatre, marketing, branding, communications, lobbying and advocacy
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Business planning and facilitation
• Producing business plans
• Running strategic planning days with relevant stakeholders
Revenue Raising
• Philanthropic
• Corporate
• Individual
• Fundraising events
Marketing, Branding and Publicity
• Review of existing strategies and overviews of arts sectors
• Marketing, branding and publicity planning
• Development of marketing, branding and publicity strategies
• Specialist knowledge in National contemporary music
• Evaluation of current plans and processes
• Preparation of marketing, branding and publicity plans
– strategic and operational
• Copy writing
• Measurement of success of campaigns
• Brand management
Publicity
• Media relations
Digital integration and marketing
• Evaluation of current online systems, software, hardware
• Preparation of digital plans
• Copy writing
• Review of existing plans
• Privacy, spamming
• Content downloads eg podcasts, MP3, links to Youtube,
Facebook, Twitter
• E-commerce
• Measurement of success of campaigns
Corporate Governance
Finance
• Systems audit
• Balance sheet analysis
• Reporting processes
• GST
Governance – legislation
• ASIC/Office of Fair Trading compliance
• Organisational structure, eg members, voting rights, meeting requirements
• DEWHA; relevant state body legislation re fundraising
• ATO
• Super
• Workers comp
• Insurance
Funding bodies relationship
• Review of grant applications
• Acquittals
• Financial reporting assistance - ongoing Customer service
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Evaluation of current systems and processes
Review and recommendations
• Reviewing potential revenue sources
Evaluation of current business
• Identification of potential revenue generating opportunities
• Recommendations
• Implementation plans
• Evaluation
Online advice and strategies
Review of digital strategies and digital marketing plans
• Recommendations
• Implementation plans
• Evaluation
Saving money
• Supplier relationships
• Review of contracts and value of current suppliers
• Research and recommendation of alternative better value suppliers
Reviewing operations
• Reviewing existing operations
• Recommending improvements to processes – leading to efficiencies and cost savings
Human resources
• Board governance
• Fiduciary duty of board members
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Succession planning
• Staff/board relationship
Staff training and professional development
• Evaluation of skills levels within organization
• Recommendation of essential professional development/ desirable
• Sourcing training – internal or external
Volunteer/intern management and recruitment
• Advice on volunteer policy
• Insurance
• Where to find appropriate volunteers
• Cost/benefit of management of volunteers
Mentorship
• Informal sounding board
• Sourcing external mentor (as part of full package)
Networking
• Strategic networking for specific outcomes
• Long term possibilities
• Developing partnerships
AbaF/ ArtSupport/ other professional orgs
• Bridging relationship
Other
General Manager Locums
• All duties undertaken by a GM when the current GM is either on leave or is being recruited.
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