Our short courses are a chance to explore a topic in depth, with classes designed and run by professionals in the creative fields. Explore our range of courses for 2025 below, or view our past course recordings available for purchase.
Practical Producing
For anyone who wants to produce a feature film.
This course will provide New Zealand and Australian producers with a toolbox that spans Development, Casting, Financing, Packaging, Closing, Prep, Production, Post, Delivery and Release. Facilitated by Share the Knowledge & Compton School, each session will feature industry expert(s) in the topics addressed.
6:00 – 7:00 pm (AEST)
$49/Session
$249/Season
Pitch School
Pitching is an essential skill in creative work. Whether it’s an idea, a story, a show or a deal- they all need to be pitched before they can happen.
That’s where our Pitch School comes in. If you’ve got a story that matters, we can help you shape it into a winning pitch.
12:30-1:30pm
Upcoming dates tba
Clarity and Direction
This intensive program delivered over 3 x 75-minute workshops offers the success that comes from having a practice of reflection and strategy. By joining this program, you are deciding to claim a sense of direction in your career and your life, starting by getting real and taking charge of 2025 while there is still a little time left in 2024.
5:30 – 6:45pm
June 2025
November 2025
Personal Branding
Like it or not, you already have a ‘personal brand’. Others have perceptions of you already- your personality, achievements, track record and values- so your task is to take charge over how you would like to be perceived and articulate your personal brand. This course is intended to provoke, inspire and inform your next stage of career and business development through the exploration of personal branding.
5:30 – 6:30pm
2025 dates tba
How to be an Effective Creative Leader
The three workshops of How to be an Effective Creative Leader aim to develop the interpersonal and intrapersonal capabilities to nurture creativity as a leader. Interpersonally, the focus is on developing a social environment conducive of creative outcomes including conversational intelligence skills, developing psychological safety and coaching skills. Intrapersonally, the focus is on developing one’s own realistic optimism, emotional intelligence, and growth mindsets.
12:30-1:30pm
2025 dates tba