Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 18:30-20:30
　Business etiquette and skills

Thursday, January 30, 2025, 18:30-20:30
　Business planning and procedure

Monday, February 10, 2025, 18:30-20:30
　Self-branding

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 18:30-20:30
　Introduction to social media promotion/PR

*Sign language interpreting and speech-to-text support available

1. Business etiquette and skills
   Lecturer: Tadashi Watanabe
   In this session, participants systematically learn the skills that many working adults need to learn and use, including how to create business documents such as emails and invoices, as well as business etiquette from the other person’s point of view. This session will help participants acquire the confidence to facilitate communication and lead to better creative activities.
2. Business planning and procedure
   Lecturer: Risei Sato
   Interviewer: Rena Isono, Yasue Konaka
   Regardless of your creative field, for a project to run smoothly it is recommended that you have a holistic understanding of the work involved, from planning to implementation. In this session, art managers working on the creative frontlines help participants understand the basic procedure from project start-up to actualization, as well as approaches and methods for sustaining activities and projects.
   Reference material: “Art Project Management Guidelines – Practical Edition”（Tokyo Art Research Lab）
3. Self-branding
   Lecturer: Ryohei Kan
   Self-branding skills are required for widely communicating/promoting your activities, and
   getting the desired creative opportunities. In this session, artists and art project leaders can obtain hints on how to create and disseminate promotional materials by themselves, with a view to new projects and activities.
4. Introduction to social media promotion/PR
   Lecturer: Mari Hirata
   Social media is widely used as a publicity tool for arts and culture-related activities, but its uses and purposes vary. Knowing the characteristics as well as the pros and cons of each platform will enable you to communicate information in a way that is more in line with your objectives. By introducing examples of PR etc., the aim of this session is to provide participants with the basic mindset and knowledge for social media promotion/PR.

Business etiquette and skills
【Lecturer】

Tadashi Watanabe (training instructor)

Business planning and procedure
【Lecturer】
Photo: Hiroshi Ikeda
Risei Sato［Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo］

【Interviewer】

Rena Isono［Art manager, art coordinator］

Yasue Konaka［Art manager］

Self-branding
【Lecturer】
ⓒTatsuya Tabii
Ryohei Kan (artist, doctorate holder (art), Hiroshima City University Faculty of Art lecturer, SLAP General Director)

Introduction to social media promotion/PR
【Lecturer】

Mari Hirata (Representative Director, Professional & Parallel Career Freelance Association)

Please make a reservation for the online lecture and in-person workshop via Peatix (Peatix account registration required in advance)
Applicants for the online lecture will be emailed a YouTube Live stream URL.
　　
【Where to apply】
・Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 18:30-20:30　Business etiquette and skills
・Thursday, January 30, 2025, 18:30-20:30　Business planning and procedure

・Monday, February 10, 2025, 18:30-20:30　Self-branding

・Thursday, February 27, 2025, 18:30-20:30　Introduction to social media promotion/PR

【Application deadline】
Until 20:00 on lecture date

【Participation fee】
Free

*This is an online course using YouTube Live. Participants themselves will not appear on the screen. There will be no discussions between participants, or workshops.
*All lectures are standalone. Please apply for your desired session(s).
*Accessibility: Japanese sign language interpreting, UD Talk speech-to-text support.
*Archived video will be made available on ARTNOTO’s official YouTube channel at a later date.
*Personal information submitted at the time of application will be used by Arts Council Tokyo and the management office solely for the purpose of operating and providing information about this program, in accordance with the privacy policy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.

【Program details】
Consultation and Support Division, Initiatives and Grants Department
Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
TEL: 03-6256-9237 (Weekday 10:00-18:00)
E-mail：learning@artscouncil-tokyo.jp

【Application details】

Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM)
TEL: 080-8395-6124 (Weekday 10:00-18:00)
E-mail: act-artsacademy@onpam.net
URL: www.onpam.net