Are you a budding freelancer looking for motivation and practical insight? Have you been plugging away for a few years and need to get that spark and passion back? Join our bootcamp for an ultimate overview of freelance life with successful entrepreneurs and talent coaches.

Book this series ticket and get one session free and save £99. Or book indvidual sessions below.

Whether you are still umming and ahhing about setting up as a freelancer, or you've been self-employed for a few years and feel the initial sheen is wearing off, you're not alone – there are two million freelancers in the UK.

While being an independent worker can sometimes feel a lonely, thankless slog, freelancers have something that money can’t buy – freedom. To a certain extent, you can choose who you work with, when you work, what you work on and how you go about getting things done. But the biggest challenge to maximising this feeling of agency, autonomy and freedom is knowing how to get the most out of freelance life.

Whether you're looking to improve your pitching skills, be smarter about your income or simply find motivation to keep going, our series of events will take a step-by-step approach to supporting freelancers to think differently about how they do business, overcome challenging times and look after themselves.

Curated by award-winning businesswoman, broadcaster and author Natalie Campbell, the tutors of the Freelancer Bootcamp series include consultant Samantha Clarke, entrepreneur Emma Sexton and podcaster and coach Mark Leruste. Ideal for anyone new to freelancing or anyone who has been freelancing for a few years, this programme will cover getting started, asking for money, working with big businesses and more.

You have the option to attend one or as many events in the series as you like, however, if you book the whole series, you will benefit from a discount of 25% – a saving of £99 – and be able to network and build relationships with the tutors and other freelancers over the course of the four months.

Content

Liquid talent and growing without the pain - Wednesday 17 January 2018

How do you build a team without actual “bums on seats”? This session covers building your team and ensuring they deliver their work on time wherever they might be. You will learn to consider the culture you create as well as aspects such as contracts, project management and logistical processes. This will be a smaller workshop, starting with a fireside chat between the Freelancer Bootcamp series curator and award-winning businesswoman Natalie Campbell and consultant Samantha Clarke.

Money, money, money - Wednesday 7 February 2018

How do you make sure you get paid – as a freelancer, but also through other means? This session will cover the tips and tools to make sure your income is working for you, including having a non-executive portfolio. We'll discuss the fact that women notoriously charge less than men for their work and cover working with big businesses, the public sector and the government. You will learn to make sure you get paid on time and gain insight on procurement, as well as how to make your outsider status work for you. This will be a smaller workshop, starting with a fireside chat between the Freelancer Bootcamp series curator and award-winning businesswoman Natalie Campbell and entrepreneur Emma Sexton.

Future-proofing your freelance life - Wednesday 28 February 2018

Given we’ve seen the world change almost on a daily basis in recent times, our tutors will share their predictions for what they think will impact the way we work over the next five to 10 years, from technological innovations, such as AI and augmented reality, to life after Brexit. This session will help you consider future-proofing yourself and inspire you to make time to think beyond next week. After all, the prepared ones seize the day. The session will include presentations by all the Freelancer Bootcamp tutors and special guests and finish with “after-work” networking drinks.

Tutor profiles

Natalie Campbell is an award-winning businesswoman, broadcaster and HarperCollins author. As one-third of the Badass Women's Hour team, she brings topical and challenging conversation to the talkRADIO airwaves. She also presents the Virgin podcast series Future Visions, which provides a forward look into the world in 2037. Natalie is co-founder of A Very Good Company, a global social innovation agency that works with brands like Virgin Media, Scope and Marks & Spencer to develop new products and services. She is a non-executive director with governance oversight of more than £1 billion in public funding. Natalie has been recognised in the Management Today’s 35 Women Under 35 and City AM Power 100 Women lists.

Samantha Clarke's consultancy Samantha& liberates tired company cultures from unhappy work environments by delivering group coaching sessions and creating happiness and wellbeing strategies. Samantha helps people all over the world through the Growth & Happiness School. Her podcast series Conversations with Samantha& sees her geek out with philosophers, technologists, heads of people and talent, startup founders and communication experts on the impact of technology on our happiness in work, life and our cities.

Emma Sexton is a serial entrepreneur and connector. A presenter on talkRADIO for the Badass Women's Hour, winner of the Kantar Inspiration award and the Future 100 award, she was shortlisted for The Drum's creative woman of the year 2016. Emma is founder and creative director of Make Your Words Work™, a design company challenging the traditional agency approach by empowering their clients to use design in ways that will transform their businesses from inside out. She also co-founded Flock Global, a network for early-stage entrepreneurs.

Mark Leruste's journey towards his dream career started when his video CV A Dream Job Would Be Nice went viral and helped him land a position as country manager at the Movember Foundation. There, Mark raised €2.8 million for men’s health and inspired 110,000 fundraisers to sign up, winning multiple awards along the way. Four years into the job, Mark couldn’t ignore his entrepreneurial itch anymore and took the plunge to found The Unconventionalists, a weekly podcast and coaching and training business, helping organisations and individuals find their voice and scale their impact.

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The Freelancer Bootcamp: A professional development series to boost your freelance brand, skills and confidence