Topics you would like to hear about
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As we prepare, we'd love to see what type of topics sessions should cover:
- Alternative workplaces / coworking spaces
- Keeping fit to fight on
- Living on a budget
- Building your personal brand (Brand U)
- Finding a job / work in this market
- How to freelance / be a consultant
- Finding co-founders
- Affordable health insurance
- Networking events with companies and industries that you want to work with
- Coffee Shop Gatherings (Starbucks and other coffee shops)
- Keeping yourself motivated
- How to find clients as a consultant or for your new business
- Using technology to get organized (apps to use for file management, invoicing/accounting, project managment, etc.)
- Communications tools - conferencing systems, cheap phone calls, desktop sharing, remote demos, video conferencing, online fax
- Personal IT outsourcing & self-help - keeping sane without an in-house IT group
- Contracts & billing
- Get your resume on the short list
- How to meet the RIGHT people
- How to launch your freelance career smartly
- Are my skills in demand?
- How to use LinkedIn to Find a Job
- Creating your personal brand
- Enhancing your online presence
- Reinventing you - translating your best experience + skills into the competencies employers are looking for
- Don't squeeze the HR manager - what not to say, do and write if you want to get the job