If you want to present at freelancecampTO2, suggest a session you’d like to deliver or facilitate by filling in the form at http://bit.ly/FLCTO2suggestions.
We’ll comb through all submissions and invite the best to participate. Please note, all session speakers should purchase a ticket, since we’re keeping it close to camp-style events where the sessions are delivered by attendees.
Get ‘em in by Mar 9.
Big announcement day!
First of all, registration is now open! Earlybird tickets are $17.34 until Mar 2, 2012, then $22.44 thereafter. Cost includes tax and event listing fee.
Secondly, new this year is the addition of a keynote speaker. We’re so happy to have author and small business coach Steve Slaunwhite speak just after lunch.
And lastly, we couldn’t have an event of this size without the generous support of Enterprise Toronto as our venue sponsor to hold this event at Toronto City Hall. It’s a building that is available for a range of events such as this, and we’ll have free reign of the Council Chambers and committee rooms.
We hope to see you at freelancecampTO2 on Mar 25!
We’re just about to open up registration, but we want to get the final details of a keynote speaker in place so that you know more about what you’d be registering for. We’ll post that soon!
We’re still looking for some key sponsors to add to this list. If you have a product or service that would be of interest to many different types of freelancers in different industries, give us a shout! Meanwhile, show some love to the awesome sponsors that have already signed up:
Venue sponsor:
Gold sponsors:
Silver sponsor:
Media sponsor:
The date is set for the next freelancecampTO. We’ll announce location and details soon, but we’ve got a few changes that we’re working on so that we can make one big announcement.
Meanwhile, save the date for Sun Mar 25, 2012 and get ready for a professional development day to ramp up your freelance career.
Here are a few more decks from the speakers at freelancecampTO:
Dotting the I’s and Crossing the t’s 
– Sapna Mahboobani and Hermie Abraham
Generating Revenue Consistently
– Katherine Roos
How to sell to enterprise
– Cindy Gordon
Those speakers who have not sent in their slides to be posted may still do so. We’re happy to post the slides from this great event, though it is entirely optional for each speaker.
Here is the first batch of presentation slides that the FLCTO speakers have offered up. Speakers are not expected to share their slides, but it is optional if they want to. Some speakers opted to have more organic discussions and so they did not have prepared slides.
Those that did have something, please send the links to freelancecamptoATgmailDOTcom.
We’ll share more in batches as we get them so that those who couldn’t attend a session they wanted could at least see the slides and contact the presenter.
In no particular order:
Business Development – Intro Class
– Joseph Puopolo
Slipping Through the Side Door: Launching your freelance career part time
– Scott Nesbitt
The Entrepreneur’s Delemma
– Satish Kanwar
Social Media is not new and the 7 biggest social mistakes
– Alex Blom
Location Based Services for Small Business
– Asif Khan
Online Branding for Freelancers
– Roman Zelvenschi
Building your own personal professional network
– Alex Sirota
Fulltime Job? No problem. You can freelance with the right attitude.
– Alex Sirota
Freelancing 101 – realities, ideas and stories
– Matt Kantor
Your Personal Brand: You and You
– Jeff Waldman
Hiring Extra Hands: How to protect yourself
– Rayna Shienfield
Working from home is the easy part … except the working part
– Adam Merrifield
Time Management and Procrastination
– Elie Kochman
We are pleased to announce that Netfirms
will be sponsoring Freelance Camp Toronto as a platinum sponsor. Over 1 million customers trust Netfirms to host their websites and domain names. Netfirms offer specialty hosting, vps and e-commerce packages.
As a Freelancer having a reliable website is critical. Having a responsive, fast host is even more critical. Why leave the lifeblood of your business to chance? Even better, attendees of Freelance Camp Toronto attendees are eligible to save over $154 by getting the Advantage plan ($155/yr rrp) for only $1. This plan comes with 2 free domain names to secure your place online.
We are also pleased to announce that Netfirms will be giving away an iPad. Details will be provided throughout the day.
Note: If you want to make some cash on the side, Netfirms have a fantastic affiliate plan.
If you weren’t already a fan, now you have no choice. Freshbooks, the iconic Toronto startup, is a platinum sponsor of Freelance Camp Toronto. Freshbooks make it effortless to bill your clients and handle collection.
As a Freelancer, you should be spending your time generating business and executing, not handling administration. Freshbooks have a simple invoicing system allowing you to automatically e-mail or post invoices to clients, set due dates, receive payments and follow up over-due invoices, allowing you to spend your time where it really counts.
Freshbooks are continuous supporters of the Toronto freelance and startup community and it is an honour to have their sponsorship this year. Reach out and say hello to them.
An official shout out to our silver sponsors. Without our sponsors Freelance Camp would not be possible. Collaborative education events are tough to put on and all committee members are thankful that sponsorship allowed our vision to be realized.
Cloud Ad Agents: Cloud Ad Agents is one of Toronto’s hottest advertising and digital agencies, led by industry veteran Peter Coish. Next time you can’t get those creative juices flowing, drop Cloud a call. Click here to visit their website or here to visit Cloud on Facebook.
Freelance Pool: Freelance Pool helps companies connect with pre-screened, high quality Freelance workers Canada-wide. As a Freelancer, contact them to connect with top employers and focus on executing, not seeking work. If you find yourself in a talent crunch, Freelance Pool can connect you with talented individuals fast. Click here to visit their website.
Linux Caffe: Enjoying that free lunch? Linux are the ones to thank. The Linux Caffe offers dark organic coffees and fantastic food. They are know as the home of Toronto’s Open Source community and host regular meetings and workshops. Click here to visit their website.
Newpath Network: The Newpath Network is a networking hub for IT and related independent professionals. Being a freelancer can be lonely work so join this growing community and coalition of talent. The network holds monthly meetings with professional speakers to help you build real business value. Click here to visit their website.
The schedule for feeelancecampTO is now available.
Have a look at the great range of sessions available for both beginners and the well-seasoned freelancers, and check out the bios and profiles of the amazing presenters that will be joining us.
The Like button on the right of the session title is to help us gauge popularity for a session in case we need to move it to a different room, so please do click it if you are interested in that session.
Keep in mind that this schedule is subject to change, and you’ll get a copy of the schedule when you check in the morning of Oct 3.