{"id":1393,"date":"2011-11-23T23:59:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T22:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2011-12-13T21:54:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T20:54:25","slug":"national-freelancers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"National Freelancers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Freelance Lecture 2011<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>I covered this event for PCG<\/a> and Amplified Networks<\/a> (both Not For Profit organisations).\u00a0 PCG is effectively a ‘trade association’ which speaks out for Freelancers.\u00a0 This is the third year they have sponsored National Freelancers Day – and it seems to be getting bigger every year.\u00a0 It was great fun and I learnt a lot. (Photo courtesy Benjamin Ellis<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

I talked to a couple of the speakers after the event and made some audioboo.<\/p>\n

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Karen Stephenson was insightful and the way she spoke about how freelancers in organisations can ‘connect’ and innovate gave me a lot to think about.\u00a0 She focused on the importance for freelancers of building ‘trust networks’ both inside client businesses and with other freelancers.<\/p>\n

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I also interviewed John Brazier – he’s the Managing Director of PCG and I spoke to him about how he sees the role of freelancers developing, and in particular, the descriptor; should it be “Freelance” or “Independent Professional”?<\/p>\n

I like the term Freelance…
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\nWorking with Steve Lawson<\/a> and Benjamin Ellis<\/a> is always fun.\u00a0 Benjamin ran round taking photos, Steve concentrated on generating conversations on Twittter about the event and I liveblogged using CoveritLive – incorporating Tweets from a number of hashtags.\u00a0 It’s high pressure stuff – but a great buzz.\u00a0 There was a lot of action on the #nfd23nov hashtag.\u00a0 Here’s a report from Tweetreach:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the liveblog: