Freelance Camp

Freelance Camp Las Vegas 2009 is an organized BarCamp for freelancers and independent contractors. We are proud to host this under the bright lights of fabulous Las Vegas, NV.  You ask: What is a BarCamp? BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants.  The day consists of sessions proposed by attendees and the schedule is created on site the morning of the event. BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn from each other in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

DONT QUITE GET IT!?

The concept is easy. Show up. Express interests and concerns. Break off into smaller discussion groups and exchange information and knowledge. Don’t know much about personal health insurance? legal issues facing startups? personal branding? Well, the maybe somebody else does! Hang out and find the answers in a RELAXED and FUN environment!
WHAT TO EXPECT AT FREELANCE CAMP:

The day will start at 10am with an hour of socializing over coffee and pastries.  It is really important you arrive by 11am so you can participate in creating the day’s agenda.  At 11am sharp we will give directions on how to propose a topic and then we will create a schedule. We will be harvesting the minds and expertise of all the people in the room to come up with topics pertinent to freelancers. If you’d like to lead a session you’re going to want to speak up with your topic idea at 11am, when the schedule is being created.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING:

• Your own coffee mug
• A head full of topic ideas
• Your laptop (free wi-fi provided.) If you are not so inclined to arrive with electronic note-taking items a simple notebook and pen will do.
• Lots of business cards.  This is a great networking opportunity. You can get a quick turnaround from Zazzle.com or Moob.com if you are in need of cards.

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If you are a Las Vegas freelancer, please join us over at www.meetup.com/lasvegasfreelance where we will keep you up to date on all the upcoming events for freelancers and designers alike!