Free Workshops
Due to the increasing effects of the Coronavirus, we are suspending our venue-based courses in March and April. Further information available here.
Free workshop for members based in England
To help you develop the key business skills that will help you survive and thrive in the creative industries, we’ve launched a series of FREE one-day workshops throughout England. We also host easy to enrol webinars so you can learn online.
We’re adding more to the list every month so look out for updates from your unions and from FEU Training.
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Negotiation for freelances, Birmingham, May 30
Negotiation is an essential skill for a freelance to master. Whether you are negotiating day rates or defined packages of work, it’s important to learn to represent yourself clearly and effectively with the aim of agreeing terms that you and your client are happy with.
You’re Hired! – May 17, Newcastle
This one-day workshop is designed to give practical advice and support to help you improve how you demonstrate your many skills and abilities to potential clients, through both what you say and how you say it.
The Perfect Pitch – Mar 19, Bristol
Whatever your aim – perhaps you’re trying to get your foot in the door with an agent, sell a novel, song, script, article or idea, this workshop can help.
What’s holding you back? Stop procrastinating! – March 2013
Maybe it’s time to stop procrastination and start doing. This free session will help you do just that – help you re-focus and get your mojo back!
Diversifying your Portfolio – Feb 2013
This workshop will help you explore how to use all the great skills and talents you have to diversify your career (often to support your core work), increase your choices, efficiency and your earning potential.
Dealing with Rejection – Jan 31, London
This session will give you useful strategies and tips to help you transform the experience of rejection into something that helps and supports your career instead of being one of its greatest hazards!
The Perfect Pitch – Jan 30, London
Whatever your aim – perhaps you’re trying to get your foot in the door with an agent, sell a novel, song, script, article or idea, this workshop can help.
Fancy a bit of informal networking? – 6 Dec, London
Come and join us for a bite to eat followed by a short session on Dec 6 that will give you some ideas on how to avoid getting too isolated in your freelance work.
Feeling in need of a confidence boost? – 27 Nov, London
Come and join us for a networking lunch followed by a confidence booster session (1pm to 4.30pm) in which life coach Muriel McClymont will provide some valuable tools that you can use to build your confidence and get into a positive frame of mind.
Money Matters – 29 Nov, Manchester and 5 Dec, London
The end of the financial year (Jan 31, 2013) will be upon those of us who are self-employed soon. This workshop will help you get to grips with key financial issues and to ensure that you don’t waste your hard-earned cash through ignorance.
Marketing your Work – Nov 6, Colchester and Nov 9, Newcastle
To build a successful freelance career in the long term, you need to put considerable effort into marketing yourself and your work.
Social Media: an introduction – Oct 19, Newcastle
This workshop is for social media beginners who want to get a clearer idea on how to use it to help their freelance career – whether it’s to market and promote work or create beneficial two-way communication.