Mediaville Montreal is all about bringing freelancers together on projects and opening up new collaborative possibilities. Up until now, I thought this would only involve financial considerations. But what about our collective potential to enact social change?
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Mediaville Montreal is organizing a spring networking event, where local freelancers will have a chance to meet and add (actual) people to their (real-life) network. You know, the way our ancestors did it before Facebook and LinkedIn…
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Last October, Denis Lévesque of Public Works and Government Services Canada’s Office of Small and Medium Enterprises presented a seminar on how freelancers can sell their services to the government.
I thought the seminar was informative and even eye-opening. I’ve contemplated the process, as I’m sure many of you have. But I haven’t done anything about it. Yet.
This past weekend, eight young freelancers joined me for a workshop (my first!) on how to achieve success as a freelance media professional, in English, in Montreal. Yes, it is possible!
Mediaville Montreal, in association with the Quebec Community Groups Network and Concordia University’s Journalism Department, presents:
How to Beat Your Own Path to a Media Career, Without Selling Your Soul (Or Losing Your Shirt)
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