Freelancer Lifeline is a resource destination where FX members can find grant opportunities, loan information, digital events, creative tools, and more. We hope it serves as a source of comfort, inspiration, and support as we navigate the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic together.
Increasing the Probability of Success through Selling & Serving
Join us for a virtual happy hour on Thursday, March 11th, 5 – 7 p.m. Grab a drink and join us on Zoom.
You’re good at your craft and you love what you do. But you don’t like talking about yourself or your service, thinking selling is no fun and fearing rejection. So stop selling! At this event, we’ll discuss how you can grow your business by asking the right questions, learning what people really need, and making a difference for them. You’ll also learn how to ask for referrals from those you’ve already worked with and how to strengthen relationships with ongoing clients.
This FX Happy Hour will be interactive, so bring your questions and be ready to learn how you can stop selling to people—and start serving them instead.
Open to members and non.
Free to attend.
Register on Eventbrite ahead of time in order to get the Zoom link.
What You Need to Know to Make it Through the Season Presented by: Jeff Green of Green & Company
FX of KC is proud to invite our favorite accountant (and tax preparer for several FX members), Jeff Green of Green & Company, back for a lively and informative discussion on best practices for preparing your taxes. Green will also share what’s changed in the last year. Whatever your experience has been in recent months, you’ll want to be in the know about current tax guidelines. As always, Jeff will have the answers!
About the Speaker:
With more than 18 years of public accounting experience—including the last eight years committed to his own business—Jeff Green provides comprehensive accounting, audit, and tax services for businesses and individuals in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Jeff is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, has an MS in Taxation from the University of Memphis and a BS in Business Administration/Accounting from the University of Tennessee at Martin. He is a CPA, certified in Kansas and Missouri, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Free for Member and Associate Member; Nonmember $10
Recession-Proof Prospecting & Selling of Creative Services
In a time of great uncertainty, you can never over prepare for what may lie ahead. On Friday, January 29, join FX guest speakers Chris Motley and Breandan Filbert to learn how to navigate and safeguard against the unknown.
You help others sell shoes, insurance, phones and a multitude of services. So how the hell do you sell yourself while you’re so busy producing? How do you limit that “famine” part of “feast or famine”? With decades of experience in marketing, advertising, prospecting and sales, Chris Motley and Breandan Filbert will show you time tested methods of prospecting and selling a creative service. They will cover building and maintaining a prospecting funnel, why people buy, developing multiple streams of revenue, and much much more. Join us on Friday, January the 29th at 11:30 AM to expand your abilities and get moving in the right direction.
Free for Member and Associate Member; Nonmember $10
Creating a More Inclusive and Equitable Education for All
Join us for a virtual happy hour on Thursday, January 14, from 5 – 7 p.m., Grab a drink and join us on Zoom.
At this interactive talk, Diane Bosilevac, President for the Global Alliance for the Education of Nations, will share her experience in education and explore related challenges that will be addressed at this year’s Education Summit (June 26 at the World War 1 Museum & Memorial), including the lack of diversity in various professions. Join Diane and members of the FX community for a timely conversation to take part in critical change.
Open to members and non.
Free to attend.
Register on Eventbrite ahead of time in order to get the Zoom link.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Panel Discussion Panel Discussion: Hiring Freelancers? What to Expect
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Meet & Greet Open House Freelancer meet and greets, showing portfolio work digitally and interacting through Zoom breakout rooms
FREELANCER. CONTRACTOR. CONSULTANT. WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THIS IS FOR YOU.
