Webinar: 10 Ways to Protect Yourself from Generative AI
Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) continues to spread into our daily lives. Some love it, some hate it, and some feel both emotions depending on the time of day. Back in the fall of 2022 shortly after the release of ChatGPT, the fear running rampant through the creative class was that AI was going to […]
Navigating the Contract Maze: Expert Strategies for Freelance Success
“The Devil is in the details!” That describes the importance that successful negotiations play in getting contracts that are comprehensible, unambiguous, and mutually beneficial. That’s the ideal. Reality is often far off the mark. In March 2025, the Canadian Freelance Guild hosted a webinar on Contracts and Negotiations for Freelancers featuring expert panelists Don Genova, […]
Finding Money in Unexpected Places: A Freelancer’s Guide to Grants
We have three panelists who’ve been down the grants path more than a few times, and are ready to share their deep and extensive expertise.
Webinar: It’s Tax Time For Freelancers
What’s changed? What qualifies for expenses? How can you get through this without setting your hair on fire? Our Presenters Sandy Yang is a well-known personal financial writer Dr. Nadine Robinson started her career teaching accouning Come with your questions and we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction. CFG Experts […]
Webinar: Author Michelle Waitzman and Be as Happy as Your Dog
If you’ve ever envied your dog’s seemingly ideal life, you’re in luck. In her new book, Be as Happy as Your Dog: 16 Dog-Tested Ways to Be Happier Using Pawsitive Psychology, author Michelle Waitzman shows how we can capture dogs’ joyfulness and their ability to make the most of every day. Waitzman brings together the […]
Decoding Digital: A Freelancer’s Guide to Modern Marketing
Marketing your services has undergone a sea change since the turn of the century: it’s digital, it’s everywhere, and it’s changing almost daily. In January 2025, the Canadian Freelance Guild hosted a webinar on the topic of Digital Marketing Plans for Freelancers. A summary of this discussion is below. If you would like to watch […]
The Journey Beyond the Byline: Inside the Business of Travel Media
In January 2025, the Canadian Freelance Guild hosted an expert panel on The Business of Travel Writing. It’s not all fine dining and glamour. But if you like to write and you yearn to travel, why not turn travel media into your niche? Below is a summary of the conversation. If you would like to […]
Webinar: The Freelancer Starter Kit
This is the Canadian Freelance Guild’s biggest event ever with six panelists and a moderator with a broad range of freelance skills, expertise, and experience: writers, authors, teachers, journalists, marketers, a magazine editor, a publisher, and an audio-video producer. They’re gathering for a weekend workshop to show you what’s in the Freelancer Starter Kit: the […]
Beyond the Employee Mindset: Julie Barlow on the Art of Going Solo
In November 2024, Crystal Fletcher, president of All About Canadian Books (AACB) spoke with Julie Barlow, author of Going Solo: Everything You Need to Start Your Business and Succeed as Your Own Boss about being a self-employed writer. Below is a summary of their discussion. From negotiating with difficult clients to crafting a marketing strategy, this veteran […]
Webinar: Are You Year-End Ready?
Love it or hate it, your financial year-end is coming to a close. Getting and staying ahead of this annual business deadline is critical if you want to keep the Canada Revenue Agency off your back. Our Experts Panel is here to help. Are You Year-End Ready? Online: Thursday, November 21, 2024 6 p.m. to […]
