PDP Workshop: Freelance medical writing
New online professional development workshop: Making the transition to freelance medical writing
When
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Time
12 noon to 2 pm AEST
Cost
AMWA members – $85 AUD
Non-members – $100 AUD
Presenter
Michelle Guillemard, freelance health & medical writer and editor of Health Writer Hub
Completion of this workshop will count toward the AMWA PD certificate.
Registration
Registration opens Wednesday 25 March at Trybooking registration **
Places are strictly limited to 10 participants.
Workshop objective
To demonstrate the steps involved in setting up a freelance medical writing business.
Content
In this workshop participants will:
- create a business plan for their freelance medical writing business
- create a series of short- and long-terms goals
- learn how to find clients
- learn how to market their business, including blogging, networking and social media
- learn about templates, workflow procedures and the day-to-day requirements of running a business.
Participant profile
This workshop is aimed at writers who are thinking about or are ready to start a freelance writing career.
Workshop format
The workshop includes a mandatory a pre-workshop assignment as well as an online session. The pre-workshop assignment should take no longer than one hour and must be returned to the presenter by COB 21 April. The two-hour online session is interactive and includes presentations, exercises and discussion.
You will receive the pre-workshop assignment upon booking.
Workshop leader
Michelle Guillemard is a freelance medical writer and the editor of Health Writer Hub. She also blogs weekly about health & medical writing and teaches health writing courses.
**Before booking, please note that the workshop will use the Citrix Go To Webinar platform, and you must use VoIP (the computer microphone and speakers, and a headset is highly recommended as this is an interactive session). This is to avoid long distance phone call charges.
Please make sure that your computer meets the system requirements
http://support.citrixonline.com/webinar/all_files/G2W010003
If you have questions, please contact L.E. Ohman at pdp@medicalwriters.org
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If you have previously submitted an entry but missed out on the win, we encourage you to try again as there have been many entries that have only narrowly missed out on the win!
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