Freelance Buffalo & Beyond is a week-long conference that includes workshops, educational sessions, panel discussions and networking opportunities.
This regional event will unite freelancers throughout Northwestern PA and Western NY. Freelance Erie is a week-long conference that includes workshops, educational sessions, panel discussions and is paired with networking opportunities, monthly meetups, and professional retreats. Your ticket covers a day pass to Radius CoWork on Monday, April 18; access to all Freelance Week Erie sessions and netw
orking events from April 18-April 21, and access to the final panel and closing party in Buffalo, NY on Friday, April 22.
This Thursday, it's Benevolent Beers: Erie Downtown Partnership at Erie Ale Works, the opening of Five Iron Golf Erie , AND I'm going to the Seawolves game... I'll tell ya, you really get yourself involved in all sorts of things when you work at Radius CoWork 🤣
Stop out and support our friends doing cool things this Thursday!
We want to say thank you to everyone that helped make Freelance Week Erie possible. We couldn’t have done this without our generous community.
What we’ve learned is that our community steps up to support one another, and the entirety of last week was a perfect example of that. We can’t say thank you enough!
Thank you to Freelance Buffalo & Beyond, and Freelance Rochester for all of your support. HUGE thanks to all of our speakers, volunteers, sponsors, hosts, and attendees; your involvement means so much to us.
Until next time!
Today, we spent the morning at i-HACK at Gannon University with the NWPA Innovation Beehive Network. In addition to learning about the Beehive and what their function is within Erie’s entrepreneurial community, we took deeper dives into topics such as product design, early business iteration, market analysis, and podcasting.
Thank you so much to Abbey Lesniewski, Abigail Zielinski, Jacob Marsh, Brad Gleason, Tony Peyronel, and Christopher Lantinen for sharing your time and expertise this morning.
Tomorrow will be our final day in Erie at The 10/20 Collective. Tariq’s Best Philly food truck will be onsite starting at 12:30 and sessions will begin at 1:15 featuring Kristen Santiago, Jenny Poff, Chris Norris, Andrew Chernauskas, and Megan Callaghan. We’ll wrap up the day with a happy hour and explore the galleries at 10|20.
See you there!
Thank you to Marquette Savings Bank Innovation Learning Center for hosting us yesterday, Red Letter Hospitality for providing lunch, and our speakers Michael Burkhardt, Drew Whiting, and Amy Swartzfager CPA, MBA.
We appreciate everyone who has attended and helped us to bring Freelance Week Erie to life. Thank you x a million!
Freelance Erie Freelance Week starts tonight with a kickoff event at Room 33! We're proud to support this event connecting Erie's freelancers and self-employed workers along with Radius CoWork!
And we’re off! Freelance Week Erie kicked off today with an official proclamation from City of Erie Government Mayor Joe Schember. Join us today at Room 33 for the Kick Off Party benefiting Alzheimer's Association of Greater Pennsylvania!
There’s still time to grab your tickets for sessions beginning tomorrow. Head over to www.freelanceweekerie.com.
We're happy to announce that Chris Lantinen will be speaking about the during Freelance Week! Thanks for joining us, Chris!
Chris Lantinen assists clients at the Edinboro Beehive with social media, podcasting, content marketing, brand storytelling, SEO, media relations, and more. He's taught digital media design and writing classes at Edinboro University. He was a 2018 winner at The Podcast Awards and worked previously with Atlantic Records in their podcast initiative.
Join us for freelance week in Erie, PA!
www.freelanceweekerie.com for tickets and the full schedule!
Say hello to Jenny! She will be leading a workshop on goals & accountability as an independent creative business owner. We're excited to have Jenny's vibrant energy involved in Freelance Week Erie!
Jenny Marofsky Poff owns Agency Jen building marketing plans, brands, & campaigns, while serving private clients as their out-of-house marketing department. Her process begins by listening to owners to build campaigns that maximize budgets & generate results for smart growth.
Over 20-years some accomplishments include: founding the Creatives’ Roundtable (an accountability group for creative business owners), hosting a retreat in Nashville, TN, speaking nationwide at HOW Design Live, Revolve, and Global Entrepreneurship Week. She has been featured in HOW Magazine, Print Magazine, Graphic Design USA, Marketing Mentor, and others.
Jenny has numerous awards and holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Ohio University.
Get on over to freelanceweekerie.com to get your tickets so that you can learn from Jenny! P.S... Freelance Week starts MONDAY! We can hardly believe it.
Say hello to Tony Peyronel! He will be participating in a panel discussion during Freelance Week Erie. The topic of the panel will be on the Edinboro Beehive of . Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!
More about Tony:
Dr. Tony Peyronel is executive director for entrepreneurial development at Edinboro University and directs the university’s Center for Branding and Strategic Communication, which is part of the Northwest Pennsylvania Innovation Beehive Network. Peyronel has more than a decade of experience as a department chairperson at Edinboro, having led the Department of Communication and Media Studies, the Department of Journalism and Public Relations, and most recently, the Department of Music and Theatre. He is also a founding board member and past president of the Northwestern Pennsylvania chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Peyronel holds a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from Edinboro University, a master’s degree in journalism and public affairs from American University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He received additional training at the Scripps Howard Leadership Academy, hosted by the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Before joining the Edinboro faculty in 1992, he worked as a reporter with the Kittanning (PA) Leader-Times, as a public relations writer at Penn State University, and as director of communications at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA.
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Special thanks to Brian Fuller for joining us as another great speaker for Freelance Week Erie! Brian will be speaking about what the Innovation Beehive Network can offer and how to get involved.
Want to know more?
Brian A. Fuller is Director of Operations for the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University, a position he assumed in December 2019.
Fuller serves as: Director for the Center for Intelligence Research, Analysis, and Training (CIRAT) at Mercyhurst University, Director for the NWPA Beehive Innovation Network Innovation Entente Lab (IEL) at Mercyhurst University, President of the Board for the Bodhi Gardens Initiative non-profit, Trustee for the NWPA Military Order of the Purple Heart Organization and Board Member and Operations Director for the North East Little League Association. He also has the honor of being a member of the Military Intelligence Corps Association Knowlton award recipients, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and Non-commissioned Officer Association. Fuller also serves his community as a varsity high school football coach and as a member of the Erie Coalition on Combating Human Trafficking.
You can catch Brian next week. Check out freelanceweekerie.com to get your tickets and see the full schedule!
We want to take a moment to express an immense amount of gratitude to our generous sponsors and hosts. We couldn't make Freelance Week happen in Erie without you! Thank you for all that you do for the community.
Freelance Week Erie is only a few days away! Get your tickets at freelanceweekerie.com!
Meet Brad Gleason, who will be leading a lecture about the NWPA Innovation Beehive Network and offering early business start up advice during Freelance Week. We're honored to have Brad on board!
Brad is the Director of Entrepreneurial Operations at Gannon University. Brad has over 15 years in project development experience and 13 years in Academia. Currently, Brad oversees over corporate attraction, contracting, and research equating to over 125 student jobs in 2021 at Gannon University and Brad CEO of a technology startup called DMI.
Get over to freelanceweekerie.com to get your tickets and see the full schedule for the week (when and where you can catch Brad)! You won't want to miss what he has to say.
Freelance Erie is a week-long conference that includes workshops, educational sessions, panel discussions and is paired with networking opportunities, monthly meetups, and professional retreats. Your ticket covers a day pass to Radius CoWork on Monday, April 18; access to all sessions and networki
We're super excited to announce that Megan Callaghan, owner of Method & Medium Co., Senior Product Designer at Docker, & valued Radius CoWork member, will be involved in a panel discussion about finding freedom with freelance during Freelance Week in Erie!
Want to learn a little more about what Megan does? Read on!
"I am a design systems and product designer with fine arts roots. My devotion is to design and its harmony with products and their users. I follow one simple principle: solve problems with creative clarity. I consider both the purposeful and unintended wants from clients, consumers, competitors, and coworkers.
My job is to resolve those matters to consistently produce effective solutions that satisfy objectives and to create development and experiences with stability. My career has mostly been remote and has consisted of freelance, contract, and in-house."
The clock is ticking and we are getting closer and closer to Freelance Week... Head on over to freelanceweekerie.com to get your tickets today!
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Meet Jacob Marsh, Industry Relations Coordinator at Penn State Behrend!
Want to learn a bit more about Jake and what knowledge he'll be bringing to Freelance Week Erie?
"I work to get University students engaged with industry and their community in ways that help them to gain genuine career experience while aiding the regional economy. An entrepreneurial mindset is becoming more vital for workers in most fields. Broad interdisciplinary experience (often including experience that seems irrelevant) adds to the effectiveness of that mindset by allowing a person to approach a problem from unique perspectives. We work to build these characteristics in our students and put those skills to use for the region.
Please consider me as an in-person connection to Behrend and to the Innovation Beehive Network, a collaboration of four universities and the Erie County Library System. We serve entrepreneurs and established businesses with new product design, engineering consultation and low-risk experimentation, business planning, market intelligence, and branding and marketing."
Visit freelanceweekerie.com to see the next week's schedule and to get your tickets!
We’d love to introduce you to Abby! She’ll be offering information about the NWPA Innovation Beehive Network Idea Lab during Freelance Week. 👏🏼
Abby Zielinski is an Assistant Librarian at the Blasco Library Idea Lab. Her primary focus is the development of active and passive programming for the space. She plans two of the library’s large-scale events, LibCon Erie and Erie Makes. Her favorite class to teach is the Cricut Crash Course, which is an introduction to the Cricut Maker cutting machines.
Check out freelanceweekerie.com to see when you can catch Abby’s talk!
Chris Norris of Revox Social is another speaker for Freelance Week Erie that we're proud to announce!
Chris will be part of a panel discussion about preparing and planning to be self-employed, how to surround yourself with the right clients, and how to build a supportive team.
In 2019, Chris took a leap of faith and left his corporate job to start his own social media agency, Revox Social which works with a wide variety of businesses and organizations throughout Erie, Pa and beyond. He was also featured on Discovery’s hit reality television show, “Undercover Billionaire” which was filmed in Erie.
Chris is another one of Radius CoWork's valued members that we're grateful to feature during Freelance Week.
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We'd like to give a warm welcome to Amy Swartzfager! Amy will be speaking on the key things to know regarding bookkeeping and taxes when starting your own business.
Born and raised near Buffalo, NY, the Gannon University MBA program brought Amy to Erie, PA, and a love for this beautiful city and her now husband, Jon, persuaded her to stay.
Amy has been working in the Public Accounting industry for the better part of 8 years and has been a Certified Public Accountant for 6 years. She is a Manager at Maloney, Reed, Scarpitti, & Co., LLP and specializes in individual and small business taxation. Amy is also a 2020 graduate of the prestigious AICPA Leadership Academy and a recipient of the PICPA Young Leader Award.
Want to hear what Amy has to say? Go to freelanceweekerie.com to learn more about Freelance Week, and to purchase your ticket!
Say hello to Mike! Mike will be speaking about the basics of commercial insurance for freelancers during Freelance Week in Erie.
Mike Burkhardt is an Erie Insurance agent in Erie, PA. He focuses on Personal insurance, Commercial insurance, & Life Insurance. Mike is committed to providing comprehensive insurance solutions for all types of individuals & businesses.
You can purchase your tickets for Freelance Week Erie at freelanceweekerie.com!
Let's say hello to Abbey Lesniewski, another one of our brilliant Freelance Week Erie speakers!
Abbey Lesniewski serves as the Assistant Director of the Innovation Entente Lab. She is currently a candidate for a doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership and Learning from Gannon University. Her master’s degree is in Organizational Leadership from Mercyhurst University, and her bachelor’s degree is in Strategic Communication with a minor in Marketing from Clarion University. Abbey’s background is heavily concentrated in human resources and organizational development.
At the Innovation Entente Lab, Abbey supervises students who conduct competitive business intelligence for small businesses and entrepreneurs within the 17 counties of the Appalachian Region.
During Freelance Week, Abbey will be leading a workshop pertaining to the NWPA Innovation Beehive Network and informing freelancers about how the Beehive can assist them on their entrepreneurial journey.
Get your tickets for Freelance Week Erie at freelanceweekerie.com!
Say hey to Andrew Chernauskas, another one of our inspiring speakers for Freelance Week in Erie!
Andrew Chernauskas is currently self employed as a contract UX Developer, working with businesses of all sizes to make their websites and apps easier to use and maintain. He contributes a unique combination of design and development skills, including experience with ADA accessibility and multiple e-commerce solutions.
Andrew is also a founding member of Radius CoWork, a shared office space supporting local creative, tech, and entrepreneurial talent in downtown Erie. He has spoken at the Erie Day of Code on best practices for remote work and distributed teams. On the weekends, you may find him kayaking at Presque Isle or bike riding along the Bayfront.
A few things Andrew will be speaking on are finding your freedom with freelance, how to communicate better to fight uncertainty, and how to embrace rituals in order to create better habits.
Get your tickets to Freelance Week Erie here: freelanceweekerie.com!
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Say hello to Drew Whiting, another speaker for Freelance Week Erie!
Drew started a law firm in his kitchen in 2011, so while he is no longer freelancing, he was, and currently does work with many business that formed out of freelancers' pursuit of their passions.
Today, Drew focuses his law practice on corporate and transactional matters affecting emerging companies and their investors. A member of the Michael Best and Friedrich's Venture Best group, Drew provides well-honed advice to entrepreneurs, early and growth-stage companies, venture capital investors, closely-held family businesses, investment banks, family offices and private equity firms.
What will Drew be speaking on?
(1) The liability of your business should remain the liability of your business.
(2) Proactive measures are cheaper and more effective than triage with a band-aid.
(3) Be resourceful, but seek professional review where uncertain about risk.
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We want to take a moment to extend gratitude to our hosts for Freelance Week Erie. We appreciate you!
Radius CoWork, Marquette Savings Bank, i-Hack at Gannon University, The 10/20 Collective, and Innovation Center Buffalo
To see the full schedule for the week, go to the link below.
freelancebuffaloandbeyond.com/erieprogram
Tickets are on pre-sale until 4/1! Get yours today!
Freelance Erie is a week-long conference that includes workshops, educational sessions, panel discussions and is paired with networking opportunities, monthly meetups, and professional retreats. Your ticket covers a day pass to Radius CoWork on Monday, April 18; access to all sessions and networki
Say hello to Kristen Santiago, one of our speakers for Freelance Week in Erie!
Kristen Santiago is a community-connected maker, entrepreneur, and business consultant. She’s spent the last nine years assisting and starting new businesses and nonprofits in the area, and is currently the owner of Ivy + Atlas Business Consulting and Gone Local Erie, a corporate gift box company and online retailer that sells only products made in and around Erie County. Kristen spent five years on the founding board of Erie ClaySpace and is currently on the board at the Erie Art Museum.
Why does Kristen love being a freelancer?
“Working for myself gives me the freedom and flexibility to create my own schedule, as well as have a life and identity beyond just my career. I value being able to spend my time on things I truly care about, both in and out of work.”
Go to the link below to purchase your ticket for in Erie! Kristen will be speaking on how to break away from the 9-5. 🔥
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/freelance-buffalo-beyond-tickets-222793921617
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