Speck just came on as a sponsor! The first 75 people to show up to registration on June 5th will receive a laptop case or iPhone case.

Announcement: Thanks to the contributions from our generous sponsors we have been able to lower the ticket price, ticket holders who purchased at the higher price will be reimbursed the difference. This event WILL sell out.

Freelance Camp PRO San Francisco 2010 is a new twist on the established series of BarCamps for freelancers and independent contractors. If you are or plan on being a PRO at running your business, this event is for you. Trade notes and network with your peers, learn how to run your business better, and get cool free stuff. And, it’s right downtown at the brand-spanking new NextSpace San Francisco, right at 2nd and Market.

Past attendees told us “I became a better designer, coder and business woman in the course of one day.” Another said, “I realized that I am not alone in some of my concerns and insecurities related to marketing myself.” A third attendee told us, “I had many opportunities to share my experience and ideas regarding design, e-commerce, sales and marketing, pricing structures, balancing work and family…etc.” So, its gonna be pretty extraordinary.

Some of the topics we imagine might surface (just to prime the pump). Of course, you the attendee will chose the topics on the day of the conference:

• Transitioning from Freelance to Agency 
• Balancing Products with Services 
• Running 100% Remote 
• Freelance Coops & Coworking 
• The Art of Subcontracting 
• Advanced Toolkits: PM Systems
• Finance & Communication 
• Beyond the Basic Services 
• Long Term Clients

You ask: Wait, what is a Barcamp? BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. The day consists of sessions proposed by attendees and the schedule is created on site the morning of the event. BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn from each other in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. Visit www.freelancecamp.org for more info.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT FREELANCE CAMP PRO:
The day will start at 8am with an hour of socializing over coffee and pastries. We will be handing out cool swag to registrants at the sign up. It is really important you arrive by 9am so you can participate in creating the day’s agenda. At 9am sharp we will begin introductions, explain the rules of barcamp and then we will create a schedule. We will be harvesting the minds and expertise of all the people in the room to come up with topics pertinent to freelancers.

FOOD
Breakfast, Lunch and light snacks are included with the day's event. Lunch will be held in the first floor of the same building at Bindi SF, the delicious Indian restaurant in the very same building. View their lunch menu here.

We will also be holding an after party at Dada SF.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING:

• A head full of topic ideas
• Your laptop (fast and free wi-fi provided.) If you are not so inclined to arrive with electronic note-taking items a simple notebook and pen will do.
• Lots of business cards.  This is a great networking opportunity. You can get a quick turnaround from moo.com if you are in need of cards.

VOLUNTEERS
Interested in helping out with the event the day of? Please contact us at volunteer@freelancecamp.org.

LOCATION
We're pretty sure this event could not be more centrally located! Right at the corner of 2nd and Market, NextSpace Coworking San Francisco is about 50 feet away from BART and more than half a dozen bus lines. We are also close to the ferry, a number of parking garages, and a short walk from CalTrain.

PARKING
Hearst Parking Center‎
45 3rd St
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 989-4000
(2 blocks from venue) ($20 max all day)

St. Francis Pl. Parking Garage
1 St. Francis Pl
Turn right onto 1 St. Francis Place into the covered parking garage.
The garage is open at 6:00 a.m., gates close at 7:00 p.m. If you need access after 7:00 p.m., buzz the concierge who will let you into the garage.
(5 blocks/10 min walk from venue) $5 all day

OUR SPONSORS
We have been blessed with a phenomenal outpouring of sponsorship offers this year so we wanted to give a quick shout out to some pretty special groups that are nurturing this year's event!

24 Seven

Bottom Line Law Group

Colliers International

Cosmic Design Company

Elance

MBO Partners

Mozilla

NextSpace Coworking San Francisco

Outright

PariSoma Innovation Loft

Pennbrook I CAIB Insurance Services

Popchips

Shane & Peter, Inc.

Speck

THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT. Please register to ensure a spot. We look forward to seeing you there!