Freelancers Week 2021 Kick-off Day

From 18 to 24 October is this year’s European Freelancers Week, a pan-European week focusing on freelancers, which make up around 5% of the workforce across Europe. Kick off this week together with other freelancers on a free coworking day at CreativeSpace Zürich and boost your productivity with the pomodoro technique!

09:00 Common pomodoro sessions (25/5 minutes intervals)
12:30 Lunchtime (the universal language of pizza and coke)
13:00 Livestreaming of the European Freelancers Week opening ceremony
14:00 Deep Work phase
17:00 Launch of the Swiss Freelancers Survey 2021, drinks and networking

Feel free to join for the whole day, join in for the lunch and afternoon session or just for the launch and afterwork networking. For reasons of planning, we appreciate your registration!

This day is for you, if…

• you work better when you do it alongside other focused people who expect the same focus from you;
• you have some hard work to push through and want to find a great work environment to get it done;
• you are just tired of working on your own and looking for the positive energy that comes with working alongside others
• you want to check out coworking with all of its perks for a day

About the Pomodoro Technique

The so-called Pomodoro Technique is an established method to boost productivity, the funny name is derived from the pomodoro timer used to break your day into defined time slots. The timer runs for 25-minute work sessions and 5-minute breaks. By making sure people can declare their goal for the session goal before it begins, we add an accountability element. The 5-minute breaks between sessions are there to chat and get to know your group and get fresh coffees.

The benefits of Pomodoro sessions are as following:

1. Accountability – the action of sharing your intended goal for a work period is powerful as it creates internal accountability to get it done.
2. Deadline – we work with a timer to make sure you can’t slack.
3. Networking – use the 5-minute break to breath, disconnect and chat with members in the channel or in a physical meetup. Making those connections is powerful so invest time in it as those could be your future co-founders, team members, investors, suppliers and clients.

Swiss Freelancers Survey Launch

Swiss Freelancers is a new association to connect freelancers across Switzerland and give them more visibility, both as individual service providers and as a growing way of working. Freelancing, be it full-time or part-time as a part of a work portfolio with one or multiple part-time jobs and family, is on the raise also in Switzerland, but political focus and legal structures are still targeting the old-style ‘100% salaried job’ model. This is where Swiss Freelancers aims to make an impact in favor of the freelancer community, and the survey is the first step to get an overview on the state of freelancing in Switzerland in 2021.