NABJ Day One - And so it Begins

I started my day off zipping pretty quickly through registration. A good amount of people are here today but the mad influx of attendees has yet to begin.

Today I am attending an all day workshop “The Business of Freelancing Having a Career You Love and Making a Good Living”. Although I run my own company I am in essence a freelancer in this business because I am not working a 9 to 5 and on the regular payroll from any one company. I am a business, a brand. So I’ve got to sell the Elaine Swann brand.

Lights out. Time for the journalists to relax and mingle at the welcome reception. We stopped in for a moment then headed out to Largo to have dinner with my hubby's friend from childhood back in DC

Getting the 411 on the business of freelancing

Chatting with one of the workshop presenters