Talk – How to Enjoy Working at Home – Women Mean Biz, Bath, Friday 26 March 2010

Home workers tend to assume that any difficulties we encounter are personal failings relating to lack of discipline, being distracted by domestic commitments and falling prey to procrastination. But working in the same place as we live creates its own challenges. This talk aims to address some of those challenges and give you ideas to overcome them. We will cover how to:

- identify your own working style, habits and personality traits
- deal with productivity and procrastination
- avoid becoming isolated and demotivated
- handle the unexpected without panic
and share experiences (both good and bad!)

Jelly – Glove Factory Studios, Brook Lane, Holt, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire – Wednesday 24 March 2010, 10 am to 4 pm

This is our first Jelly at the beautifully converted Glove Factory Studios, another venue in the stable of coworking spaces owned and run by our Frome hosts, Forward Space. There will be eight places and bookings are now open. There is a cafe on-site offering fairtrade Mozzo coffee, soup and snacks. Come and check out this amazing space and be inspired by the surroundings as well as your fellow coworkers!

Talk – Work-Life Balance – University of Bath, Friday 19 March 2010, 10.30 am to 4.30 pm

Institute of Translation and Interpreting Meet the Client seminar – Training Workshop for ITI members, non-members and MA students

Talk – Working from Home – Bath College Skills Fair, Thursday 11 March 2010, 5.30 pm to 6 pm

The obvious way of keeping costs down when becoming self-employed or starting a new business is to work from home, and home working has many other benefits too, such as cutting down on travelling time. But working from home involves much more than where you are located – it has its own challenges that you must be able to meet, as well as satisfying your customers, if your business is to be successful. With a little preparation you can make the transition to working from home more fulfilling, more productive and less stressful.

The aim of this talk is to introduce you to some of the challenges of home working and to provide some ideas to tackle them creatively.

We will cover how to:

- identify your own working style, habits and personality traits 
- deal with productivity and procrastination
- avoid becoming isolated and demotivated

Jelly – The Old Church School, Butts Hill, Frome, Somerset – Friday 26 February 2010, 10 am to 4 pm

The third Frome Jelly will be coming up soon and this time we will be going on until 4 pm, due to popular demand and the kind hospitality of our host, Gavin Eddy of Forward Space. As usual there will be eight places and bookings will open a week before on Friday 19 February. We’re looking forward to another day of friendly coworking and maybe some exchange of expertise. Hope to see you there.

Teleseminar – with Nick Williams of inspiredentrepreneur.com – Monday 18 January 2010, 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm

Nick Williams is the founder of Inspired Entrepreneur and has a sizeable international following of his mission to help people to find the work they love to do – and then get paid for it! Often this involves self-employment and working from home, something few of us are prepared for.

I will be talking to Nick about how to get the very best out of working from home, including understanding your own personality in order to organise yourself for maximum productivity, avoiding the dreaded isolation and understanding that working from home doesn’t necessarily mean working at home!

I’m looking forward to a good discussion about one of my favourite subjects and you can book your place at inspiredentrepreneur.com.

Jelly – The Old Church School, Butts Hill, Frome, Somerset – Thursday 7 January 2010, 10 am to 2 pm

The first serving of Jelly went down so well in November that we are having another in the New Year at the same venue. The brave pioneers who came along to the first Jelly were all surprised by how much work they got done while surrounded by other people, and all appreciated getting out of the house and meeting people they otherwise wouldn’t run across. Two of them talk about the experience on the Jelly page.
Again there will be 8 places available and booking opens on 31 December. There’s a map on the booking page, but do get in touch if you aren’t sure where The Old Church School actually is, or how to find parking spaces.

Jelly – The Old Church School, Butts Hill, Frome, Somerset – Tuesday 17 November 2009, 10 am to 2 pm

Jelly is for home workers who would like to get out of their home office for a while and meet other home workers – to make useful connections, get some advice, or just to chat. The first Frome Jelly will take place at The Old Church School by kind permission of Gavin Eddy. There are only 8 places available so for more information and to reserve your FREE place visit http://fromejelly.eventbrite.com or contact me if you would like to have a chat about it first.

Talk – Working from Home – Bath City Hilton Hotel, registration from 6.30 pm – 20 November 2009

I’ll be one of three speakers at the first of a series of seminar and networking events run by Bath area Federation of Small Businesses to mark Home Enterprise Day. I’ll be talking about the pros and cons of working from home and how to get the best from it.
Contact Angela Ladd for a registration form at angelaRladd@aol.com

Workshop – How to enjoy working from home

with Judy Heminsley

Millions of people already work from home and many more dream of doing so in order to experience its undoubted benefits.  In fact these can be so compelling that it’s easy to overlook the accompanying challenges – until the realisation strikes that working from home involves much more than a change of location.  With a little thought, however, you can make working from home more fulfilling, more productive and much less stressful.

Work from Home Event - Judy Heminsley

The aim of this workshop is to look at the challenges of home working in a lighthearted way, to reassure you that they are common to many home workers, and to come up with some ideas to tackle them creatively.

At the end of this workshop you will:

  • Realise there are no ‘rules’ or ‘right’ ways of working from home
  • Appreciate that working from home does not necessarily mean working at home
  • Be able to organise your time and workspace to suit your own circumstances
  • Be prepared to experience some form of procrastination when working from home
  • Understand the limitations of your own resources and the importance of getting regular input from other people and environments
  • Recognise that it’s the ability to handle the emotional demands of working from home that spells home working success

So come along and meet other home workers, share your experiences, both good and bad, and discover how to:

  • identify your own working style, habits and personality traits
  • tailor your working day to fit around your own personality and needs
  • deal with motivation, productivity and procrastination
  • avoid sinking into the isolation trap
  • handle the unexpected calmly

No date yet arranged – please contact me to add your name to my list for future workshops.