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Title:

Funemployed - Success Stories From the Laid Off Community

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Organizer:
Chris Hutchins, LaidOffCamp
Description:
This panel will explain how to deal with being laid off / unemployed, and showcase some unique ways that people have spent their time while unemployed. It will feature not only successful startups, but also touch on the various unique and exciting ways one can spend their newly found "free time"
Questions
Answered:
  1. What does one do after getting laid off?
  2. How do government benefits work?
  3. How does one deal with the emotional stress of being laid off?
  4. How do you find other unemployed people to work with?
  5. How do you get the creative juices flowing again?
  6. How can you have fun while you're unemployed?
  7. What kind of short-term work can you find to pay the bills?
  8. What are some unique ways to save money?
  9. Can "camp-style learning" provide effective and free education to the unemployed?
  10. What web 2.0 technologies that can increase your job search "ROI"?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Education, Other / Out There, Social Issues
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Ron LaPedis
on 3/9/09
I participated in the first ever Laid Off Camp and presented my insights on starting a company while soaking up advice from the hundreds of attendees. Using my newfound knowledge and network, I got a consulting company fired up and have been invited to present at various technology conferences based on the contents of my blog (October brings a keynote in Toronto).

Losing my last job was the best thing that happened to me and Laid Off Camp was the second best. What is a real blast is that I am taking public sector disaster response training and volunteering for various San Francisco Bay Area agencies such as the San Mateo County Sheriff's Communications Unit, San Bruno Community Preparedness Committee, San Francisco Airport Emergency Operations Group, and I have been tapped to work in the San Mateo County Emergency Operations Center. My income is down substantially from my Silicon Valley days, but II am having the time of my life!!
Carlos Hernandez
on 3/9/09
Thank you for inspiring this valuable work to the un- and underemployed community.
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