Training
NAIWE offers a variety of webinars and teleconferences as a way to develop your professional skills.

January 31, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm Eastern
Webinar: How to Set Boundaries for Your Clients…and Yourself
with Jake Poinier, NAIWE’s Freelance Expert
Cost: $30
Setting and maintaining boundaries creates better client relationships and a more effective freelance business. In this session, Jake “Dr. Freelance” Poinier provides the action steps to ensure that you’re delivering what clients need, while protecting your own sanity and profitability. Topics will include the following . . . and more:
- Achieving clarity on how you want to be treated
- Key steps to take at the start of any new client relationship
- How to deal with friends who are clients (and clients who become friends)
- Tips and tricks to bring clients back into line
Positive long-term client relationships aren’t simply a matter of doing the work and getting paid. This webinar will help you understand how to take a strategic approach, making the process smooth and efficient for both parties.

February 27, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern
Webinar: Adding History into Your Creative Nonfiction
with Jennia D’Lima, NAIWE’s Creative Nonfiction Expert
Cost: $30
Want to find out how historical details can add depth and context to your creative nonfiction manuscript? Apart from bringing credibility to your topic, these details have the benefit of helping your reader better understand the context surrounding your subject. This session shows how to sift through research and facts to find what will have the most impact and meaning as well as how to identify which areas of your manuscript would most benefit from these additions.

March 21, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm Eastern
Webinar: Publishing Demystified: What You Need to Know About Editors, Agents, and Publishers
with Karin Beery, NAIWE’s Fiction Expert
Cost: $30
What’s the difference between a freelance editor and an acquisitions editor? Do you need an agent? If you do, how do you find one? How do you decide between traditional publishing, self-publishing, and hybrid publishing? With so many options available to authors, it can be confusing (and frustrating!) to figure out the best route for your book. In this webinar, we’ll take the confusion out of editors, agents, and publishers and help you figure out which options will work best for your publishing goals.

March 31, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm Eastern
Webinar: NAIWE Member Orientation
with April Michelle Davis, NAIWE’s Executive Director
Cost: $20
There are many benefits to being a member of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors, and it can seem overwhelming!
Join this discussion to learn how to navigate your membership. Bring your questions to get them answered!