You hear a lot about side gigs or side work these days. How can you leverage and turn this kind of work into a competitive advantage or potential promotion? Join us as we define what side work is (and isn’t), explore the benefits of a side gig, and learn how to identify interesting side work that can potentially transition you to your next opportunity. After some time getting to know each other, we'll go through some exercises to brainstorm what you want to learn or explore at work or with clients and then discuss how you might get there. If you want to improve your skills and expand your visibility to remain current and relevant in today’s competitive and quickly changing workplace, this is the presentation for you! So join us to get out of your comfort zone, think creatively, and move toward the future with the help of the presenters and fellow attendees. We promise it will be an interactive, motivational, and fun experience. Kelly Schrank (@headbookworm) has been in technical and medical communication for over 20 years. As an experienced writer and editor of medical, technical, and marketing communications, she has created and improved marketing materials, websites, newsletters, slide decks, documentation, policies and procedures, standard responses, training materials, and product manuals, for a variety of industries. Current professional interests include the benefits of checklists, side gigs, and networking. She is the current STC Rochester chapter president, after stints as the Program Manager and Co-chair for Spectrum and she was the Annual Conference Administrator for AMWA in 2017. Kelly has a Masters in Technical Communication and has spoken at Spectrum, Interchange, Summit, and the AMWA Medical Writing & Communication Conference. Todd DeLuca (@techcommtodd) has over 15 years of experience as a technical writer and manager. An active volunteer and contributor to the profession, he is a remote-based worker and passionate about working side gigs to learn, advance, and meet new people. His professional background includes graphic design, editing, client communication, and software development documentation. Todd is an STC Associate Fellow, with activities including Intercom magazine contributor, Conference Chair of STC Summit, and Philadelphia Metro Chapter president. Todd has a Master degree in technical and scientific communication from Miami University (Ohio) and speaks at various regional and national conferences.

1. Ready to Pivot,
Advance, or
Change?
Use Side Gigs to Move
Your Career Forward

2. Agenda
Introduction
● Getting to Know You
● Who are We?
● What’s a Side Gig?
Discussions
● What do You Want to Do?
● How can You Make it
Happen?
Debrief
● Contact Us
● Keep in Touch
● Resources
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3. Introduction: Who are You?
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4. Introduction: Who are We?
Kelly Schrank
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5. Kelly Stretch and Stay Employed
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6. Volunteer Activities
● Social Media:
- Twitter
- Facebook
- LinkedIn
● Email Newsletter:
- MailChimp
● Website:
- WordPress

7. Work Activities
● Editing journal manuscripts
- Something new
● Editing proposals
- Something new
- Created form/templates for consistency
● Editing formulary dossiers
- Something I had done, but…
- Now I have 3 freelance clients
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8. Introduction: Who are We?
Todd DeLuca
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9. Todd Progression and Pivot
• Side Gig Stories (career advancements)
- Lone writer to manager
- Additional responsibility (communications, newsletter)
• Side Gig Examples
- STC volunteering (leadership, communication, management)
- Public speaking (presentations, training)
- Work support (sharing work of others, email reports, SharePoint admin, content management
and strategy)
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10. What is a Side Gig?
● Definition of side gig
● Examples of what is a side gig
● Examples of what is not a side gig
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11. Discussion - WhatdoYou Want to Do?
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12. Discussion - How can You Make it Happen?
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13. Debrief
Question 1
● What did you get out of the session?
Question 2
● Tell the group one thing you will do when you
leave to move toward your side gig
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14. Keep in Touch
Kelly Schrank
Technical Writer and Medical Editor
@headbookworm
headbookworm@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/kellyschrank
https://headbookworm.com/
Todd DeLuca
Tech Comm Manager, Black Knight
@TechCommTodd
techcommtodd@gmail.com
linkedin/in/techcommtodd

15. Resources
Books
● What If It Does Work Out?: How a Side
Hustle Can Change Your Life (Susie
Moore)
● Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27
Days (Chris Guillebeau)
● Recession Proof Graduate: How to Get
The Job You Want by Doing Free Work
(Charlie Hoehn)
Articles
● High-paying jobs you can do on the side
- Business Insider
● 26 Practical Ways to Put Your Skills to
Use and Make Extra Money in 2018
- PennyHoarder
● 101 Best Side Business Ideas While
Working Full-Time - Ryan Robinson
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