Event details
AUSIT QLD Branch Presents
Practical Freelancing Skills: Managing Workload, Wellbeing and Marketing
Webinar Via Zoom
Tuesday 5 May 2026
6:30 - 8:00 PM AEST
Registrations close midnight, 3 May 2026
In this practical session, French>English translator and French–English conference interpreter Nicola Thayil will share strategies for managing workload, supporting wellbeing, and approaching marketing and pricing with greater confidence and consistency, with a focus on helping freelancers build a more stable and grounded practice.
Freelancing offers flexibility and autonomy – but it also comes with uncertainty, isolation and constant self-management. This practical session is designed to help translators and interpreters navigate everyday freelance challenges, work towards a more sustainable practice and bring greater consistency to their marketing.
Drawing on her own experience, French-to-English translator and interpreter Nicola Thayil will share productivity tips for managing workload, reducing decision fatigue and supporting wellbeing. The session will also touch on approaching marketing and pricing in a confident, values-based way and explore simple marketing actions that can support longer-term work opportunities.
Participants will leave with practical tools, reflective prompts and small, actionable ideas they can trial in their own practice to support both their business and their wellbeing.
Our Presenter - Nicola Thayil
Nicola Thayil (née Savage) is a Melbourne-based French>English translator and French–English conference interpreter. She holds a Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies degree from Monash University, and has tutored in T&I Studies, both there and at Macquarie University, NSW. Nicola is currently AUSIT’s National Education Coordinator, serving on the Education Committee, as well as being mum to eight-year-old Joseph.
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Intermediate PD.
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This is a live webinar event and will be recorded. The recording will be shared with registrants.
Tuesday 5 May 2026 6:30 - 8:00 PM AEST
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