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This is a dedicated resource for event attendees. We have been co-creating with you since day one, so here are all the learnings. Download the guides, read about the events you missed and use the toolkits you helped us build.
Onwards!
We have gathered resources and toolkits for you to use as you navigate the world of work and grow your networks. From the first event on how to establish community values, to pricing, to our very own HEADS UP! prompt cards, we have info and frameworks to help you stay in orbit.
Featured Resources
In our first circle, September of 2024, we established the values for our community. Together, through a 40 min workshop, we set up the three guiding principles for The Orbit, which was then called ffsc.club. A lot has changed since then, including our name, but our values are stand the test of time:
We believe in:
Doing or being something that one can't do for themselves or by themselves.
Openness to trying new journeys out. Making them flow according to our own rules.
Building spaces for connections and huddles of knowledge.
Values Exercise
One of the boldest things we did was talk openly about money and how much we each charge per day. Something that too often still feels like a creative taboo. As a group, we ran a quick exercise: estimating the collective day rate of the entire room. We did some calculations and arrived at £16,932. When we adjusted for the UK’s gender pay gap (currently sitting at 10%), that number rose to £18,625.
It was still far lower than what we expected for a room packed with experience, talent, and creativity. This exercise was about shining a light on the numbers so we can reclaim our value. Until we look at these figures head-on, it’s impossible to truly address the invisible forces holding women back financially.
At the second event we worked out a day rate as a whole room, read the findings below and use the numbers as a guide for your own pricing strategy.
Pricing Workshop
Our third event had us playing a prompt / response game around telling work how you work. We had so many valuable insights to share that we’re making this into a full toolkit and database.
What people shared
From the responses gathered through HEADS UP, a clear pattern emerges: people want to replace assumption with clarity. Across communication, feedback, and boundaries, participants consistently expressed a need to make their working styles more visible, often through small, simple statements like “Heads-up, I work best when…” or “Heads-up, I’ll need…”. What stands out is not just what people shared, but how: openly, practically, and with a desire to make collaboration easier for others. These responses reveal that many of the challenges we face at work aren’t about capability, but about unspoken expectations. HEADS UP! creates a shared language to surface those expectations early turning individual preferences into collective understanding, and making collaboration more inclusive.
HEADS UP!
At our fourth Orbit event, we invited participants to step back and map their networks through a simple but revealing exercise: Mapping Your Orbits. By visualising relationships across four layers: from close collaborators to wider and emerging connections, attendees reflected on who supports, challenges, and champions their work. Building on this, Playing to Your Strengths encouraged participants to assess where their energy naturally flows, identifying which spaces feel most aligned and where there’s potential to reconnect or grow. Together, these exercises shifted networking from something reactive into something more intentional helping people recognise the value already within their circles, and how to engage with it more consciously.
Map Your Orbits
“I actually started to not like networking events and so didn’t go for a long time. The pressure was too high to sell my services, but the idea of soft connections really interests me now.”
— Event Attendee 2024
“I haven’t been to such an open and intimate event where everyone I met was interesting and willing to listen and help right away. I left having more confidence and feeling like I’m not as alone as I thought.”
— Event Attendee 2025
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