Onboarding Without the Overwhelm

Your process makes sense to you. Because you built it. But is it easy for your client?

A pay-what-you-want workshop for creative service providers ready to make their client onboarding easier to run and easier to experience.

Live Wednesday, September 16 at 12pm ET.

The workshop has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date.

Pay-What-You-Want with a $9USD minimum. 50% of all revenue will be donated to the Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund.

What to expect:

You know what your intake form's asking for. Your client is wondering how deep they need to go, word vomit and all, and how many more questions stand between them and done.

Kickoff calls are your favorite. Your client is freaking out a little. What can they expect? What do they need to prep? What if they say something stupid?

Our onboarding makes sense to us because we already know what the end looks like. We built the process for what we needed to get to done.

But if we forget our clients have no idea what the journey looks like, what's expected of them, or how to ask for help... they end up stressed and second-guessing.

This workshop is about finding that disconnect between what we understand and what our clients need, and closing it.

  • Map your current onboarding and spot where the gap between what you know and what your client knows is costing them effort

  • Learn three checkpoints that close that gap: accessibility, cognitive load, and emotional labor

  • Leave having fixed your weakest step, not just identified it

And yes, I will talk briefly about how you can hire me to help build your onboarding system.

What people say about my workshops

"I got so much MORE than I came for! Not only the connection and coaching and community, but the clarity and deep dig I didn't even know that I needed."

— Bridget Baker

"I love Jacki's emphasis on building from the ground up (values are my JAM)."

— Megan Dowd

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What's included:

  • 90-minute live session (Wed, Sep 16 at 12pm ET) with time to implement

  • Optional co-working hour (Fri, Sep 18th 1:00–2:00pm ET) if you need more time to actually get it done

  • Replay with transcript

  • Next-steps guide

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Who it's for:

  • Web designers, brand designers, copywriters, and other creative service providers, solo to small teams

  • Already running intake forms, proposals, discovery calls

  • Ready to see onboarding the way a first-time client actually experiences it

CANCELLED

Pay-What-You-Want with a $9 USD minimum.

50% of all revenue will be donated to the Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund.

Frequently Asked Questions

Accessibility note: Live captions enabled. Recordings with transcripts provided. Materials in accessible formats. Need something else? Email hello@jackihayes.co.