Digital Nomads

November 14, 2021 - The Digital Nomad Association Croatia has a new director, Michael Freer. A LinkedIn post from Dutch entrepreneur, Jan de Jong, President of DNA Croatia: Please allow me to introduce you to Michael Freer - our newly appointed director at the Digital Nomad Association Croatia.I don't think we could have found a better person for this position. Aside from Michael's long trackrecord working for NGO's and social responsible organizations - he was also the moderator of 3 Award winning digital nomad conferences in Croatia. The combination of his deep understanding of the digital nomad subject - while having lived in Croatia…

November 14, 2021 - Less than a month until Digital Nomad Week, the virtual edition with 10,000 nomads expected to attend, and more than 100 speakers including TCN. Continuing our look at the keynote speakers, finding love on the road with Aline Dahmen of Nomad Soulmates. Aline is the co-founder of Nomad Soulmates, the world's largest online community and dating platform for single Digital Nomads, remote workers, and location-independent professionals. She is clearly passionate about creating impact and change, helping nomads to find each other. Many people have found meaningful connections, friendships and partners through their community, some are married…

November 10, 2021 - Less than a month until Digital Nomad Week, the virtual edition with 10,000 nomads expected to attend, and more than 100 speakers including TCN. Continuing our look at the keynote speakers, meet one of the most experienced nomads on out there, Kristin Wilson of Traveling with Kristin. Kristin Wilson is a long-term digital nomad and relocation expert who has been traveling the world for 20 years and helping others do the same since 2005. Today, she's also known as YouTube's Traveling with Kristin and is the host of the top-rated Badass Digital Nomads podcast, with listeners…

November 10, 2021 - Less than a month until Digital Nomad Week, the virtual edition with 10,000 nomads expected to attend, and more than 100 speakers including TCN. Continuing our look at the keynote speakers, meet community builder Lily Bruns of Draper Startup House. Lily is an international community builder and content marketer who helps startups tell their story. She is the Country Manager for Thailand at Draper Startup House and she's an avid advocate for digital nomad visas. 1. You are a keynote speaker at Digital Nomad Week in December. Tell us a little about DNW, why you decided…

November 8, 2021 - Less than a month until Digital Nomad Week, the virtual edition with 10,000 nomads expected to attend, and more than 100 speakers including TCN. Continuing our look at the keynote speakers, meet a nomad giving back - Tarek Kholoussy.  Tarek is a social entrepreneur with a BSBA from Georgetown and an MBA with honors from New York University. He's founder of social enterprise called Nomads Giving Back! with the vision to inform, inspire and empower you to give back to the communities you call 'home away from home.' Its goal is to help solve the problem…

October 21, 2021 - In April this year, 10 digital nomads from all over the world came together for the inaugural Dubrovnik Digital Nomads-in-Residence (DNIR) program. As part of European Freelancer Week 2021, TCN caught up with some of them 6 months on - next up Alyssa Isogawa from California.  A year ago, the city of Dubrovnik held the first-ever digital nomad conference in Croatia - Dubrovnik for Digital Nomads - as part of European Freelancer Week. The city has made great strides advancing its DN credentials and strategy, thanks in part to the award-winning Dubrovnik Digital Nomads-in-Residence program, which…

November 3, 2021 - Just over a month until Digital Nomad Week, the virtual edition with 10,000 nomads expected to attend, and more than 100 speakers including TCN. Continuing our look at the keynote speakers, meet the very dynamic Alex Fasulo.  In 2015, Alex Fasulo quit her job with no plan, no money, and no idea what she was going to do with her life. She dove headfirst into freelancing platform, Fiverr, and have never looked back. Today, her freelancing businesses generates 350k+ in income per year, and she is using her experience to show everyone what's possible online today. …

October 31, 2021 - With 5 weeks to go until Digital Nomad Week, TCN continues its series interviewing the keynote speakers. Next up Matt Kepnes, aka Nomadic Matt, who recently visited Croatia. I am really looking forward to speaking at Digital Nomad Week which starts on December 6. It is a great chance to share all the exciting progress taking place in the DN scene in Croatia. Of course, I am a complete unknown on the global nomad scene, so it helps when one of the most recognisble DN personalities happens to be speaking at the same conference. And happened to…

October 31, 2021 - Zagreb Digital Nomad Ambassador number 5 has arrived, as Singaporean Rax Suen takes up residence in the Croatian capital.  It is a measure of how this new breed of remote worker is a little different to my generation when November's Zagreb Digital Nomad Ambassador Rax Suen explained one of the reasons he had applied for the position. "It was on my way home," Rax explained at last night's meetup at Canopy by Hilton.  'Home' being Singapore, and his starting point being Buenos Aires. It is all about perspective, I guess...  Rax is the fifth ambassador in…

October 31, 2021 - A diplomatic handover last night, as outgoing Zagreb Digital Nomad Ambassador Andrae Smith handed over the role to Rax Suen of Singapore at Canopy by Hilton.  An entertaining evening of networking and travel stories at Canpy by Hilton in Zagreb last night, as October's Zagreb Digital Nomad Ambassador Andrae Smith hosted an evening of scary and funny travel stories as she said farewell to Zagreb after a month in the role.  The ambassador program is a continuation of the award-winning Zagreb Digital Nomad Week, where one ambassador spends a calendar month in the Croatian capital, working…