Promoting Professional Geekery #35: Connect Groups

(For more Promoting Professional Geekery, see this Roundup of past columns.)

You know how it goes.  You’re there helping plan a convention and someone mentions they really need some artists for a project.  The artists group you hang with is looking for work.  That networking group of techheads is shrinking because of time limits, attrition, and people finding work.

All those geeky/progeeky groups have needs, and interested people.  They’ve got plenty of progeeks who could benefit from the two groups teaming up . . . 

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Promoting Professional Geekery #34 – Answer Questions

You have a lot in common with us here at fan to pro.  Good looks, charm, creativity.  Beyond that, you also want to help professional geeks like yourself (and future professional geeks), get their careers working.So how are you answering questions to help them out?  Are you actively seeking to answer specific questions or accessible?  You’ve got a lot of knowledge, so look for a way to let it out in ways that help people solve particular problems.

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