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Promoting Professional Geekery #41 – Fansource All The Things

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Steven Savage
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(For more Promoting Professional Geekery, see this Roundup of past columns.) If you want to encourage people to use their hobbies and passions in their careers, start paying them or at least having them do work in kind for you. Or, in … Continue reading →

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Roundup: A Guide To Fansourcing

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Steven Savage
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For your convenience, all of the "Guide To Fansourcing" articles in one spot: Part 1: What is Fansourcing – What is fansourcing?  Please note that, as per part 2, we're considering what's discussed a kind of "subset" of overall fansourcing. … Continue reading →

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A Guide To Fansourcing Part 6: Wish List

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Steven Savage
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So I've talked about how and when to do fansourcing, and how to use it to enhance your career.  I'd like to close out this series by looking at some things I'd like to see to help fansourcing: Convention Events … Continue reading →

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A Guide To Fansourcing Part 5: Using Fansourcing In Your Career

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Steven Savage
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So you've fansourced or used fansourcing.  So how are you actually going to use this career-wise?  Sure it was fun and everything (and maybe you even got paid or got some great work done), but how can you use this … Continue reading →

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A Guide To Fansourcing Part 4: How To Fansource

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Steven Savage
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OK we discussed what Fansourcing is, why to do it, and when to use it.  So here's the question that gets pretty complicated – how? It can be more challenging once you get beyond the abstracts and ask "how do … Continue reading →

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A Guide To Fansourcing Part 3: When To Fansource

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Steven Savage
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We've talked about what Fansourcing is (outsourcing things to fans, in our case specifically fan-to-fan).  We've talked about the advantages of it (a lot).  So now the question comes up – when should you use fansourcing. Yeah, as much as … Continue reading →

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A Guide To Fansourcing Part 2: Why Fansource?

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Steven Savage
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A quick note – since last week's "Definition" column I found the term Fansourcing is also being used when media producers outsource things to their fans.  So I'm going to slightly tweak the way I'm using it, and refer to … Continue reading →

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A Guide To Fansourcing Part 1: What Is Fansourcing

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Steven Savage
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We mention Fansourcing here now and then at Fan To Pro.  I hold the honor of deluding myself into believing I coined the term, and it's actually a powerful fan-to-pro tool. So with that being said, it's time to explore … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Professional Geekery | Tagged career advice, fansourcing | 4 Replies

I Have a Job, They Don’t: Fansourcing

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Steven Savage
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You know those friends and fellow fans that are incredibly talented but don't have work?  Yeah, I thought so.  You wonder what you can do for them when they are so talented, so gifted, yet are looking for work.  It's … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Career, Job Search, Video, Film, and Television | Tagged fansourcing, helping the unemployed, job search, references, unemployment | Leave a reply

The Joy of Fansourcing

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Steven Savage
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I talk about Fansourcing quite a bit.  It's because it's important, because it is good for people, and because I'm blatantly trying to get people to use the term to promote the idea. Now of all the benefits I've talked … Continue reading →

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