(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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