Events, Freelance Cafe West

Snap Judgment – LIVE!, June 6, 5pm, SF

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Another great event happening in SF next week. This one from FC member Glynn Washington of Snap Judgment. Should be a fabulous show!
-mia

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Join us for the taping of our first-ever TV show: “Snap Judgment: LIVE!” That’s right, the nation’s finest storytellers ROCK one stage for one night. This event will sell out . . . but you get first dibs!

June 6th, Brava Theatre, San Francisco, 5 – 7:30 pm.

After blowing up the NPR radio airwaves, Snap Judgment takes the magic to the stage! Amazing storytelling performances backed up by the bumping beats and stylistic tunes of the “Snap Judgment Playas.”

Get your tickets now – brag to your friends later! Purchase tickets online at:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/113310

Your ticket includes an after-the-show-up-close-and-personal beer and wine reception with the artists.

**We will film this event, and might even put your beautiful visage on the television show!**

Glynn Washington
Host / Executive Producer
Snap Judgment Underground Studios
405 14th Street, Suite 900
Oakland CA, 94612
SnapJudgment.org

415.250.2516
“Snap Judgment.  Storytelling, with a BEAT.”
Skype: gdwashington

Events, Freelance Cafe West

Book Release Party! June 16, 7:30 pm, SF

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Help one of our members celebrate the release of her new book. Details below! -mia

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Please join me to celebrate the release of my book, Tortured: When Good Soldiers Do Bad Things. 

There will be drinks, books for sale, and good times! 

When:  Wednesday, June 16th at 7:30

Where:  Homestead, 2301 Folsom  (at 19th Street) 
I will be hosting readings at Modern Times, Book Passage and Alexander Book Co. (details are at justinesharrock.com) but the 16th will be pure celebration, torture free. 

Gigs, TV/Film/Video

Kids’ Science Challenge needs video logger

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Hey all. Kids’ Science Challenge is looking for a video logger – budget and amount of work is negotiable.

Check out http://www.kidsciencechallenge.com/ and email me with a quick note about your rate and qualifications if you’re interested/available. I will put you in touch with the right person.

Thanks!
-Mia

PS: If you don’t know what a video logger is, this job is probably not for you.

Audio/Radio, Gigs

TAL request for pitches

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Latest request from TAL. Please note their pitch process in the third graf. Good luck!
-mia

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Hello This American Life contributors,

Thanks so much for your all responses to our last theme list. Our next list will be sent out soon, and in the meantime, we'd like to get your input on a new theme-in-progress that will air in a couple weeks: "Held Hostage".

The show will include a story about a radio station in Columbia that broadcasts messages from the family members of hostages to their captive loved ones. But we're also looking for stories that deal with less literal hostage situations people trying to escape or cope with whatever in their lives is keeping them captive. We're particularly interested in stories where the hostage situation is humorous or lighthearted. Or where the "hostage" is a thing instead of a person.

A reminder of how this process works: When you send in a story idea, you'll get a generic email letting you know that we've read your pitch. If we think the pitch is right for the show, or if we need more information, you'll hear back from us. But if you don't hear back from us within two weeks from the auto-reply email, it means the story just isn't right for us or for the needs of that particular show. The idea of doing it this way is just to get through pitches and get back to everyone a little more quickly.

Also, for this theme only, please address all your pitches to Ben Calhoun, (ben@thislife.org) and/or Lisa Pollak (lisa@thislife.org).

As always, thanks so much for your pitches. All of us here are very appreciative.

Best,
Lisa and Ben

Freelance Cafe West, TV/Film/Video, Workshops

Video Preservation Workshop at BAVC, June 7

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Valuable workshop on file digitization offered at Bay Area Video Coalition on June 7. BAVC is a great organization and the workshop price is pretty reasonable for this important info. Details below.
-Mia

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Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)
Presents a Workshop on Digital Preservation for Video
Monday, June 7, 2010
10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
 
at Bay Area Video Coaltion (BAVC) in San Francisco, CA
 
If content on analog videotape is to survive for the long term, the tapes must be digitized–moved from the unstable magnetic media on which the content is currently held, into the digital realm where–in theory–they can be preserved indefinitely and migrated forward as files rather than physical objects. 
 
Digitization, however, means more than simply selecting a destination file format.  It requires a series of decisions that will determine the long-term viability of files created–and thus of the valuable video content. Workshop topics include: basic digital file creation, preservation and access file formats and codecs, software, storage and trusted digital repositories, workflows for digitization, and technical and preservation metadata. In addition, participants will examine case studies of small and large-scale digitization projects in order to understand real-world applications of principles introduced in the workshop.
 
Presenter:  Linda Tadic consults and lectures in areas of digital asset management, audiovisual and digital preservation, and metadata.  She is Executive Director of the Audiovisual Archive Network (www.archivenetwork.org), and an adjunct professor in New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation graduate degree program, teaching two core courses: Collection Management, and Access to Moving Image Collections.  Ms. Tadic’s over 25 years experience working with and managing audiovisual, digital, and broadcasting collections includes the positions of Manager of the Digital Library at Home Box Office (HBO), and Director of the Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia. She is the past Director of Operations for ARTstor.
 
Workshop location: 
Bay Area Video Coalition                                               
2727 Mariposa Street, 2nd Floor      
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415.861.3282                                                                       
www.bavc.org    
 
Workshop fee and registration:
$100 IMAP and BAVC members
$150 non-members
                                              
$50 artists and students
Register at www.imappreserve.org
Inquiries: imap@imappreserve.org
Pre-payment is required with registration.  Space is limited. 
IMAP programs are supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and from individual contributions.

Gigs, Multimedia

Columbia Earth Institute travel opportunities for journalists

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VERY long list of international travel opportunities for journalists through the Earth Institute. NOTE: Journalists must pay their own way, but they do want to support coverage of their research. Check it out. Or click here if you want the pdf version from their website.
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Kevin Krajick
Senior science writer,The Earth Institute
The Earth Institute <http://www.earth.columbia.edu/>

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
MEDIA ADVISORY

MAY 20, 2010

Upcoming Scientific Travel Opportunities for Journalists

Journalists are encouraged to cover expeditions by Earth Institute researchers, who work on every continent and ocean. Here are upcoming trips of potential interest, in rough chronological order (some dates approximate). Work in the New York City/Hudson Valley region is in a separate section below. Journalists may accompany scientists on a case-by-case basis; news organizations must pay for travel to sites.

Unless otherwise stated, projects originate with our Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory <http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/>.   For those wishing to follow remotely, many teams post blogs on our State of the Planet pages <http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/> .

Go to our Media Advisory page: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2637, where updates also are posted.

More info: Kevin Krajick kkrajick@ei.columbia.edu 212-854-9729.

Kim Martineau, kmartineau@ei.columbia.edu 845-365-8708.

Gigs

PRPD RFP for Online Knowledge Base producer

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Interesting opportunity from the Public Radio Program Directors Association. Proposal deadline is June 4. Details below.
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Goal:
The Public Radio Program Directors Association Inc. (PRPD) seeks responses from qualified vendors and web developers to develop material for the Knowledge Base of www.prpd.org relating to current practices in and impact and dynamics of Digital Media related to programming in the public radio system.

Background:
A prime service to PRPD members is an online resource providing programmers with knowledge on a wide range of skills and practices associated with programming radio services. In 2005, we moved our PD Handbook from print to online and established it as the basis for a comprehensive Knowledge Base. With the rapid development and change in Digital Media as a key area of focus for public service media, the “placeholder” sections have become out of date.

PRPD envisions this resource as a dynamic series of pages and links. The dynamism of this rapidly evolving field requires a different set of standards than our historic “established best practices” approach to radio skills. More appropriate will be more of a “best practices to date” approach, one that will reflect the current state of the art and be easily updated as practices evolve. We understand that whatever is developed will require continual monitoring and updating as we gain experience and learn what works best to serve audiences.

Scope of Work:
To develop within the PRPD.org Knowledge Base comprehensive resources covering the latest practices in Digital Media as related to public radio operations including, but not limited to:
• Social media
• Streaming audio
• Podcasting
• Web sites
• News coverage in various platforms
• Integration with on-air efforts
• Mobile technology
• Platforms and Apps and the dynamics of each

Such knowledge may take the form of prose pages, links to existing knowledge and examples, case studies and/or audio/video, including incorporation of existing PRPD webinar recordings. We are open to alternate configurations that might fulfill the primary objective of helping programmers guide their decisions and aggregate the accumulating knowledge in these areas.

Requirements for any responses to PRPD:

Please provide the following:
• Details on how you would support each of the requirements & features
listed above.
• Estimates for all costs involved.
• Proposed timeline.
• An outline of particular areas of expertise and experience that
makes your proposal the best choice to provide PRPD.
• Three references with whom we may contact concerning your past
projects.

Interested parties may write to info@prpd.org to request a temporary password to access the member restricted sections of the PRPD Knowledge Base to aid in preparing a proposal. Such password will expire on the submission deadline date.

Selection Process:
All RFP responses should contain a detailed description of how the prospective contractor will fulfill the requirements contained herein. Please do not send marketing brochures or “boilerplate” proposal materials.

After reviewing RFP responses, PRPD may conduct interviews with candidates as necessary before awarding a contract.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, June 4, 2010. Please send the proposal by email to Arthur Cohen, acohen@prpd.org with a cc to info@prpd.org.

Freelance Cafe West, Internships, Print

internship with great food editor/writer

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Hey all. So this is unpaid (I know, I know) but word is that it's worth it to have an opportunity to work with this guy. -Mia

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This is a link to an unpaid internship with a great food writer and editor, Scott Hocker (formerly of San Francisco Magazine, now of Tasting Table).  Someone who loves food who's just getting into the biz would really learn a ton from working with him. 

Freelance Cafe West, Multimedia

MAPP seeks story artists for SF event, June 5

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KALW's Martina Castro is planning a very cool event on June 5 for the Mission Arts and Performance Project and she needs your stories. Details follow. -Mia

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Bringing Story Artists Together for MAPP

KALW Senior editor, radio producer, and reporter Martina Castro is planning an event for the upcoming Mission Arts and Performance Project on June 5th and is looking for "story artists" who would like to be on the program and perform a story. You can email her at mariamartinacastro@gmail.com if you are interested, with an idea of what your story would be and how long you would need to tell it (also please note if you would require any special equipment).

What is MAPP?

If by chance you don't know about MAPP, it's a bi-monthly event on a Saturday evening when performances are organized around the Mission District, so that people can walk to and from local spaces — cafes, restaurants, people's homes — and get to see local artists perform and hopefully get to join in. The spirit of MAPP is for things to be informal and inviting to the community and for people who partake — an act of "cultural activism," if you will.

What's special about this event?

For her first event in MAPP, Martina wanted to create a celebration of storytelling in all of its forms and mediums, bringing radio producers, print journalists, photographers, alongside musicians and traditionally recognized artists to share in the art of what we ALL do — tell good stories.

If you're a journalist, the idea is to bring one of your best audio or print stories, condense it to five or ten minutes (or less, if its super short, those are good too!) and either read it aloud or play it for the audience. The important thing would be to look for a way to create a live element to the story, perhaps you can cut out the tracks and read them aloud to a recording of your actualities…or think of an instrument that would sound good as a soundtrack and we can pair you up with a musician…feel free to be creative. 🙂

For musicians/singers/visual artists the idea would be to bring a work that comes with some storyline that you can share. If you are an instrumentalist and want to participate, we can pair you up with someone who will be reading a story so you can provide live soundtrack.


Martina needs to hear from you by Sunday May 23rd if you are interested in participating.

Please pass this on to anyone you think would be interested, and if you cant make it or don't want to this time around, there are many other ways to help out!

We are currently looking to borrow or rent the following materials:

— microphone
— microphone stand
— big seat cushions that can be used outdoors
— blankets that can be used outdoors
— folding chairs

— benches
— candles
— Christmas lights

Events, Freelance Cafe West

Freelance Camp SF, June 5

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Some of you may have attended the Santa Cruz freelance camp awhile back – now it's happening in SF! Details below. -Mia

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Freelance Camp Pro: San Francisco

Saturday, June 5, 2010 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Freelance Camp PRO San Francisco 2010 is a new twist on the established series of BarCamps for freelancers and independent contractors. If you have been running freelance business full time for a year or more and are looking to trade notes with peers, this is the right venue.

Thanks to our very cool sponsors, the cost of Freelance Camp is only $50. Come ready to learn and, if you are up to it, ready to talk!

Register for the Event Now!

Space is limited to 120 people and we will close signup at that point so don't miss out.

 Event Details
Location NextSpace San Francisco
28 2nd Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA
Cost $50
Included Breakfast, Lunch and cool schwag
URL www.freelancecamp.org
Stay Connected

Stay connected leading up to and after the event via our Facebook Freelance Camp Page and on Twitter: @freelancecampsf.

Who Should Come?

If you sell your services (or are considering it), you are a perfect fit:
  • Developers
  • Designers
  • Marketers
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Writers
  • Bloggers / Journalists
  • Engineers
  • Lawyers
  • Financial advisers
  • Sales
  • Artists
  • Accountants
Historically, the bulk of attendees have been from hi-tech. We encourage all types of owners to come to provide a balanced perspective to business.

What To Expect

We have based our events on the BarCamp format, which is a network of user generated participatory events whose content is fully provided by the participants. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. Here are some tips on how to prepare:

  1. Come with an answer and some questions to help make the agenda in the morning.
  2. Hang out with cool people and compare notes with other business owners in similar industries.
  3. Meet folks who can help your business and/or others whom you can help.
  4. Find potential clients, subcontractors and partners.
  5. Work together to figure out how we can all get more time and money out of our companies.

Never heard of a bar camp? Here is a quick intro:

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense informational event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

how it works | the rules
What Will We Talk About?

Here are some of the topics we imagine might surface. Of course, you the attendee will chose the topics on the day of the BarCamp:

  • Transitioning from Freelance to Agency
  • Balancing Products with Services
  • Running 100% Remote
  • Freelance Coops & Coworking
  • The Art of Subcontracting
  • Advanced Toolkits: PM Systems, Finance & Communication
  • Beyond the Basic Services
  • Long Term Clients

Our Sponsors
We have been blessed with a phenomenal outpouring of sponsorship offers this year so we wanted to give a quick shout out to some pretty special groups that are nurturing this year's event!
Your browser may not support display of this image. Outright
Outright streamlines the work involved with working for yourself; Outright.com will help you pay the right taxes, simplify accounting, and keep your business on track and growing. Created because freelancers struggle to capture business deductions, mileage, and manage contractors. Believing you spend way too much time on the least enjoyable part of your livelihood, Outright's goal is to make it simple; free bookkeeping on auto pilot.
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 Pennbrook | CAIB Insurance Services
Pennbrook | CAIB Insurance Services is a full service insurance brokerage located in downtown San Francisco who caters to business and personal clients. We anticipate their needs via risk management services and insurance products including property, general liability, directors & officers' liability, errors & omissions, bonds, workers compensation, employee benefits, individual auto, home & health. Since 1982, we have assisted our clients to understand their risks. We provide each client with a team of professionals including a single point of contact, risk manager, account manager and your own claims specialist.
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 NextSpace
NextSpace is the workplace for the new economy. We provide innovative physical and virtual infrastructure that freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creative class professionals need to succeed in the 21st century knowledge economy. In an increasingly disconnected world, NextSpace creates a collaborative community that is revolutionizing the nature of work. NextSpace produces several local Freelance Camps and co manages the global Freelance Camp movement with Shane & Peter.
Your browser may not support display of this image. Shane & Peter
Two people meet in a coffee shop while working on their laptops. They quickly discover that they have much in common and a great deal to learn from each other. A friendship is born. A partnership is forged. This is the story of Shane, Peter, and many other independent business owners throughout the world. This is a case study of a global phenomenon. Portable technology and wireless access to information have inspired a revolution in business practices. Highly skilled professionals are now in control of their schedule, their income, their work and their lifestyle. Our clients in turn get efficiency, accountability, superior quality and a passion for success. Our mission is to build a comprehensive network of independent contractors and to mediate their skills with the business needs of our clients. Shane & Peter are co-founders of Freelance Camp.
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 24Seven
24Seven is the leading talent recruitment agency for the biggest names in fashion, retail, beauty, marketing, advertising, and entertainment. We represent the best talent in the industries that we serve, and our recruiters have the professional experience necessary to guarantee clients that we make the right match for your business. With one call, we can fill the freelance or full time jobs you need-quickly and effectively. No request is too big or too small. No time frame too demanding. And true to our name, we're always here for you.
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 Cosmic Design Company
We are a creative design company based in the innovative surf-city of Santa Cruz, California. We are passionate about using creative design as an effective marketing strategy to help your business succeed. We work closely with you to develop a comprehensive brand strategy and think of creative ways to capture your passion and individuality in all aspects of your branding including logos, print materials, and websites.
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 Colliers International
Colliers International is a leading global real estate services organization defined by our spirit of enterprise. Through our culture of service excellence and a shared sense of initiative, we have integrated the resources of real estate specialists worldwide to accelerate the success of our clients.
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 Mozilla
We're a global community of thousands who sincerely believe in the power of technology to enrich people's lives. We're a public benefit organization dedicated not to making money but to improving the way people everywhere experience the Internet. And we're an open source software project whose code has been used as a platform for some of the Internet's most innovative projects.

Iris Kavanagh (r)evolutionary + Chief Operating Officer  |  NextSpace Coworking + Innovation, Inc.

831.420.0710  | iris@nextspace.us  |  http://nextspace.us

Local Freelance Camp Organizer/ Worldwide Camp Facilitator

Freelance Camp. In Business For Yourself, Not By Yourself. Find one near you…http://www.freelancecamp.org/