[arg_discuss] ARG Community & Developer Survey!

[Andrea Phillips]

In my poorly conveyed vision, consulting is taking money for giving
advice to somebody else who's making an ARG. You're not the one
involved in actual creative or production work, but you are giving the
benefit of your experience to somebody else's project. I know of a
number of instances where a contract has been issued for consultation
work only, usually in relation to a pitch.

I'll definitely want feedback like this for making a better survey
next year. One big goof I realized much too late to fix: we ask if
people are willing to be contacted for follow-up, but didn't solicit
any contact info! Sheesh. Fail better next time....

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Christy Dena
<cdena at cross-mediaentertainment.com> wrote:

>

> Great to see this Andrea!

>

> Just a question: why is 'consulting' a different category? I mean, when one

> consults they usually do one of the items listed (for example design) work.

> I think 'consulting' is too vague.

>

> Perhaps what you mean is that there needs to be another question that asks

> whether one works full-time, part-time or consults?

>

> Other duties include 'producer' (you could use 'transmedia producer' as this

> is about to be/of has already been ratified by the PGA); and 'transmedia

> story & game analyst/reader' as (sans transmedia) this is already a role in

> film etc.

>

> Best,

> Christy

>

> -----Original Message-----

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> Behalf Of Andrea Phillips

> Sent: Friday, 12 February 2010 09:15

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> Subject: [arg_discuss] ARG Community & Developer Survey!

>

> Some of you already know I've been trying to get together a

> demographic survey of the ARG community, and also a salary survey for

> those of us involved in ARG creation. Celebrate! The survey is here at

> last:

>

> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/36DJNXM

>

> I'd appreciate it if you could take the survey and help encourage

> others to take it, too. The more data we get, the more reliable the

> result will be! We'll be releasing the data in aggregate when the

> survey concludes, on March 11.

>

> Thanks, everyone!

>

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