Making Your Skills About More Than Just Money: Freelance Advocacy
Last December, I wrote about packaging your skills as a gift. Recently, I’ve realized that freelancers are also in a great position to work for advocacy, rather than “just” charity.
Take the recent Kathy Sierra controversy. Ron Elizondo decided to do something about it, and he’s distributing a logo to raise awareness over the whole issue. He took the time to create the logo, “market” it on his blog (which, like Contract Worker, is part of b5media’s business channel), and spread the word through email.
That’s a perfect example of devoting your precious time and skills to highlight an issue that’s important to you. More examples:
- A freelance photographer can take compelling pictures to highlight his country’s poverty problem
- A designer can create an eflyer that focuses on his city’s garbage problem.
- A consultant could subtly highlight the benefits of being environmentally friendly to clients, showing how it’s actualy better for business, instead of relying on righteous arguments.
- A writer can of course write, arguing why the need to address a certain privacy violation is urgent.
- A programmer can create a web-based application that quizzes people on how much they know about corruption in his state.
The possibilities are endless. I’d provide more examples if I was more familiar with how it is in other fields. How else can freelancers use their talent and time to support something they believe in?
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