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What are your planned crowdfunding projects for May? What did you accomplish during April?

The May [community profile] crowdfunding Creative Jam will run Saturday 17-Sunday 18 with a theme of "Facing Darkness."
 
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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is a celebration of the platform's anniversary, running April 25-May 15. During this time, people post content only visible on Dreamwidth (although it can be reposted elsewhere after the event ends). There's usually a flurry of activity as bloggers share anchor posts, new fiction, icons, banners, questionnaires, friending fests, memes, and other goodies. Community hosts often hold special activities in their communities too. Watch your reading page for more festivities.  

Are you posting about crowdfunding? You can crosspost those entries here. Are you doing anything for Three Weeks in your blog or other community? Post a comment about that to attract more readers. Follow the Threeweeks feed. See my 2024 Questionnaire and a list of other thematic questionnaires.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15


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What are your planned crowdfunding projects for May? What did you accomplish during April?

The May [community profile] crowdfunding Creative Jam will run Saturday 18-Sunday 19 with a theme of "Nature." 

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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is a celebration of the platform's anniversary, running April 25-May 15. During this time, people post content only visible on Dreamwidth (although it can be reposted elsewhere after the event ends). There's usually a flurry of activity as bloggers share anchor posts, new fiction, icons, banners, questionnaires, friending fests, memes, and other goodies. Community hosts often hold special activities in their communities too. Watch your reading page for more festivities.

Are you posting about crowdfunding? You can crosspost those entries here. Are you doing anything for Three Weeks in your blog or other community? Post a comment about that to attract more readers. Follow the Threeweeks feed. See my 2024 Questionnaire and a list of other thematic questionnaires.

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth April 25-May 15


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Watch for the upcoming event Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, running April 25-May 15. Folks post content only visible on Dreamwidth, and there are usually memes and other activities too. Mark your calendars!

This year I'm planning to focus on questions and questionnaires as a means of building community. That'll create a few good anchor posts along with the daily question posts.

If anyone else wants to make or copy their Three Weeks posts here, anything on the subject of crowdfunding (or related things like how to serialize a story in your blog) is welcome.

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What are your planned crowdfunding projects for May? What did you accomplish during April?

The May Creative Jam will run Saturday 20-Sunday 21 with a theme of "Darkness and Lightness."
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Welcome to the 112th Crowdfunding Creative Jam! This session will run Saturday, May 14-Sunday, May 15. The theme is "Resistance." That can be electrical resistance, personal avoidance, a resistance movement in history or fiction, whatever.

Crowdfunding Creative Jam

Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.

Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.

Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.

Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.

Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.

Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.

Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this will be. Hopefully we'll see activity from a lot of folks who regularly mention their projects in this community, but new people are always welcome. You can link to this session post or to individual items created from prompts, whatever you think is awesome enough to recommend to your friends.
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What are your planned crowdfunding projects for May? What did you accomplish during April?

The May Creative Jam will run Saturday 14-Sunday 15 with a theme of "Resistance."

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is running April 25-May 1.  Here are activities for [community profile] crowdfunding.  This is a blogging questionnaire.
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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is a celebration of the platform's anniversary, running April 25-May 15. See Ways to Participate and a Blogging Questionnaire.

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This is a continuation of the crowdfunding glossary.


honor roll -- a list of names (sometimes with links and/or icons) recognizing a project's patrons and/or other supporters.

hub site -- a website that hosts activities relating to many different projects.  There are fundraiser hub sites for crowdfunding projects, such as Kickstarter or IndieGoGo.  There are also hub sites that host specific types of content, such as webcomics or fiction.  Also called a platform or host site.

landing page -- the post or website page where links to a project should point, usually containing a summary of the project and a guide to its parts.  This provides a gateway for new visitors to learn about the project, and a navigation tool for established fans to find their way through it.  Read about "How to Make a Landing Page."

linkback -- promotion of a project by posting the URL to its landing page, current session, an individual item, or other tidbit in the viewer's own venue.  This helps attract more people to the project.  Also known as linklove or linkluv.

microfunding -- sometimes a synonym for "crowdfunding" in wider use, it more often refers to a version of cyberfunded creativity where patrons make small donations to fund an item piece-by-piece that is too big for any one of them to sponsor all at once.  For example, an epic poem might be priced per line and posted one verse at a time.  Serial fiction is often funded and posted by installment.

patron -- someone who contributes money to a crowdfunded project.  It may apply to a specific item for publication, or to the project as a whole.  Also known as donor or sponsor.

perk -- a benefit for doing something in a crowdfunded project, such as making a donation or linking back to a post.  A fiction project might have a perk of extending a story; an art project might go from black-and-white to color.  Perks may be individual (if you pay X amount, you get to see an extra poem privately) or collective (if total donations reach Y amount, an extra poem is published for everyone to enjoy). There are many types of perks and ways to earn them.  Also known as rewards or incentives.

progress meter -- an interactive graphic that provides a visual representation of moving toward a goal.  These may show donations, pages written, sketches uploaded, or whatever else the creator wishes to track.  Something often happens upon reaching the goal, such as the audience getting a perk.  Note that projects often have multiple goals, while most meters can only track one (the highest).  Also known as a ticker.  A popular source is TickerFactory.

project -- a general term for crowdfunded material with defined parameters.  A project may be a one-time activity or object (such as a book), or it may be ongoing (such as a free art day held monthly).  See "Types of Crowdfunded Project."

prompter -- someone who provides inspiration and suggestions to a creator, usually during a call for prompts.  Regular prompters in an ongoing project can build up considerable influence, especially if they request topics that rarely get portrayed in the creative arts.  A prompter may or may not also support the project in other ways. 

pseudonym -- something other than the creator's legal name used to identify who created a work.  This can be a nickname, pen name, username on a particular online service, etc.  Some creators post a list of their different pseudonyms so people can find them in different venues.


[To be continued...]

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Here is another installment of the crowdfunding glossary.


donation button -- a small graphic on the screen which may be clicked to take the shopper to a money handling site where they may send funds to the creator.  Most often, this is the PayPal "Donate" button, because that's the version which allows the shopper to designate the amount (useful if the project has many items of different prices).  The usual locations for a donation button include the project's landing page, the creator's profile or bio page, a session post for an ongoing project, and the page or post where an individual item within a project is available.

fan -- someone who is devoted to a crowdfunded project, but isn't necessarily contributing money to it.  Fans keep the project alive by paying attention to it, most often through comments and/or inspiration.  Some creators and projects are fueled mainly by fan enthusiasm.  A fan may or may not also be a barker, aiding the project through promotion in other venues. 

feedback -- anything from the audience that gives the creator useful targeting information about a crowdfunded project.  This may include comments, votes in a poll, prompts, linkbacks, using a "favorite" or "like" function, reviews, ratings, etc.

fishbowl -- a traditional exercise in which someone does an activity in front of an audience, while the audience makes suggestions or analytical comments.  In a writing or art class, this is typically done by seating one or a few people at the front of the room to work while the rest of the class observes; ideas or observations may be recorded on the blackboard.  In cyberfunded creativity, this has been adapted to a live writing or art activity online, usually hosted on a blog, where audience members post ideas and the creator makes something using those ideas.  The fishbowl technique can also be used for brainstorming business projects or other ideas.

ficlet -- a short piece of fiction, usually under 1000 words.  Some crowdfunded fiction is written in brief segments, which may be extended by donations or other audience actions.  Also known as microfic.

first-reader -- a volunteer editor.  This is a friend, family member, or fan who looks over a rough draft and suggests improvements so that you can make revisions before the final version gets published.  Some crowdfunding projects provide perks for supporters who do this.

flash fiction -- a short piece of fiction, usually intended to stand alone, although it may belong to a series.  There is no concensus as to what the length of flash fiction "should" be, but ranges average 300-1000 words.  Some people use the term to mean any short-short story.

general fund -- a pool of donations not earmarked for sponsoring a specific item, but paid toward supporting the project as a whole.  Some projects simply put this toward covering overhead costs.  Others use it to fund items not sponsored by individual patrons; the audience may get to vote in a poll to select what gets released based on the amount in the general fund and what items are available.

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This is the beginning of a crowdfunding glossary.


ad swap -- an exchange in which two or more projects promote each other using banners or other images/text.  It's usually a free exchange of ad space, rather than just paying for the advertising.  This makes it more accessible to people who have a venue but may not have a lot of cash.  Plus it's pretty much self-targeting because audiences into crowdfunding often enjoy multiple projects.


alternative publishing -- methods of releasing a product, such as literature or music, outside the conventional publication industry.  This includes crowdfunding and self-publishing.

audience interaction -- the process of exchanging ideas between creators and consumers.  Audience interaction is a major aspect of the crowdfunding business model, which distinguishes it from conventional models that tend to separate creators from consumers.  The audience consists of all the people interested in a project, whether they just lurk or support it with inspiration, prompts, money, etc.  But it's the lively, active part of the audience that really counts in crowdfunding, the people who respond to polls, leave feedback, influence the plot of a story, pick which sketches get posted, etc.  Creators who like to talk with their supporters, and folks who like to hang out with creative people, are drawn to crowdfunding because it facilitates this connection.

barker -- someone who promotes a project frequently across various online venues.  They may write about it on their blog, post links via Twitter or Facebook, and otherwise attract more traffic.  Some projects have perks for linkbacks or other promotional activities.  A barker may or may not also be a patron; promotion is an excellent way to support a project for people who don't have much money. 

buy it now -- a feature originally offered by some online auctions, this has adapted in crowdfunding as a purchase option.  It may indicate the full price for something that could otherwise be microfunded, or temporary access to something that will be removed from sale if not sold within a limited time.

call for prompts -- asking the audience to provide ideas for writing, sketching, or other creative activities.  There may or may not be a theme.  Some portion of the material produced is often posted for free, and prompters may get a private look at the results from their own prompt.  This activity may be done live, as in a fishbowl; but it can be used to store ideas for long-term use instead.  Also known as a prompt call.

creator -- a person who runs a crowdfunded project; can be an artist, poet, author, diviner, musician, etc.

crowdfunding -- a business model in which ordinary people pool small amounts of their own money to accomplish something similar to what a big business or bank can do.  It allows a creator or entrepreneur to appeal directly to an audience, thus avoiding the bottleneck of conventional finance or publication methods.

cyberfunded creativity -- a business model in which creators connect directly with an audience online.  It features a higher level of interaction than the conventional publication process and removes the bottleneck of publishers, music companies, art galleries, etc.  Creators can produce and sell anything they can find a market for; and audiences can inspire and sponsor works to their own taste.  Cyberfunded creativity is a subtype of crowdfunding focused on creative material in online venues.


[To be continued ...]

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 Dreamwidth is doing an activity to boost posts, starting on Monday, called "Three Weeks for Dreamwidth."  The idea is to have a new post every day that will -- at least for a while -- be visible only on DW.  I think it would be fun, and might help attract new members, for this community to participate.  Some possibilities ...

1) Post about yourself, like reprising an introduction.

2) Link to a crowfunding project that you produce or donate to.

3) Post a question that you think would start an interesting discussion about crowdfunding.

4) We could do a friending meme here in hopes of connecting members to each other.

Do you have any more ideas?  

There are icons and banners for 3WFDW.  Using the tag "three weeks for dreamwidth" should pipe the posts into a stream where people can see all the stuff being written for this activity.  That's a good way to get attention, so let's make the most of it.


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