Comments on: A Social Mission for a Blogging Consultant? http://remarkk.com/2006/12/11/a-social-mission-for-a-blogging-consultant/ OPEN creative communities Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:46:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Remarkk! » 1st Annual Best of Remarkk! http://remarkk.com/2006/12/11/a-social-mission-for-a-blogging-consultant/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Remarkk! » 1st Annual Best of Remarkk! Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:31:54 +0000 http://remarkk.com/2006/12/11/a-social-mission-for-a-blogging-consultant/#comment-2100 [...] A Social Mission for a Blogging Consultant? [...] [...] A Social Mission for a Blogging Consultant? [...]

]]> By: Tara Hunt http://remarkk.com/2006/12/11/a-social-mission-for-a-blogging-consultant/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Tara Hunt Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:54:08 +0000 http://remarkk.com/2006/12/11/a-social-mission-for-a-blogging-consultant/#comment-1927 This is awesome, Mark! I really hope the higher purpose meme spreads everywhere. :) This is awesome, Mark!

I really hope the higher purpose meme spreads everywhere. :)

]]> By: Rohan Jayasekera http://remarkk.com/2006/12/11/a-social-mission-for-a-blogging-consultant/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 Rohan Jayasekera Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:20:49 +0000 http://remarkk.com/2006/12/11/a-social-mission-for-a-blogging-consultant/#comment-1843 It all comes down to the level of pickiness you can get away with. Some people will only do work that they see as improving the world (in addition to improving their own lives!), but few consultants can find enough such work to pay the bills. My approach has always been that I'll accept any client and do whatever is best for them (how "best" is defined is for another discussion!), provided that neither the work nor the overall nature of the client conflicts with my own values. So I wouldn't work for an arms manufacturer, but if a company manufactured a thousand products and three of them were for arms I'd still help create their accounting system — if only because I probably wouldn't even know about the three products: I'm not going to be able to vet all of a company's activities before signing the contract. I suppose that a conflict might appear after I've started on the job, but that has yet to happen for me. It all comes down to the level of pickiness you can get away with. Some people will only do work that they see as improving the world (in addition to improving their own lives!), but few consultants can find enough such work to pay the bills.

My approach has always been that I’ll accept any client and do whatever is best for them (how “best” is defined is for another discussion!), provided that neither the work nor the overall nature of the client conflicts with my own values. So I wouldn’t work for an arms manufacturer, but if a company manufactured a thousand products and three of them were for arms I’d still help create their accounting system — if only because I probably wouldn’t even know about the three products: I’m not going to be able to vet all of a company’s activities before signing the contract.

I suppose that a conflict might appear after I’ve started on the job, but that has yet to happen for me.

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