Comments on: IndieBiz - How to get an Indie Intern http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern/ You might be awesome, but we are the Indyish! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Risa Dickens http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern/#comment-25981 Risa Dickens Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:13 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern#comment-25981 thanks tessa and mar, it's great to hear we did an ok job. here's part 2.. http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-keep-an-indie-intern thanks tessa and mar, it’s great to hear we did an ok job.
here’s part 2..
http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-keep-an-indie-intern

]]> By: Tessa http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern/#comment-25855 Tessa Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:44:24 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern#comment-25855 risa and el (who composed the entire team when i joined on as an intern at indyish.com a year and a half ago) are also all about handing off responsibilities with trust and then giving really constructive criticism and praise. that's a big part of what made me stick around. at such a small organization (staff-wise) i was given enough responsibility to feel appreciated but not abused. and though my title at indyish has always been a bit sketchy (like most of us?) i continued to take on more work until i became a part of the team. i think i found the ad on craigslist, which i still regularly check, though it has about one good post in 100. risa's words about clarifying your voice in ads is really important i think. i wasn't even looking for an internship at the time (let alone something in marketing) yet i responded to the ad and felt like it was something i wanted to join and help and learn from. i would suggest looking in lots of weird places (i think the ad was posted under "marketing/pr" which i know nothing about. but then i tend to get excited about throwing myself into weird places, thinking i'll figure it out as i go) my interest was piqued by the words: mile end, arts, network, and the general sense of clicking with the writers of the ad. risa and el (who composed the entire team when i joined on as an intern at indyish.com a year and a half ago) are also all about handing off responsibilities with trust and then giving really constructive criticism and praise. that’s a big part of what made me stick around. at such a small organization (staff-wise) i was given enough responsibility to feel appreciated but not abused. and though my title at indyish has always been a bit sketchy (like most of us?) i continued to take on more work until i became a part of the team.

i think i found the ad on craigslist, which i still regularly check, though it has about one good post in 100. risa’s words about clarifying your voice in ads is really important i think. i wasn’t even looking for an internship at the time (let alone something in marketing) yet i responded to the ad and felt like it was something i wanted to join and help and learn from. i would suggest looking in lots of weird places (i think the ad was posted under “marketing/pr” which i know nothing about. but then i tend to get excited about throwing myself into weird places, thinking i’ll figure it out as i go)

my interest was piqued by the words: mile end, arts, network, and the general sense of clicking with the writers of the ad.

]]> By: Marilis Cardinal http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern/#comment-25844 Marilis Cardinal Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:33:11 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern#comment-25844 awww! what a great post. I don't even remember which website the call for intern I saw was on, but I found it by typing "internship arts montreal" I believe, or something along those lines, so the tags most definetly helped. It's a wonderful story that somehow things worked out the way they did and the whole love affair that I have with Indyish right now. It's been a pleasure and a truly inspiring experience to work with such talented and driven people as the ones who are part of the indyish team and I'm happy to have suck around and see it grow the way it did. I think the positive attitude of Risa and frequent high fives definetly made me want to stay and see what was going to happen with this big operation, that's definetly something that someone who's looking to get and keep interns should keep in mind. I've heard a lot of horror stories about interns being treated like slaves and just generally being taken advantage of, and that is just not cool! Yeah! High five Risa! awww! what a great post. I don’t even remember which website the call for intern I saw was on, but I found it by typing “internship arts montreal” I believe, or something along those lines, so the tags most definetly helped. It’s a wonderful story that somehow things worked out the way they did and the whole love affair that I have with Indyish right now. It’s been a pleasure and a truly inspiring experience to work with such talented and driven people as the ones who are part of the indyish team and I’m happy to have suck around and see it grow the way it did. I think the positive attitude of Risa and frequent high fives definetly made me want to stay and see what was going to happen with this big operation, that’s definetly something that someone who’s looking to get and keep interns should keep in mind. I’ve heard a lot of horror stories about interns being treated like slaves and just generally being taken advantage of, and that is just not cool!

Yeah! High five Risa!

]]> By: Risa Dickens http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern/#comment-25585 Risa Dickens Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:02:31 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern#comment-25585 great info nadine, thanks! i have to say, out of experience with maybe 6 different indyish interns, i learned something about indyish and business from every single one, although only 2 blew my mind, stuck around and became team. great info nadine, thanks! i have to say, out of experience with maybe 6 different indyish interns, i learned something about indyish and business from every single one, although only 2 blew my mind, stuck around and became team.

]]> By: Nadine Benny http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern/#comment-25499 Nadine Benny Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:37:16 +0000 http://www.indyish.com/indiebiz-how-to-get-an-indie-intern#comment-25499 Great post Risa! We are really excited about our intern at Mess. Montreal. I got my start in the business world as an intern. A lot of luck and a bit of chops got me in to the Co-op program in Marketing at Concordia, and I continue to say that 90% of my university education came from those 4 internships. My experience in all 4 was mostly super positive. There ARE great government programs - 3 of my internships were thus funded, 2 of those in the non profit sector (Jane Goodall Institute of Canada (www.janegoodall.ca) and Boys and Girls Club of LaSalle (www.bgclasalle.com) if you're wondering, two great orgs). The last internship was the clincher though. A well known and freshly independent Montreal singer-songwriter was looking for some help and she inquired at Concordia. She was scared off by the threat of paper work, but my co-op administrator secretly told me of the inquiry, and I chased that singer down, took care of the paperwork - which was really not that bad - and ended up spending 3 months working in her appartment as her personal assistant and business manager. AMAZING experience. And I got PAID. What? I promise to look through my old forsaken University papers and find out what grant it was so I can let you all know. It requires a minimum amount of business structure, but is worth the effort. Great post Risa! We are really excited about our intern at Mess. Montreal.

I got my start in the business world as an intern. A lot of luck and a bit of chops got me in to the Co-op program in Marketing at Concordia, and I continue to say that 90% of my university education came from those 4 internships. My experience in all 4 was mostly super positive.

There ARE great government programs - 3 of my internships were thus funded, 2 of those in the non profit sector (Jane Goodall Institute of Canada (www.janegoodall.ca) and Boys and Girls Club of LaSalle (www.bgclasalle.com) if you’re wondering, two great orgs).

The last internship was the clincher though. A well known and freshly independent Montreal singer-songwriter was looking for some help and she inquired at Concordia. She was scared off by the threat of paper work, but my co-op administrator secretly told me of the inquiry, and I chased that singer down, took care of the paperwork - which was really not that bad - and ended up spending 3 months working in her appartment as her personal assistant and business manager. AMAZING experience. And I got PAID. What?

I promise to look through my old forsaken University papers and find out what grant it was so I can let you all know. It requires a minimum amount of business structure, but is worth the effort.

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