Great KNC Advice from Anthony Pesce of Populous
As has been suggested a few times in the recent past, this week’s conference call took a positive turn and fostered a fantastic discussion instead of focusing solely on action items. This was due in part to the small turnout, but also because we were joined by Anthony Pesce, a 2007 Knight News Challenge winner with Populous.
Since the KNC deadline is fast approaching and CoPress will be submitting an application come November 1, we talked about what we already have in the Garage and how our answers can be refined. Ryan Sholin already provided some great feedback there, so we used his responses/questions as a jumping off point.
Anthony did a wonderful job in offering advice and fielding questions from those on the call and he helped us firm up what CoPress needs to do to be successful as a Knight News Challenge applicant. We covered each requirement put forth by the Knight Foundation and tried to synthesize exactly what they are looking for.
If you are planning to take on the Knight News Challenge or if you’re interested in how to evaluate emerging ideas, do your best to set aside an hour and listen to this week’s call. It is likely to offer a good deal of insight while containing less esoteric discussion than usual.
I’m finally head above water enough to give feedback. Hallelujah. Two conferences in the next two days, and then I’ll be back at it!
First off, I finally appreciate the power of recording our conference calls (coincidentally, I had never listened to the podcast yet). It’s a wonderful way to capture what took place, and far more effective than trying to decode notes.
With that being said, I’ve identified a few things I think will up the production value of these podcasts (and make listening to them a bit more pleasant):
That’s what I got! Keep on rockin’.
[...] quick shout out again to Anthony Pesce, who provided great feedback on last week’s call. Also, Anthony is now on Twitter [...]