Coaching for Geeks

By: Robin Bates
  • Summary

  • Turning geeks into adventurers. Careers, dating, fitness, interviews, gaming, life, geek culture.
    Copyright 2016-2019 All rights reserved.
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Episodes
  • 69 - Celeste Conowitch from Venture Maidens joins GM Radio Rob
    Jan 20 2019

    Celeste Conowitch is the Producer of and Dungeon Master for Venture Maidens, an actual play 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons podcast. In Venture Maidens, Celeste and three friends entertain each other and their audience by creating tales of adventure and danger in a fantasy realm!

    Celeste is a California based writer who holds a theater degree from San Francisco State, and a lifelong love of tabletop games. As well as Venture Maidens, you can find Celeste featured on many podcasts and Streams throughout the RPG community.

    She is a co host for 'DM Nastics', a bi weekly podcast for to DMs work out their minds, and appears as a featured DM for Wizards of the Coast's Podcasts of Annihilation, Podcasts of Foes, and Podcasts of Waterdeep projects which can be found on the official Dungeon Delve feed.

    Join Celeste and CfG host GM Radio Rob as they talk about making a living from gaming.

     

    FOLLOW CELESTE

    At:

    The Venture Maidens Official site - https://www.venturemaidens.com/

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/cconowitch

    Dungeon Master's Block Forums, the home of DM Nastics - http://dungeonmasterblock.freeforums.net/

     

    FOLLOW GM RADIO ROB

    At:

    Radio Rob Farquhar - http://www.robf.com.au/

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/GMRadioRob

    And at Coaching for Geeks - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/author/rob-farquhar/

     

    MEANWHILE... AT COACHING FOR GEEKS HQ

    Join our Community for gaming, careers, dating, life, fitness, cooking, cosplay and much much more - https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks

    Hit up the blog for D&D tips, game reviews, subscription boxes, and all of the above - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com

    Check out Role Play Gourmet and throw some XP into your cooking stat - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/tag/role-play-gourmet/

     

    We'll see you next time!

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    43 mins
  • 68 - A beginning in game dev and life with bipolar: Interview with Oliver William Walker
    Dec 9 2018

    Oliver William Walker designs games at Just Add Water. He mets Robin to talk about his career, from college, through university, experiments with games, networking, and moving into the real world of work.

    Robin met Oliver at EGX, where he was participating in a 'disabilities in the gaming industry panel' as Oliver has bipolar disorder. The two touch on how employers can make life easier for anyone with any kind of mental disorder. Remember kids! Everyone is different and your needs may vary, but all employers can do more to help.

    Whether you want to find out how to get into the gaming industry, how to support your team or get some support for yourself, or are just plain nosey, this one's for you.

     

    MORE FROM OLIVER Check out Oliver's site and play some games for free! - https://oliverwilliamwalker.co.uk/

    Follow Oliver on Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivergamedev

    Listen to the session from EGX - https://soundcloud.com/user-240178044/disabilities-in-the-games-industry

     

    JUST ADD WATER

    Find out more about Just Add Water (and check out the 'careers' tab) - http://www.jawltd.com/

    Follow JAW Ltd on twitter - https://twitter.com/jawltd

     

    MEANWHILE... AT COACHING FOR GEEKS We're getting ready to get fit in 2019 with our Fitness for Newbies course! - https://t4s.site/cfg/fitness-for-newbies-pre-sale/

    Join the community and vote in the 2018 CfG Awards - https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks

    And check out the blog for all your geeky careers, fitness, gaming, cooking, dating, cosplay and more! - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com

     

    Don't forget to hit that subscribe button, download a few of the old episodes if you're new, and we'll see you next week.

     

     

     

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    31 mins
  • 67 - Hand Crafted Boardgames - Jackson Pope of Eurydice Games
    Dec 2 2018

    Jackson Pope makes boardgames by hand. With cardboard, craft knives, and a lot of patience, he's published 6 games in this manner. Now he's Kickstarting Flick Fleet - 

    Robin joins Jack to talk about the games, tools, and inspiration that led down this strange career path. 

     

    FLICK FLEET KICKSTARTER

    Less than a week remains, go back Flick Fleet Now!

     

    FOLLOW JACKSON

    On:

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/jackson_pope

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jacksonpopeeg/

    Website - http://www.eurydicegames.co.uk/

     

    MEANWHILE... AT COACHING FOR GEEKS

    FITNESS FOR NEWBIES

    You've got a day and a half to join Fitness for Newbies with over £100 off! Remove Gymtimidation, turn fitness into a game, work with a team to bring down the enemy forces and win!

    https://t4s.site/cfg/fitness-for-newbies-black-friday-pre-sale/

     

    PROFESSIONAL CV TEMPLATES

    Make your CV sexy and slick with our pack of four fully customisable CV templates. 

    https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/product/coaching-for-geeks-professional-cv-template-pack/

     

    THE COMMUNITY

    Grows ever larger and we do careers, fitness, dating, gaming, all kinds of geekery, plus giveaways - win a My Geek Box! https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks

     

    THE BOT

    Looking for specific content? Ask the bot for help! m.me/coachingforgeeks?ref=GeekBot

    Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe - especially on Apple as we had to change RSS feeds...

     

    We'll see you next week. Never forget to be awesome.

     

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    33 mins

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