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The Power of Intentional S P A C E
The routines we define for ourselves often end up defining the quality of our lives. Whether you realize it or not, your life is absolutely littered with routine. How you get up in the morning, the route you take to get to work, the activities you perform at work—the...
5 Keys To A Speculative Job Application That Unlocks ‘No Job Vacancies’
Your ideal company doesn't have any job vacancies - but you're available. That just means you should try a better way, with a speculative job application... So the company you REALLY want to work for don’t seem to have any positions vacant. That means you’re out of...
3 REAL Steps to Achieve Your Fitness Goals
Your fitness goals are yours - but you'll need these three traits to achieve them. In the 12+ years of being in this industry I’ve served hundreds if not thousands of clients achieve their fitness goals. I help people of all fitness levels, shapes and sizes become...
8 ways to make your LinkedIn profile go further in just 12 minutes
It takes most geeks 12 minutes to update all these things on their LinkedIn profile... Do it. Do it right now! LinkedIn is a massive tool to help you get a job. It's your living, breathing CV (or resume). At the time of writing LinkedIn has over 562...
Roleplaying, Expectations, and Player Choice – The Conversation about Conversation
Setting Expectations at the Roleplaying Table - Brawling and Playing a Role One of the tricky bits about getting a group together to play a tabletop roleplaying game is the expectation of each individual joining the group. Although a rule set appears to promote a set...
Once Upon A Cosplay: Top Tips From A Disney Cosplayer
Your guide to cosplaying at MCM Comic Con with Dream Away Cosplay Here we have Tessa Istel of Dream Away Cosplay giving her tips, she's attended MCM Manchester Comic Con 5 times now and she's going to share what she thinks will be helpful for you whether you...
Turning Geeks into Adventurers…
Things change, but a pattern is present; a formula remains... You’re not going mad, the website is changing. We’ve had this one for over a year and sure, it’s OK, but it’s not the sleek beast it could be. So we’re rebuilding. And with that rebuild comes all new...
3 Questions To Ask Your Next Boss In A Job Interview + 1 Bonus Fire Detector
The 3 Best Questions To Ask To Find Out If The Job Is For You - and Uncover Secret Fires With 1 Bonus Question. Well done! You made it to the interview stage… Your heart rate is elevated and you’ve been giving the right answers, matching your experience up to...
Drowning in Bracelets – How to start a Microbusiness
Victoria, Coaching for Geeks’ Mod Prime and resident Viking, runs Destai Designs, a small business selling chainmaille. This is her story packed with help for your own microbiz adventure! I started my business in that magical year of 2013, the year of horse meat,...
Assorted Musings and Advice from MCM Manchester Comic Con
Assorted Musings and Advice from MCM Manchester Comic Con Attack of the Voice Actors! Manchester Comic Con took place over the weekend of July 28-29 and Coaching for Geeks overlord Robin asked me to go and cover it, gifting me with a nice, shiny press pass. I had only...
Show me the Money! – How to Ask for a Raise
How to Ask for a Pay Rise and get it Your company does not want to pay you more money. Sorry but that’s true. They want to keep all the money for their bottom line/shareholders/projects/warchest. You don’t get rich by giving money to the people who actually make the...
The Unexpected Benefits of Being a Theatre Geek
When geeks and drama combine - it's the rise of the theatre geek! I doubt many people have ever thought to put the words ‘theatre’ and ‘geek’ together, let alone become one, but please bear with me. Being a theatre geek is not just about what you see or how often...
How to Raise Funds for Charity through Gaming
Fun Fundraising for Good Causes Liam Purkiss from FURN Gaming talks us through how to setup a gaming charity fundraiser. Sorry, FURNdraiser. So, you want to fundraise? Good! It's something that I reckon everyone should attempt to do at least once. Plan,...
The 8 things Job Interviewers are REALLY Looking For
What are interviewers REALLY looking for at your job interview? “So tell me what you want what you really, really want” bellowed the Spice Girls in the most unconventional interview ever. And yet Wannabe was the interview that won us over and allowed...
When CfG Met… Vanessa Marshall
In Conversation with Vanessa Marshall By Daniel Fine Vanessa Marshall is an extremely talented voice actor whose work has been featured in many different cartoons and video games. She currently voices Gamora on the Disney XD series ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’,...
When CfG met… Nolan North – “Filling in for Fillion”
Nolan North on the Uncharted Fan Film, the Next Destiny DLC and ‘Filling in for Fillion’ Daniel Fine headed to the Nolan North press conference at MCM Manchester Comic Con Sometimes light-heartedly referred to as Mr. Video Games, Nolan North is one of the most...
When CfG met… Christopher Judge
Coaching for Geeks Stargate fanatic, Daniel Fine, heads to MCM Manchester Comic Con to meet Teal'c MCM Manchester Comic Con took place last weekend and was attended by an array of different stars. Many were voice actors who’d been featured in video games and there...
MagicCats Builder (Crazy Dreamz) Review
Cats! Magic! Building! And Dreamz (crazy of course)! It's a MagiCats Builder Review MagiCats Builder; A game of randomness, player creativity and best of all, cats! It is a free to play game that’s available on PC via Steam and it is also available on mobile...
Witty & Heartfelt – ‘After Today’ Theatre Review
After Today Review – Wednesday 25 July at The Victoria, Swindon Director Doug Kirby apologised prior to the start of the show for the lack of lighting effects to distinguish between past and present scenes, and the potential stuttering of the two actors going through...
Getting their Backstory – Getting to Know Someone Online
Getting Their Backstory! The fun way of getting to know someone you just met online. It’s been a week since starting my profile on Plenty of Fish. I decided that – since my karaoke night didn’t quite go as planned – I’d probably be best off practicing on this...
Murder is Hell – Fred, Ted, Jack & Harold Theatre Review
Fred, Ted, Jack & Harold – Saturday 7 July at Swindon Arts Centre Society drums into us that crime doesn’t pay, but apparently in hell it does! The snag is you have to spend eternity working in a stuffy office, filing useless paperwork and putting up with...