A thing which has been surprisingly useful many times in the last month:
There are a lot of people who are time-constrained right now and who operate on e.g. text quickly. Some information they need is audio or video.
You would think "Ahh just get it transcribed; brilliant."
There are a lot of people who are time-constrained right now and who operate on e.g. text quickly. Some information they need is audio or video.
You would think "Ahh just get it transcribed; brilliant."
However, many of these people are in organizations which do not have a convenient way to quickly get something transcribed. It requires a roundtrip through vendor qualification, a purchase order, possibly public notification requirements, etc etc.
Thus you can get a *surprising* amount of leverage if you have independent grantmaking authority i.e. a credit card.
"Here's a transcription of X prepared by a commercial transcription agency I am unaffiliated with."
Same for translations/etc.
"Here's a transcription of X prepared by a commercial transcription agency I am unaffiliated with."
Same for translations/etc.
