We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1

#economy #PatronEconomy #CopyProtection #meetings #eventprofs

@ASegar prescient.

@ChrisCorrigan Impressed you noticed it was written 15 years ago 😀. Yes, still relevant today.

P.S. In Part 2 of the post, I argue that volunteers are perhaps the quintessential patrons.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/patron-economy-impact-events-2/

The new patron economy and its impact on events-Part 2 : Conferences That Work

How will the new patron economy impact events? We will see volunteers increasingly becoming patrons of meetings of communities of practice.

Conferences That Work