Matthew Selznick

Current

Voice Actor at Escape Artists
Author at Brave Men Run - A Novel Of The Sovereign Era
Founder at MWS Media

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Past

Product Evangelist at Mahalo.com Inc.
Producer / Host at Writers Talking
Producer / Host at DIY Endeavors Podcast

Consultant at Gerber & Company CPAs
Title Manager at Podiobooks.com
Producer / Host at Five Minute Memoir (Sole Proprietorship)
Manager at Borders, Inc.
Blank Video Buyer at Tower Records

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Education

Capistrano Valley High School
Niguel Hills Junior High

Recommended

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Connections

355 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

Matthew Selznick’s Summary

Since 1985, I have actively supported and evangelized the DIY (do it yourself) ethic for independent creative endeavors. I am driven by the principle that doing it yourself should never mean going it alone.

My personal and professional activities are driven by the principles of the DIY ethic:

* Purity of vision - Create the art you want, how you want. Place an emphasis on the quality of the content over flashy, polished presentation and packaging.
* Principled expression - Never abandon your personal principles for exposure or fortune. It is better to reach a smaller audience than turn your back on your beliefs.
* Self-education - Teach yourself, and never stop learning. Build on what has come before.
* All art is valid - Everyone is creative. In this information age, there is an audience for everything, and that audience is the most important arbiter of value in art.
* We are all peers - You are no better than your audience or your colleagues. There is no celebrity in DIY. The people enjoying your creativity are often creators themselves.
* Trust your audience - Ask for and accept their support. Reject the temptation to restrict their access to your creativity, and never break your covenant with them.
* Serve the community - Doing it yourself should never mean going it alone. Make mentoring, service, and giving back a major component of your approach to creativity.

I am available to speak on the following subjects:

* the DIY (do-it-yourself) ethic
* podcasting and citizen media
* self-publishing
* alternative distribution and marketing with new media

Matthew Selznick’s Specialties:

Podcasting, new media, WordPress, writing, fiction and non-fiction editing, story diagnosis and coaching, web design, podcast hosting and production, blogging, DIY advocacy, new media consultation, music composition, group training, retail management

Matthew Selznick’s Experience

Voice Actor

Escape Artists

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

August 2006 — Present (3 years)

Provide voice performance (dramatic reading) for short stories distributed via podcast for the online periodicals Escape Pod (http://www.escapepod.org) and Pseudopod (http://www.pseudopod.org.)
Author

Brave Men Run - A Novel Of The Sovereign Era

(Writing and Editing industry)

October 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Fans of Ultimate Spider-Man, silver age comics, and alternate history will enjoy this prose novel of teen angst and metahumans! Brave Men Run is a coming of age story set in an alternate 1980's, where people with amazing talents and abilities suddenly make themselves known. Can young Nathan Charters find himself in this uncertain new world? Who is he, where did he come from, and is he part of a remarkable new minority... or just a misfit among misfits? From Matthew Wayne Selznick, founder of MWS Media, host of the DIY Endeavors podcast, and creator of the Sovereign Serials webzine, comes the first novel of the Sovereign Era.
Founder

MWS Media

(Performing Arts industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

MWS Media is committed to the DIY (do it yourself) ethic. We believe doing it yourself should never mean going it alone.

Through MWS Media, I provide podcast and new media consulting, editing and critique services for independent creative people, and WordPress site development.

MWS Media also represents my creative endeavors, including creative writing, podcasting and new media production and music composition and performance.
Product Evangelist

Mahalo.com Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

April 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 7 months)

I provided a user's perspective to our website, features, products and culture. I also educated the public about Mahalo.com through social, new and traditional media.

Additionally, I contributed directly to the vision and direction of Mahalo.com, and observed the social media space for activity relevant to curated search.

Until October of 2008, I helped design and manage the Mahalo Greenhouse, a world-wide pool of over three thousand remote contract freelancers in the Mahalo Greenhouse. In this capacity, I conceived policies, wrote documentation and provided real-time assistance to our remote freelance workers.
Producer / Host

Writers Talking

(Online Media industry)

April 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Writers Talking is a live, roundtable podcast featuring independent and small press authors talking shop and answering listener questions. Every episode, host Matthew Wayne Selznick and a small panel have a conversation about a specific aspect of the writing life and craft. http://www.writerstalking.com
Producer / Host

DIY Endeavors Podcast

(Online Media industry)

October 2004 — June 2007 (2 years 9 months)

A podcast featuring the finest DIY, independent music from all over the world. One of the earliest music podcasts, and the first to focus exclusively on independent music.
Consultant

Gerber & Company CPAs

(Privately Held; Accounting industry)

June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Consultation on podcasting, new media, and Internet issues. Design and implementation of http://podcast.gerberco.com.
Title Manager

Podiobooks.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

November 2006 — June 2007 (8 months)

-- uploading and updating content to Podiobooks.com, the original source for audio books presented in podcast form.
-- customer and author relations
-- consultant and advisor
Producer / Host
Five Minute Memoir (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

January 2007 — April 2007 (4 months)

Five Minute Memoir is a podcast from MWS Media. Listeners contribute their stories, anecdotes, formative memories, and confessions to create a mosaic of human experience. It's our lives, five minutes at a time.

Five Minute Memoir:
http://www.fiveminutememoir.com
Manager

Borders, Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BGP; Retail industry)

September 1995 — April 2007 (11 years 8 months)

All management positions at five different Southern California Borders Books & Music retail locations from 3 - 12 million dollar / year in volume. Also led training teams in opening new stores in Los Angeles and Orange county.
Blank Video Buyer

Tower Records

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)

1985 — 1987 (2 years)

Matthew Selznick’s Education

Capistrano Valley High School

High School Diploma , 1981 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

Editor and contributor to Paw Prints newspaper during Junior and Senior years
Niguel Hills Junior High