Comments on: Telling vs. Engaging vs. Scaring the *&%# Out of People http://hildygottlieb.com/2007/04/15/telling-vs-engaging-vs-scaring-the-out-of-people/ Practical tools, support and inspiration for changing the world Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:17:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Hildy http://hildygottlieb.com/2007/04/15/telling-vs-engaging-vs-scaring-the-out-of-people/#comment-7 Hildy Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:12:48 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/2007/04/15/telling-vs-engaging-vs-scaring-the-out-of-people/#comment-7 Sara: Thank you so much for bringing up the issue in the first place! The timing could not have been better for me. I am feverishly working on my book, explaining why the sector that was supposed to change the world hasn't changed the world, and how we can. And the chapter I am working on right now is all about how we can more effectively engage folks in the work we are doing to make the world a better place. So you cannot know what serendipity it was to come across the conversation at Robin's blog, just at the moment my head was wrapped around all those issues! I will indeed keep an eye out for interesting conversation at Robin's, and I hope you will join us here as things heat up! Hildy Sara:
Thank you so much for bringing up the issue in the first place! The timing could not have been better for me. I am feverishly working on my book, explaining why the sector that was supposed to change the world hasn’t changed the world, and how we can. And the chapter I am working on right now is all about how we can more effectively engage folks in the work we are doing to make the world a better place.

So you cannot know what serendipity it was to come across the conversation at Robin’s blog, just at the moment my head was wrapped around all those issues!

I will indeed keep an eye out for interesting conversation at Robin’s, and I hope you will join us here as things heat up!
Hildy

]]> By: Sara http://hildygottlieb.com/2007/04/15/telling-vs-engaging-vs-scaring-the-out-of-people/#comment-6 Sara Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:30:15 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/2007/04/15/telling-vs-engaging-vs-scaring-the-out-of-people/#comment-6 Hi Hildy, I'm so glad Robin encouraged you to post your answer over on her blog discussion. When I first posed the question to her privately, she encouraged me to post publicly too, and I'm glad I did...what a great exchange of thoughts! I loved your answer. It was so much what I was looking for when I aired my unhappiness and discomfort. I wanted some explanation of why I felt so bad, and what we as authors could do about the big issues without exploiting the victims or our readers. I never thought about this in relation to non-profit fund raising, but of course, your explanation makes wonderful sense. You absolutely have to make the listener feel engaged and ABLE to help. Thank you again. I hope to see you posting over at Robin's again! Sara Holmes Hi Hildy,

I’m so glad Robin encouraged you to post your answer over on her blog discussion. When I first posed the question to her privately, she encouraged me to post publicly too, and I’m glad I did…what a great exchange of thoughts!

I loved your answer. It was so much what I was looking for when I aired my unhappiness and discomfort. I wanted some explanation of why I felt so bad, and what we as authors could do about the big issues without exploiting the victims or our readers. I never thought about this in relation to non-profit fund raising, but of course, your explanation makes wonderful sense. You absolutely have to make the listener feel engaged and ABLE to help.

Thank you again. I hope to see you posting over at Robin’s again!

Sara Holmes

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