Tom Johnson wrote: Tom:
Thanks for the report to those of us who couldn't come to the big opening day. I'd like to say something about money, since it seems to be an issue (when is it not). I love fund raising and consider it a sacred task for those of us who are social entrepreneurs in social-profit (I no longer use the term non-profit) ventures. We redirect the stream of money in our society used to consume and destroy and turn it toward life-affirming vision and mission. The Complex is a bold initiative, it is courageous to just go for it, and there are angel donors in Santa Fe who can't wait to seed a Complex fund-raising campaign, to get in on the ground floor with a group of people so smart and so committed. Every one of you needs to start compelling, irresistable conversations with prospective donors: "Thank you", for starters, "for giving me the opportunity to ask you for money, my favorite thing. I want to invite you to be a major player in the most exciting, blah, blah, blah." You get the idea. Check out Benevon.com for a systematic approach that works, and good luck and congratulations. Merle > All: > > First, kudos to Steve Guerin, Don Bagley, Owen Densmore, Roy Worth, > Shawn Barr, Simon, et al. for pulling off the first event at what we > hope will become (this month), the Santa Fe Complex. The Bar Camp > (http://barcamp.org/BarCampSantaFe) on Friday and Saturday attracted > >35 bright and accomplishing folks discussing and demo-ing a variety > of impressive tools and thinking. (We hope to get some pics and vids > up any day now.) > > I came away with a couple strong impressions: > > * I can't recall anyone talking about how much money THEY were > going to make with this or that "product." Everyone seemed > engaged at an intellectual level, not a fiscal one. > * A couple interesting and existing initiatives were mentioned > involving how the synergy of the Digital Revolution can be used > to improve health care and another I had never heard of, > Freerice.com <http://Freerice.com> This morning's New York > Times Magazine is devoted to philanthropy, and the issue points > up these projects. Drill down into this link for some > encouraging reading: > http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html > * Interesting do-it-yourself (DIY) topics and MAKE magazine > (http://www.makezine.com/) appeared in different ways at > different times. It just so happens that National Public Radio > (in the USA) carried a related story this morning. See/hear > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87815753 > > --tj > > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > www.analyticjournalism.com <http://www.analyticjournalism.com> > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. > To change something, build a new model that makes the > existing model obsolete." > -- Buckminster Fuller > ========================================== > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
