Five things and gone fishing or rather recruiting
Konichi Wa or Konban Wan or whatever greeting in whatever language you speak.Here's five things I've done last week and Monday:
1.Created Facebook, Myspace and Bebo groups all trying to get people to come and compete in or follow the World Online Debating Championships
2. Spread my wings and started tweeting as the new spokes-bird for debatewise.
3. Managed to potentially get an article into two publications for autistic people
4. Battled sleep while watching a training video for Salesforce (Still got more to watch!)
5. Helped Alex with the new FAQ section and worked on various debates such as on Formula 1
Out of the five activities I've been doing this week most of these things involved doing one thing: fishing for people for different purposes which is tricky. This is particuarly since I'm in the stage of doing what any good fisherman or woman does and setting out his bait for unsuspecting fish to come and take a bite and get reeled in. Difference is with interns people know what they're letting themselves in for hopefully and I can't hurt any people by either creating a hole in their tongues with a metal hole in their mouth's or getting them trapped in a fishing net. One thing remains the same in fishing and recruiting: what bait or where to go?. Debatewise is a not for profit meaning zero budget for promotion or recruitment so... that means thinking about trying to make an offer that people and advertising companies can not refuse, something that I'm getting the hang of. A great thing for whipping up passion in the team ethic that is debatewise but a tricky challenge meaning that I'm looking for outlets from the quiet corners of the globe as well as the loud ones. Any tips for how to fish (recruit) ethically but effectively in strange waters for people would be great fully appreciated. Oh and any new people too...
Anyway got to flutter off now