Nick and all ...
Whether we end up with a dedicated conference, mini-conferences,
on-line conferences we should at least maintain intercative exchange.
(I think this forum suffers from being two lists, one for serious new
proposals and one for responses, rather than one "dialogue" - but that
is an aside.)
Your final para is key for me. Messaging ... ie "marketing" in my book.
We should not just be looking for channels, vehicles and events to get
our message across, we should also be spending effort on what "our
message" is. Encapsulating it different ways, different metaphors,
different narratives, for different audiences ...
We actually have two messages I believe ... Wisdom and Wisdom Enquiry
... I think you dubbed them. Unfortunately it takes a lot of
determined reading to unravel what those two messages are, and make
them distinct from all the other well-intentioned, progressive, social
action agendas. Yes "education, education, education" is key, but
that's true of everything of any value.
Everyone ... what are our "distinct" messages ... before we attach
them to the specific issues "of our time" ?
Ian
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Nicholas Maxwell
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Friends of Wisdom,
>
> Seven Friends of Wisdom said they would
> attend a FoW Conference in London on the 18th and 19th June. This is not
> enough people for me to go ahead with organizing the Conference. I have
> cancelled the rooms I provisionally booked at UCL.
>
> I propose, however, to set about
> organizing a big international FoW Conference in June 2010 at UCL, London.
> I will see whether UCL, which proclaims itself to be London's Global
> University, is willing to sponsor and support the Conference. I will see
> whether grants can be obtained from elsewhere. And I will do what I can to
> get hold of some good keynote speakers.
>
> In the meantime, I do not see why those
> of us who live in and around London should not hold another half-day, local
> mini conference sometime in the new year.
>
> We might also try to hold a Skype
> Conference - or several such Conferences if the first one is a success.
> Perhaps the first one might devote itself to the question: "What should
> Friends of Wisdom do to get its message across?".
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Nick Maxwell
> www.nick-maxwell.demon.co.uk
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