Re: User Group Names
Re: User Group Names
- Subject: Re: User Group Names
- From: Joe Ferguson <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:53:06 -0600
Hmmm. I disagree. As a former pastry chef and current health care
professional I have all kinds of professional terminology for things.
Basically the professional terminology for any subject excludes the
participation of others that are not indoctrinated in the nuances of
the given subject. Here in Chicago it is sometimes a challenge to
explain what a MUG is without eyes glazing over. So I always use the
full Macintosh User Group when speaking to the uninitiated. I think we
could all appreciate physicians that can communicate in lay man
terminology. :-)
The primary way we communicate with members are by web site, emails,
newsletters, and post cards. There is no one else present when our
members or prospective members are reading our material. I think it is
better that they understand by learning the familiar and than build
from there. Calling a S.I.G a class is not a stretch and would be more
conducive to having people new to Macs find out more.
Back to pastries, I used to have a baking instructor named Fritz. All
his recipes were intentionally wrong. He had a belief that students
should learn from others mistakes and adjust recipes accordingly.
Intentionally leaving people in the dark and expecting them to sort it
out on their own is false thinking.
Quick joke. What is the difference between a bowling ball and Fritz's
donuts?
Answer: If you had to...if you really had to, you could eat a bowling
ball. :-)
Joe Ferguson
Vice President External
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The Rest of Us
http://www.trou.org/
On Jan 15, 2004, at 9:40 AM, Frank Petrie wrote:
This is a personal pet peeve of mine. We have just re-instituted SIGs
in our group and I insisted on calling them SIGs. Why? Because that is
exactly what they are - groups dedicated to a specific topic (Special
Interest Groups). I hate dumbing down things. We have enough of that
in everyday life already. I would suggest that you reexamine the way
you're promoting said groups. I tell people that they are very
informal (which is the way we like them), usually at someone's house
and geared toward the product, not the capabilities of the user. This
tends to remove their anxieties.
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