On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 08:29 +0100, Steven Pauwels wrote: > Nice ! > > thxs Ian!
Thinking about it, one basic thing I find surprising about the marketing project is that the main resource is the volunteers yet there is no knowledge of what skills are available other than what comes up in discussion. Seems to me that it would be relatively easy to set up a database of the skills, qualifications and experience of volunteers and instead of just making some general request on a list ask specific individuals to do specific tasks. Ok, they might choose to say no but I would think its far more likely more would get done. People often don't like to seem pushy so if no-one asks them they won't do anything. I'm currently doing a job to try and help turn round a school and the first thing I want to know is what the human resource is, where are the deficiencies in skills and knowledge and how can that be put right. Its important also to match tasks to what people can realistically achieve so in the case of the MP I'd say try and break things down into finite chunks so no individual has too much to do. Eat the elephant a bite a time. The snag is that if the mountain seems too high to climb no-one even sets out to try. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
