I agree with Raniere that it's more about completely cold calls. That is, when I am actively doing some outreach getting in touch with people and organisations which have not heard *anything* about SWC or DC. At all. It starts usually with an email where I explain (thought not a long email) what we do. It takes then another 2-3 emails for me to clarify the conclusion to which people jump (skim)reading my email - that this is not yet another programming course or yet another Coursera. This has happened more than once.
Maneesha, are you able to estimate how many inquiries you get from people who actually have never heard/seen/talked to about SWC/DC? That is, I mean people who during a some googling came across the website and then dropped you an email? I think that is a different case when they have heard about SWC from someone (whether this has been at a conference presentation or informal chat over coffee)? -- Training Leader The Software Sustainability Institute, University of Manchester w: www.software.ac.uk t: @aleksandrana | @SoftwareSaved On 12 April 2016 at 22:25, Raniere Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm usually the first point of contact for general public inquiries > > about SWC & DC and don't think I've seen anything like this. > > I should had make clear that what I described happend on a cold-call > scenario when you send a email to someone that could be interested in > Data or Software Carpentry and probably will hear about us for the first > time on that email. Maybe my cold-call had the problem of someone entering > the email exchange in the middle of it but the email has clear signs > of that person trying to understand Data Carpentry based on the website > (the email has more references to Data Carpentry than Software Carpentry). > > Can the misconception be because of the language? Yes. But I don't think > this is the case. > > > If this is just one person I don't want to put too much effort into > fixing > > things - we will always have a random person here or there that is > > confused. > > I think that I saw this misconception with one or more people in half of > the workshops that I taught. The number isn't high but I don't think it > is random. > > > I think we're pretty clear that our lessons include R, Python, Shell, > > Git, etc. If anyone else has seen a pattern of misconceptions about > > what SWC or DC is please let us know so we can think about how we may > > need to adjust our message. > > If you look on Data's and Software Carpentry's homepage you will not > find any reference to R, Python, Shell, Git, etc. You need to visit > Lessons to discovery that our lessons include R, Python, Git, etc. > Also you need to read very careful the page to discover the tools that > we cover on the workshops. > > Cheers, > Raniere > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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