I love that we're re-evaluating the ways that we handle press and that we're looking for opportunities to improve.
I think we should focus on ways to get positive press, as others have said, and I think one of the best ways to do that right now is probably to talk about the 3.6 release. Maybe we should systematically look at the negative articles and make sure that we address the substantive points in our press about the new release? I think a free software community run project is different than a company's product in that we'll always be a work in progress. It's ok to talk about areas that can be improved for future, for example. I do think there's a lot of great stuff happening that I gets overlooked in an effort to zone in on juicy disagreement and we can probably help with that by making sure we take opportunities to talk about the good things. We've still got a good amount of time to work on it too. On Sun, August 19, 2012 6:43 pm, Olav Vitters wrote: > Briefly, any politician or anyone dealing with the press is media > trained. Any big company will have spoke persons (either someone > external, or some high up manager). For anyone reading along, the idea > is not that they (spoke person or anyone media trained) lie; it is to > avoid any spins. Say exactly one thing, nothing more. I think it would be a good idea to get media training, and I'd be up for being the one to do it, of course! I am a little skeptical about how overall effective it will be (I've had small amounts of training in the past that would have been helpful if I'd want to be more like a television personality for example with tips on wardrobe, and I've had other media experts tell me that everything we do is too "inside baseball"). Depending on the price, it couldn't hurt! I have a few friends who have had some media training and I'll ask them who to contact. Anyone else have any ideas where to start? Let's find out what kind of options there are and see if we can maybe find some group sessions that would be helpful. I think we're a handful of people that are generating most of our marketing content right now, and it would be great to spread the knowledge around. I realize that I should remind everyone that I'm probably going to be out of contact for a lot of September on maternity leave so we should come up with a game plan for 3.6 release related press at any rate! karen -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list