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Re: Ok Chris. If you're going to sell this idea... (4.00 / 2)

This Diary wasn't a sales pitch, but I could do one that is.

Dunno if you saw this

I'd be interested in your feedback.

It was the first YouTube clip of three that make up the second half of this lecture

"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Sat Mar 21st, 2009 at 05:08:42 PM EST
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well that sailed over my head too... (4.00 / 5)

I'll tell you what I do know, and at work (a big bookstore) I'm held to be a superior salesman, but it doesn't matter, I've done the same at a home improvement store, a marketing firm, and several printing outfits. I'm good with customers.

You need to illustrate (power point slide shows really doesn't do this very well, I'm afraid). My first decent writing teacher used to say, "show, don't tell." So put names to people (could be imaginary people) and tell them a story (Maxwell & Dickman, The Elements of Persuasion - excellent book about story creation), show them by illustration how the capital partnership works and how your audience benefits. How the renter benefits, how the investors benefit, how the property owner benefits, etc. What does everyone get out of this?

Don't dwell on the mistakes of the current banking system, or why it's irrelevant. those are negatives. Always be positive, and you can because your system offers benefits, right? Insulation from global banking crises? Flexibility and freedom? A stable domestic economic situation? Strengthened communities? Better healthcare? She gets the house, I got the equity? Whatever. That's up to you.

You already know how to have fun with this. I saw. :)

"It Can't Be Just About Us"
--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire

by papicek (papi_cek_at_hotmail_dot_com) on Sat Mar 21st, 2009 at 07:29:36 PM EST
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Re: well that sailed over my head too... (4.00 / 4)

well that sailed over my head too...

If it is any comfort, it took me a good while and several readings over several months to get such understanding as I have of CC's ideas. The problem is that, while the idea is simple, the implementations can be amazingly varied. We are not used to such organizations so we have no "feel" for how they should function. Plus, of course, the fact that the principles of such organizations are totally different from those we have come to expect in "the business world."

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Mar 22nd, 2009 at 02:10:31 AM EST
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Re: well that sailed over my head too... (4.00 / 2)

I really have no head for organizational nuance.

The gist I get from all this is that you get a small community of interests together, each with a stake in the proposed enterprise, and it's self-financing (ie: participation in the enterprise earns the investor, developer, renter, etc an equity position). The profits from the enterprise are withdrawn in marketable commodities (which is how the community interfaces with the greater world) which are generated (or purchased?) by the enterprise. Modern barter?

"It Can't Be Just About Us"
--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire

by papicek (papi_cek_at_hotmail_dot_com) on Sun Mar 22nd, 2009 at 11:02:53 AM EST
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Re: well that sailed over my head too... (4.00 / 2)

papicek: