Comments on: How To Spark Rewilding Cultures http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/ Hunter-Gatherer Wannabe With A Blog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Rewild Camp Austin Anybody? | Urban Scout: Rewilding Cascadia http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-9943 Rewild Camp Austin Anybody? | Urban Scout: Rewilding Cascadia Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:57:30 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-9943 [...] folks, peep this list. If you want my help to organize a rewild camp in your area, first read my How To Run A Rewild Camp article and than tell me what you [...] […] folks, peep this list. If you want my help to organize a rewild camp in your area, first read my How To Run A Rewild Camp article and than tell me what you […]

]]> By: Urban Scout http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-8067 Urban Scout Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:31:04 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-8067 I added a section above called "Passion not expertise" I added a section above called “Passion not expertise”

]]> By: Urban Scout http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-8055 Urban Scout Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:47:33 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-8055 Hey Andrew. This is a great question! I will have to add a section about this in there. Once upon a time a flower salesman had more flowers than they could sell. They couldn't even give them away for free. He consulted a marketing guru who came up with an insane idea; two for the price of one. The flower salesman couldn't stop selling flowers after that. This shows us how a marketing strategy came about: don't fix it, feature it. We can use the same technique here. For example, in the press release, you just emphasize the collaborative element of the camp. Emphasize that rewilding refers to a process, and that you don't have to "teach" a skill, you only have to have the passion to hold space for learning the skill. Grab a field guide, grab some friends and experiment together. Tony and I found out how to process and make cordage from a plant we had never seen before. We did not have a teacher, just a passion to learn and have fun together playing in the woods. A lot of this has to do with the kind of social technology you choose for the organization of the event. Again, this shows why having someone who knows the Open Space format, or some other such self-organizing event. Hey Andrew. This is a great question! I will have to add a section about this in there.

Once upon a time a flower salesman had more flowers than they could sell. They couldn’t even give them away for free. He consulted a marketing guru who came up with an insane idea; two for the price of one. The flower salesman couldn’t stop selling flowers after that. This shows us how a marketing strategy came about: don’t fix it, feature it.

We can use the same technique here. For example, in the press release, you just emphasize the collaborative element of the camp. Emphasize that rewilding refers to a process, and that you don’t have to “teach” a skill, you only have to have the passion to hold space for learning the skill. Grab a field guide, grab some friends and experiment together. Tony and I found out how to process and make cordage from a plant we had never seen before. We did not have a teacher, just a passion to learn and have fun together playing in the woods.

A lot of this has to do with the kind of social technology you choose for the organization of the event. Again, this shows why having someone who knows the Open Space format, or some other such self-organizing event.

]]> By: Andrew Jensen http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-8053 Andrew Jensen Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:57:03 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/how-to-spark-rewilding-cultures/#comment-8053 So here's my question. I'm lacking in a lot of the primitive skills, so I feel like I don't have enough to offer as an organizer. How do I attract like minded people without having much to demonstrate myself? So here’s my question. I’m lacking in a lot of the primitive skills, so I feel like I don’t have enough to offer as an organizer. How do I attract like minded people without having much to demonstrate myself?

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