Posted on 10/17/2013 11:34:01 AM PDT by Drew McKissick
An old Chinese proverb says that "To know and not to do is not to know".
The whole point of identifying and informing conservatives politically is so that they can ultimately have an impact on something they care about. It's one thing to get people riled up about something, but it's another (more effective) thing to point them towards an outlet.
In other words, mobilizing conservatives for a specific shared purpose.
When you keep things simpler and smaller, you keep it more organized.
People may have good intentions, but they're more likely to "do" when someone is specifically tasked with following up with them. They will feel more accountable to do what they've said they would.
A trigger needs to be directly and understandably relevant to the overall reason people are involved to begin with. They need to be able to directly see and understand how taking a specific action will have an impact on the thing they care about.
The more specific, simple and direct the "triggers" are the better results you'll see.
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People are busy. Part of the reason they'll join with you and others is that doing so provides them a service, or a "shorthand" way of letting someone else do the investigating into what needs to be done, how, when and where. So give it to them.
They're ready to take action. Just make an effort to give them the details.
“An old Chinese proverb says that “To know and not to do is not to know”
Rumsfeld:
There are things I know,
There are things I know I don’t know,
There are things I don’t know I don’t know.
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