The way things go
You set up a meeting time, ten people email back and say they’re keen, passionate and that they’ll be there. One person shows up.
So what’s there to do?
Get on with it! Don’t cancel the project and don’t loose faith in yourself. Believe in the goals of the project, and keep pursuing them. So nine people didn’t show up. Boo hoo. One person did. They came for the meeting, you give them the meeting. Meetings, paricularly the first meetings in creating an organisation, don’t have to look a certain way. Meetings don’t have to have X number of people there talking about X or doing X. Create what is necessary there in that meeting to move your objectives of the project, and the desired outcomes of the meeting along.
Sometimes even the best laid plans go awry. Just dance in the moment and create from what you have.
February 7th, 2009 at 4:09 PM
this has happened to me a couple times. sometimes its hard not to ask why even bother.
February 8th, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Another awesome post :)
February 9th, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Hi!
Izzy - It can get frustrating at times, especially when you know that people who participate will get so much out of it - it’s like people, you’ll learn lots, and it’ll be fun! However, just be patient and persist. Keep working on it, people will be inspired by your persistence and join in eventually. :)
Mark - Thank you very much.
Marita
February 14th, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Attendance to meetings over time actually grows exponentially.
We’ve witnessed that.
At about 4 weeks, however, it starts to wane a little;
and then settle on a plateau.
If only I could plot a graph right now.