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June 2, 2011

How Not To Engage Your Community

Every so often, I see someone try to rally their network in a way that makes me cringe as if I've been kicked in the nuts.
Nick Armstrong
Business coach · Fort Collins, CO

Every so often, I see something that makes me cringe like I’ve been kicked in the nuts:

Conflict of InterestWhich, in my world, is usually followed up by something utterly inexplicable, such as this book found in the Children’s section of the Kindle book store:

WTF Amazon

Suddenly, researching alternatives to abstinence-only sex education just doesn’t feel as wholesome.

There’s certain ways to engage your community; the first is to ask for help – but you can’t be skeezy about it.

The second is to offer up information – but it has to be the right kind of information at the right time.

Anything else is engaging your community the wrong way.

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