<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Chris,<br><br>Great. As long as you and Quinn and others keep posting links up on the Facebook group to good articles, then many of the volunteers can come along and just click to the articles you've posted, read the article (that's where the education of the volunteer team comes into play) and then make comments (that's our grassroots marketing strategy at work).<br><br>Make sense?<br><br>Phil<br><br><div>p.s. everyone - notice we have a new list name. "marketing@darwin150.org" <br><br>On Aug 15, 2009, at 8:48 AM, Chris Farnet wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Great response, Phil.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'll use similar lines in future comment posts. For example, we can sign out:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Volunteer, Darwin Facebook Campaign<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On our way to 1 million members, help us get there<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Chris<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:35 AM, Phil Terry<<a href="mailto:pterry@creativegood.com">pterry@creativegood.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Folks,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Chris Farnet posted a story up on our Facebook group about Sean Carroll, who<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">will be speaking in our lecture series. At the bottom of this note, you'll<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">see a copy of the comments I posted in response to the portrait - and I<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">posted these on TheScientist.com website.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Two things to consider:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">1. Commenting on articles and adding links back to our group is very<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">important (but the comment should be more than simply an excuse to link back<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">- we should say something valuable)<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">2. Notice how I signed the article:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Creator, Darwin Facebook Campaign<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On our way to 1 million members, help us get there<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I like the tagline - "On our way to 1 million members, help us get there"<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I think I'll use that in future posts up on science articles.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Phil<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Pioneering scientist, great writer and generous human being<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">by Phil Terry<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/55849/">http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/55849/</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">[Comment posted 2009-08-15 07:20:35]<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thank you for this wonderful portrait of scientist Sean Carroll.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">?Sean is without a doubt one of the leading people in pattern formation<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">during embryonic development and in evolution?and he has been a true pioneer<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">in bringing those fields together.?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">That *is* without a doubt true. When I speak to scientists about Sean and<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">his work, I find there is an extraordinary level of respect for Sean and the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">work he has done.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">But, not only is Sean a great pioneering scientist but he is also a great<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">communicator - opening up his discoveries (and others) to the general public<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">in ways that are truly compelling and accessible.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">His general audience books are must-reads for the interested non-scientist<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">(start with "Endless Forms Most Beautiful").<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">And he's generous - especially with his time. He is continuously speaking to<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">general audiences around the world, not to mention scientific gatherings.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">For example, despite his busy schedule this fall, he has graciously agreed<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">to speak live and via web/phone as part of our Darwin150 Anniversary Lecture<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Series.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Sean has played a big role in the education of this interested amateur. As<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">far as I'm concerned, he deserves all your praise and more.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks again.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Phil<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Creator, Darwin Facebook Campaign<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On our way to 1 million members, help us get there<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">P.S. To participate in Sean Carroll's lecture, free registration is here:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://Darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/">http://Darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></div></body></html>