From pterry at creativegood.com  Sat Oct  3 13:02:58 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:02:58 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Darwin150 campaign: update, things to do, intros?
Message-ID: <B86AA295-E9C9-40AC-8565-E68A65418C8B@creativegood.com>

Volunteers in the Darwin150 campaign,

I hope this note finds you well.

Here's an update and some stuff to do:

- Atlantic Monthly covered our efforts here:
http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/lane_wallace/2009/09/celebrating_the_origin_of_the_species.php

- Columbia University lecture - "Variation" - is this Wednesday,  
October 7
It's sold out for the live event but we have room for the  
teleconference. Can you help promote it?
Free registration here:
http://DarwinLecture2.eventbrite.com

- "On the Origin of Species" free reading group starts this week -  
there are a few spots. Join if you like or spread the word.
http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com

- Brief intro?
Send a brief intro of yourself and what kinds of promotion/work you  
are doing at your site to the whole group - volunteers at darwin150.org.  
It's a good way to get to know each other.

Thanks for helping to make Darwin150 successful.

We'll schedule a call soon to get everyone together!

Thank you!

Phil
----------------------------
Promote the Columbia Lecture

Wednesday, October 7
Speaker: JONATHAN WEINER
Professor, Columbia University
Lecture 2: Variation
8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute lecture and Q&A)

Sign-up here for the teleconference:
http://DarwinLecture2.eventbrite.com

Wednesday, October 7, at 8pm eastern time at Columbia University and  
live via teleconference, Pulitzer-prize winning professor Jonathan  
Weiner, author of "Beak of the Finch", among other books will deliver  
the second lecture in our 150th anniversary "Origin of Species" series  
hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project.  
Attendees optionally can read chapters 1 and 2 on variation in  
Darwin's great book.

Sponsors include National Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef  
Conferencing Division, Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of  
Comparative Zoology, National Center for Science  
Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The New York Academy of  
Sciences.

----------------------------
Join the Facebook group

Please join the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Why is it important?
The Facebook group is helping to make a large mainstream cultural  
statement. It helps us attract sponsors, attention and awareness for  
the lecture series and reading group.

----------------------------
Promote the reading group

We have *14* few free spots left for the "Origin of Species" reading  
group.

Fall 2009 Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" $49 or free*
Tuesdays Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 8 at 8pm ET
Moderator: Stephanie Aktipis, PhD, Harvard

Sign-up here:
http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com

In the fall of 2009, we are running a Darwin phone-based reading group  
for those who would like the Reading Odyssey reading experience of  
this great scientific work. Special thanks to Reading Odyssey sponsors  
Citrix Online and their HiDefConferencing division.
The reading group will meet Tuesdays Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 8 at 8pm ET,  
5pm Pacific via phone. The conference call number will be supplied to  
all who register.
Edition? We'll read the Harvard University Press Fascimile of Darwin's  
first edition with introduction by the great Ernst Mayr. Here's the  
Amazon link.
Moderator? Stephanie Aktipis, Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the  
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard.  
Stephanie also holds a M.Sc. with honors in Science Policy from the  
London School of Economics where she studied the intersection of  
science, government, and public policy.   She has taught several  
biology courses at Harvard University and The George Washington  
University and received the Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Teaching  
at Harvard in 2004.  Most recently, Stephanie was a Teaching Fellow  
for the Evolutionary Biology course at Harvard College which included  
an in-depth study of The Origin of Species.  She currently serves as a  
Resident Tutor and Sophomore Advising Coordinator in Harvard College  
at Cabot House, an undergraduate residential community.

----------------------------
Local viewing for the Sean Carroll webcast

We have *900* webcast spots available.

Are you hosting a local viewing on your campus/at your museum or  
institution?

Please consider doing so. Here are the details for the lecture.

Wednesday, November 4
Speaker: SEAN CARROLL
Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin
Lecture 3: The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and the DNA  
Record of Evolution
8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute lecture and Q&A)

Free registration:
http://DarwinLecture3.Eventbrite.com

Wednesday, November 4 at 8pm Eastern time, world-renowned scientist,  
Professor Carroll, author of a number of books for the general reader  
and over 100 scientific papers, will deliver the third lecture in our  
150th anniversary "Origin of Species" series. hosted by The Reading  
Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project. Attendees are encouraged to  
read chapters 3 and 4 on variation in Darwin's great book.
Sponsors include National Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef  
Conferencing Division, Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of  
Comparative Zoology, National Center for Science  
Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The New York Academy of  
Sciences.

----------------------------
Brief intro

Send a brief intro to campus at Darwin150.org

Include:
- name of institution - university, college, museum, etc?
- your role
- why you joined the campus network
- what you are doing to promote - any innovations that others can copy

Thanks!

Phil 


From pterry at creativegood.com  Wed Oct  7 07:44:37 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:44:37 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Tonight's Darwin150 lecture;
	can you do last-minute invites?
Message-ID: <8AA65E1C-2DFB-4B4B-BF3B-9D539CC9BAFD@creativegood.com>

Darwin150 volunteers,

I hope you are well.

I look forward to "seeing" you tonight, Wednesday, October 7 on the  
teleconference of Professor Jonathan Weiner's talk on "Variation" live  
from Columbia University.

Can you send a last minute invite to your networks about tonight's  
lecture? There is still room on the teleconference (Skype and regular  
phone).

While we are sold out in the live lecture hall, people can still sign  
up to be part of the broadcast teleconference.

You can use the invite below (or edit it to your liking).

Thanks so much!

Phil

To: Your networks
From: Yourname
Subject: Invite: Join us tonight for Darwin150 lecture from Columbia?

Tonight - Wed 10/7/2009 at 8pm New York time, 5pm California - is the  
second lecture of the Darwin150 campaign. The lecture features  
Pulitzer-Prize-winning Professor Jonathan Weiner talking about the  
important topic of "Variation."

Jonathan is a great writer and speaker and I'd love for you to join us  
this evening via phone.

Registration is free.

Sign-up here:
http://DarwinLecture2.Eventbrite.com

I hope you can join us - I look forward to "seeing" you on the phone.

Thanks!

Yourname



From pterry at creativegood.com  Thu Oct  8 09:06:28 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:06:28 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Podcast from last night's call;
	vote on conference call?
Message-ID: <A7AFAF67-A674-4DAA-9516-88D8DF73F8A4@creativegood.com>

Hey volunteers and campus network representatives,

I hope you had a chance to listen live to Professor Jonathan Weiner's  
lecture last night "On Variation." It was a great talk.

I have two things to ask:

1. Promote the podcast
Below my signature is an e-mail you can send out to your friends,  
campus network, put up on Facebook, Twitter about - it's an invitation  
to listen to the podcast from the lecture.

2. Vote on a team conference call date/time
We are in the final six weeks of our campaign. As we get closer to  
November 24, there will be more activity in terms of growth of the  
Facebook page as well as folks registering for our Sean Carroll and  
E.O. Wilson lectures.

I'd like to get together a conference call for the volunteers and  
members of the campus/museum network. In the call, we'll review and  
share what we are doing and what needs to be done.

Please vote here on the dates for the call that would work best for you:

http://doodle.com/9wq27uftypv9e766

Thanks so much!

Phil

----------------------------
To: Your network (thru e-mail, and short versions on Facebook,  
Twitter, etc.)
From: You
Subject: Podcast from Darwin150 lecture 2: "On Variation"?

We had a great lecture last night live from Columbia University by  
Professor Jonathan Weiner - and I'd like to encourage you to download  
and listen to the podcast.
His talk - "On Variation" - was the second lecture of our five-part  
Darwin150 lecture series. Professor Weiner won a Pulitzer Prize for  
his wonderful book, "Beak of the Finch", which shows evolution - and  
specifically variation - in action among "Darwin's finches" in the  
Galapagos Islands (and details the multi-decade work of Princeton  
biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant).

You can listen to the podcast from the lecture here:

http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/2009/10/variation.html

Thanks!

Yourname

P.S. I also encourage you to sign-up for the upcoming webcasts:

- Tuesday, November 3 8pm ET Professor Sean Carroll "The Making of..."
"The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and the DNA Record of  
Evolution" - Lecture 3 in the 150th anniversary "On the Origin of  
Species" lecture series - University of Wisconsin
Free registration here:
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/

- Tuesday, November 24 1pm ET E.O. Wilson "Frontiers of Biology"

Free registration here:
http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com/




From pterry at creativegood.com  Tue Oct 20 15:48:58 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:48:58 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] 2 wks to Prof Carroll's webcast; please reply!
Message-ID: <D1E7D982-A183-4B8F-9CD0-1FBAF455B464@creativegood.com>

Hey folks,

I hope you are all doing well.

We are about two weeks out from the webcast lecture from Professor  
Sean Carroll. As most of know, Prof. Carroll is a great speaker,  
scientist and writer. He is going to put together a *terrific* talk  
that will be live at Wisconsin and broadcast live around the world.

Can you help?

- Spread the word far and wide for folks to sign-up
This is going to be a very special presentation. Sean has been working  
on it - and all I can tell you is that will be a multi-media  
extravaganza.

[  ] Yes, happy to spread the word!
[  ] No, not able to

See the sample invite below to pass out to your communities. Also see  
the Facebook and Twitter suggestions that I have for you.

Thank you!

Phil

----------------------------
Sample Facebook update
----------------------------

The Making of the Fittest? Global Darwin150 webcast with Prof. Sean  
Carroll Nov 4, 2009 at 8pm ET. Free: http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/

----------------------------
Sample Twitter post
----------------------------

The Making of the Fittest? Global Darwin150 webcast with Prof. Sean  
Carroll 11/4/09 @8pmET Free: http://bit.ly/BSUcG

----------------------------
Sample e-mail invite
----------------------------

Subject: Invitation to "Making of the Fittest" Wed., Nov 4 8pm ET

I'd like to invite you to the Darwin150 lecture by renowned scientist  
Professor Sean Carroll, "The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection  
and the DNA Record of Evolution" Wednesday, November 4 at 8pm New York  
time, 5pm California.

For free sign-up for the webcast, click here:
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/

World-renowned scientist, Professor Carroll, author of a number of  
books for the general reader and over 100 scientific papers, will  
deliver the third lecture in the Darwin150  "Origin of Species"  
anniversary series. Hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin  
Facebook project, the lecture series is sponsored by National  
Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef Conferencing Division,  
Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, National  
Center for Science Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The  
New York Academy of Sciences.

Sean Carroll's bio is below. I hope you can join us for this global  
event!

Thanks,

[yourname]

----------------------------
Sean Carroll is Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an  
Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the  
University of Wisconsin. His research has centered on the genes that  
control animal body patterns and play major roles in the evolution of  
animal diversity. Major discoveries from his laboratory have been  
featured in TIME, US News & World Report, The New York Times,  
Discover, and Natural History.

Sean is the author of The Making of the Fittest (2006, W.W. Norton)  
and of Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo(2005,  
W.W. Norton). He is also co-author with Jen Grenier and Scott  
Weatherbee of the textbook From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics  
and the Evolution of Animal Design (2nd ed, 2005; Blackwell  
Scientific) and with Anthony Griffiths, Richard Lewontin, and Susan  
Wessler of the textbook Introduction to Genetic Analysis(9e, 2007,  
W.H. Freeman and Co.). He is also the author or co-author of more than  
100 scientific papers.

Sean is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (elected 2007)  
and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of  
Science. He has received the National Science Foundation Presidential  
Young Investigator Award, the Shaw Scientist Award of the Milwaukee  
Foundation, and numerous honorary lectureships. Sean was named one of  
America's most promising leaders under 40 by TIME Magazine in 1994.

He earned his B.A. in Biology at Washington University in St. Louis,  
his Ph.D. in Immunology at Tufts Medical School, and carried out his  
postdoctoral research with Dr. Matthew Scott at the University of  
Colorado-Boulder.

Sean lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his wife Jamie and two sons.
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From pterry at creativegood.com  Sat Oct 24 09:16:48 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:16:48 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Help! Creationists increase illegal attacks;
	reply requested?
Message-ID: <6381379C-48A1-4776-90C7-61CFFB89EF03@creativegood.com>

Volunteers,

Can you help? As we get within a month of the 150th anniversary of the  
publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", a small extreme part of  
the creationist community has stepped up illegal attacks on our online  
campaigns and websites and Facebook pages.

We need your help and the help of all fair-minded and reasonable  
people everywhere to show support for Darwin.

Please reply to all that apply:

[  ] Yes, I'll put the Facebook status update into my update on Monday  
(that's when it'll have most impact)
[  ] Yes, I'll also put a twitter post up about this
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to go make sure I've invited my whole Facebook  
community to the Darwin Facebook page
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to send out the e-mail below

and finally...

[  ] Yes, I'll arrange a group viewing of the upcoming Sean Carroll  
and E.O. Wilson webcasts
for details on this last point, get in touch with me.

See the suggested Facebook and Twitter posts, Facebook friends invite  
and e-mail template all listed below!

Thanks!

Phil

----------------------------
Facebook update
----------------------------

Put this in your Facebook post on Monday:

Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks on Darwin150. Can you help  
us? Go here: http://www.darwin150.com/home/2009/10/24/help.html

----------------------------
Twitter post
----------------------------

Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks on Darwin150. Can you help? http://bit.ly/46c7uX 
  #darwin #darwin150

----------------------------
Invite all Facebook friends to our group
----------------------------

1. Click here:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Select all your friends (by clicking on their pictures - one at a  
time)

3. Include this personal message

Hey - I want to invite you to a silly but serious group celebrating  
the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of  
Species." We have 250,000+ members and I'd love for you to join us and  
help us reach our goal of 1 million by November 24!

----------------------------
E-mail to friends
----------------------------

To: All your friends, co-workers, faculty, students, church members,  
etc.
From: Yourname
Subject: Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks - can you help us?

Help!

Creationists continue to mount illegal online attacks on ourDarwin150  
campaign and I'd like to ask you for help.
How can you help?

I have outlined several ways below. Would you be willing to do any of  
these?

Let me know!

Yourname

1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members)

Join our Darwin150 group on Facebook and get as many friends,  
colleagues, faculty, students, church members to join with you. Show  
we can continue to grow even in the face of their concerted illegal  
attacks.
Join here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Invite people here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Watch or organize a group to watch a live webcast

Watch on your own or organize a group viewing (classroom, friends,  
church members) of an upcoming live webcast either with scientist Sean  
Carroll, E.O. Wilson or the New York Academy of Sciences. I'd like  
your help to bring the words of these top scientists out to groups all  
over the world. This is a free and wonderful resource.

Register free here:

Wednesday, Nov 3 @8pm ET with Sean Carroll (great writer, scientist  
and speaker)
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 @1pm ET with E.O. Wilson (great time for high school  
and college classrooms to watch together this legendary biologist)
http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 at 6pm ET with New York Academy of Sciences
webcast link coming soon

3. Consider volunteering

We need volunteers to help us build the campaign and continuously  
manage/clean-up from the creationist attacks. E-mail Phil at pterry at  
reading odyssey dot com, if you'd like to volunteer.

Why do they attack us?

We know how to reach mainstream Americans through the web and that it  
is a real threat to the creationist camp. We have more than 250,000  
Facebook members making us the largest Darwin/evolution group by far.  
The size of our group shows the breadth and depth of support for  
evolution and it means all of our online activities are a target for  
continuous 24/7 attack by creationists.

Plus we have free webcasts with some of the top scientists talking  
about Darwin and evolution. Fun but serious and compelling talks by  
the likes of Sean Carroll, E.O. Wilson, Jonathan Weiner and others  
threaten the creationist community.

Why are we going public now with the attacks?

We have been under daily 24/7 attack since we began in January 2009  
with a Darwin birthday celebration. But the small group of extreme  
creationists that attack us have stepped up their efforts as we get  
closer to the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin  
of Species."

Why don't we detail the attacks?

We don't want to help more creationists attack us by giving ideas out.  
Our all-volunteer campaign just keeps working and striving to stay  
positive and focused on what's important (and btw - we do *not*  
condone nor want illegal counter-attacks on creationist websites).






From pterry at creativegood.com  Sat Oct 24 09:36:38 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:36:38 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Please remove "illegal" from the posts, etc.
Message-ID: <1D8D03D9-5176-4E7C-8292-3512E72F8E94@creativegood.com>

Hey volunteers,

Please remove the word "illegal" from the language in my note to you  
below. I've updated the language below.

I realize it comes across as strange. While it's true that some of  
what they are doing is illegal, it's just simpler to say "attacks".

And do reply and let me know which of the below things you can do!

Thanks!

Phil

Can you help? As we get within a month of the 150th anniversary of the  
publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", a small extreme part of  
the creationist community has stepped up illegal attacks on our online  
campaigns and websites and Facebook pages.

We need your help and the help of all fair-minded and reasonable  
people everywhere to show support for Darwin.

Please reply to all that apply:

[  ] Yes, I'll put the Facebook status update into my update on Monday  
(that's when it'll have most impact)
[  ] Yes, I'll also put a twitter post up about this
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to go make sure I've invited my whole Facebook  
community to the Darwin Facebook page
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to send out the e-mail below

and finally...

[  ] Yes, I'll arrange a group viewing of the upcoming Sean Carroll  
and E.O. Wilson webcasts
for details on this last point, get in touch with me.

See the suggested Facebook and Twitter posts, Facebook friends invite  
and e-mail template all listed below!

Thanks!

Phil

----------------------------
Facebook update
----------------------------

Put this in your Facebook post on Monday:

Help! Creationists mount attacks on Darwin150. Can you help us? Go  
here: http://www.darwin150.com/home/2009/10/24/help.html

----------------------------
Twitter post
----------------------------

Help! Creationists mount attacks on Darwin150. Can you help? http://bit.ly/46c7uX 
  #darwin #darwin150

----------------------------
Invite all Facebook friends to our group
----------------------------

1. Click here:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Select all your friends (by clicking on their pictures - one at a  
time)

3. Include this personal message

Hey - I want to invite you to a silly but serious group celebrating  
the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of  
Species." We have 250,000+ members and I'd love for you to join us and  
help us reach our goal of 1 million by November 24!

----------------------------
E-mail to friends
----------------------------

To: All your friends, co-workers, faculty, students, church members,  
etc.
From: Yourname
Subject: Help! Creationists mount attacks - can you help us?

Help!

Creationists continue to mount attacks on ourDarwin150 campaign and  
I'd like to ask you for help.
How can you help?

I have outlined several ways below. Would you be willing to do any of  
these?

Let me know!

Yourname

1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members)

Join our Darwin150 group on Facebook and get as many friends,  
colleagues, faculty, students, church members to join with you. Show  
we can continue to grow even in the face of their concerted illegal  
attacks.
Join here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Invite people here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Watch or organize a group to watch a live webcast

Watch on your own or organize a group viewing (classroom, friends,  
church members) of an upcoming live webcast either with scientist Sean  
Carroll, E.O. Wilson or the New York Academy of Sciences. I'd like  
your help to bring the words of these top scientists out to groups all  
over the world. This is a free and wonderful resource.

Register free here:

Wednesday, Nov 3 @8pm ET with Sean Carroll (great writer, scientist  
and speaker)
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 @1pm ET with E.O. Wilson (great time for high school  
and college classrooms to watch together this legendary biologist)
http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 at 6pm ET with New York Academy of Sciences
webcast link coming soon

3. Consider volunteering

We need volunteers to help us build the campaign and continuously  
manage/clean-up from the creationist attacks. E-mail Phil at pterry at  
reading odyssey dot com, if you'd like to volunteer.

Why do they attack us?

We know how to reach mainstream Americans through the web and that it  
is a real threat to the creationist camp. We have more than 250,000  
Facebook members making us the largest Darwin/evolution group by far.  
The size of our group shows the breadth and depth of support for  
evolution and it means all of our online activities are a target for  
continuous 24/7 attack by creationists.

Plus we have free webcasts with some of the top scientists talking  
about Darwin and evolution. Fun but serious and compelling talks by  
the likes of Sean Carroll, E.O. Wilson, Jonathan Weiner and others  
threaten the creationist community.

Why are we going public now with the attacks?

We have been under daily 24/7 attack since we began in January 2009  
with a Darwin birthday celebration. But the small group of extreme  
creationists that attack us have stepped up their efforts as we get  
closer to the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin  
of Species."

Why don't we detail the attacks?

We don't want to help more creationists attack us by giving ideas out.  
Our all-volunteer campaign just keeps working and striving to stay  
positive and focused on what's important (and btw - we do *not*  
condone nor want illegal counter-attacks on creationist websites).

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From pterry at creativegood.com  Sat Oct  3 20:02:58 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:02:58 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Darwin150 campaign: update, things to do, intros?
Message-ID: <B86AA295-E9C9-40AC-8565-E68A65418C8B@creativegood.com>

Volunteers in the Darwin150 campaign,

I hope this note finds you well.

Here's an update and some stuff to do:

- Atlantic Monthly covered our efforts here:
http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/lane_wallace/2009/09/celebrating_the_origin_of_the_species.php

- Columbia University lecture - "Variation" - is this Wednesday,  
October 7
It's sold out for the live event but we have room for the  
teleconference. Can you help promote it?
Free registration here:
http://DarwinLecture2.eventbrite.com

- "On the Origin of Species" free reading group starts this week -  
there are a few spots. Join if you like or spread the word.
http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com

- Brief intro?
Send a brief intro of yourself and what kinds of promotion/work you  
are doing at your site to the whole group - volunteers at darwin150.org.  
It's a good way to get to know each other.

Thanks for helping to make Darwin150 successful.

We'll schedule a call soon to get everyone together!

Thank you!

Phil
----------------------------
Promote the Columbia Lecture

Wednesday, October 7
Speaker: JONATHAN WEINER
Professor, Columbia University
Lecture 2: Variation
8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute lecture and Q&A)

Sign-up here for the teleconference:
http://DarwinLecture2.eventbrite.com

Wednesday, October 7, at 8pm eastern time at Columbia University and  
live via teleconference, Pulitzer-prize winning professor Jonathan  
Weiner, author of "Beak of the Finch", among other books will deliver  
the second lecture in our 150th anniversary "Origin of Species" series  
hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project.  
Attendees optionally can read chapters 1 and 2 on variation in  
Darwin's great book.

Sponsors include National Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef  
Conferencing Division, Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of  
Comparative Zoology, National Center for Science  
Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The New York Academy of  
Sciences.

----------------------------
Join the Facebook group

Please join the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Why is it important?
The Facebook group is helping to make a large mainstream cultural  
statement. It helps us attract sponsors, attention and awareness for  
the lecture series and reading group.

----------------------------
Promote the reading group

We have *14* few free spots left for the "Origin of Species" reading  
group.

Fall 2009 Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" $49 or free*
Tuesdays Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 8 at 8pm ET
Moderator: Stephanie Aktipis, PhD, Harvard

Sign-up here:
http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com

In the fall of 2009, we are running a Darwin phone-based reading group  
for those who would like the Reading Odyssey reading experience of  
this great scientific work. Special thanks to Reading Odyssey sponsors  
Citrix Online and their HiDefConferencing division.
The reading group will meet Tuesdays Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 8 at 8pm ET,  
5pm Pacific via phone. The conference call number will be supplied to  
all who register.
Edition? We'll read the Harvard University Press Fascimile of Darwin's  
first edition with introduction by the great Ernst Mayr. Here's the  
Amazon link.
Moderator? Stephanie Aktipis, Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the  
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard.  
Stephanie also holds a M.Sc. with honors in Science Policy from the  
London School of Economics where she studied the intersection of  
science, government, and public policy.   She has taught several  
biology courses at Harvard University and The George Washington  
University and received the Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Teaching  
at Harvard in 2004.  Most recently, Stephanie was a Teaching Fellow  
for the Evolutionary Biology course at Harvard College which included  
an in-depth study of The Origin of Species.  She currently serves as a  
Resident Tutor and Sophomore Advising Coordinator in Harvard College  
at Cabot House, an undergraduate residential community.

----------------------------
Local viewing for the Sean Carroll webcast

We have *900* webcast spots available.

Are you hosting a local viewing on your campus/at your museum or  
institution?

Please consider doing so. Here are the details for the lecture.

Wednesday, November 4
Speaker: SEAN CARROLL
Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin
Lecture 3: The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and the DNA  
Record of Evolution
8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute lecture and Q&A)

Free registration:
http://DarwinLecture3.Eventbrite.com

Wednesday, November 4 at 8pm Eastern time, world-renowned scientist,  
Professor Carroll, author of a number of books for the general reader  
and over 100 scientific papers, will deliver the third lecture in our  
150th anniversary "Origin of Species" series. hosted by The Reading  
Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project. Attendees are encouraged to  
read chapters 3 and 4 on variation in Darwin's great book.
Sponsors include National Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef  
Conferencing Division, Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of  
Comparative Zoology, National Center for Science  
Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The New York Academy of  
Sciences.

----------------------------
Brief intro

Send a brief intro to campus at Darwin150.org

Include:
- name of institution - university, college, museum, etc?
- your role
- why you joined the campus network
- what you are doing to promote - any innovations that others can copy

Thanks!

Phil 



From pterry at creativegood.com  Wed Oct  7 14:44:37 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:44:37 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Tonight's Darwin150 lecture;
	can you do last-minute invites?
Message-ID: <8AA65E1C-2DFB-4B4B-BF3B-9D539CC9BAFD@creativegood.com>

Darwin150 volunteers,

I hope you are well.

I look forward to "seeing" you tonight, Wednesday, October 7 on the  
teleconference of Professor Jonathan Weiner's talk on "Variation" live  
from Columbia University.

Can you send a last minute invite to your networks about tonight's  
lecture? There is still room on the teleconference (Skype and regular  
phone).

While we are sold out in the live lecture hall, people can still sign  
up to be part of the broadcast teleconference.

You can use the invite below (or edit it to your liking).

Thanks so much!

Phil

To: Your networks
From: Yourname
Subject: Invite: Join us tonight for Darwin150 lecture from Columbia?

Tonight - Wed 10/7/2009 at 8pm New York time, 5pm California - is the  
second lecture of the Darwin150 campaign. The lecture features  
Pulitzer-Prize-winning Professor Jonathan Weiner talking about the  
important topic of "Variation."

Jonathan is a great writer and speaker and I'd love for you to join us  
this evening via phone.

Registration is free.

Sign-up here:
http://DarwinLecture2.Eventbrite.com

I hope you can join us - I look forward to "seeing" you on the phone.

Thanks!

Yourname




From pterry at creativegood.com  Thu Oct  8 16:06:28 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:06:28 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Podcast from last night's call;
	vote on conference call?
Message-ID: <A7AFAF67-A674-4DAA-9516-88D8DF73F8A4@creativegood.com>

Hey volunteers and campus network representatives,

I hope you had a chance to listen live to Professor Jonathan Weiner's  
lecture last night "On Variation." It was a great talk.

I have two things to ask:

1. Promote the podcast
Below my signature is an e-mail you can send out to your friends,  
campus network, put up on Facebook, Twitter about - it's an invitation  
to listen to the podcast from the lecture.

2. Vote on a team conference call date/time
We are in the final six weeks of our campaign. As we get closer to  
November 24, there will be more activity in terms of growth of the  
Facebook page as well as folks registering for our Sean Carroll and  
E.O. Wilson lectures.

I'd like to get together a conference call for the volunteers and  
members of the campus/museum network. In the call, we'll review and  
share what we are doing and what needs to be done.

Please vote here on the dates for the call that would work best for you:

http://doodle.com/9wq27uftypv9e766

Thanks so much!

Phil

----------------------------
To: Your network (thru e-mail, and short versions on Facebook,  
Twitter, etc.)
From: You
Subject: Podcast from Darwin150 lecture 2: "On Variation"?

We had a great lecture last night live from Columbia University by  
Professor Jonathan Weiner - and I'd like to encourage you to download  
and listen to the podcast.
His talk - "On Variation" - was the second lecture of our five-part  
Darwin150 lecture series. Professor Weiner won a Pulitzer Prize for  
his wonderful book, "Beak of the Finch", which shows evolution - and  
specifically variation - in action among "Darwin's finches" in the  
Galapagos Islands (and details the multi-decade work of Princeton  
biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant).

You can listen to the podcast from the lecture here:

http://showsupport.typepad.com/odyssey/2009/10/variation.html

Thanks!

Yourname

P.S. I also encourage you to sign-up for the upcoming webcasts:

- Tuesday, November 3 8pm ET Professor Sean Carroll "The Making of..."
"The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and the DNA Record of  
Evolution" - Lecture 3 in the 150th anniversary "On the Origin of  
Species" lecture series - University of Wisconsin
Free registration here:
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/

- Tuesday, November 24 1pm ET E.O. Wilson "Frontiers of Biology"

Free registration here:
http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com/





From pterry at creativegood.com  Tue Oct 20 22:48:58 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:48:58 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] 2 wks to Prof Carroll's webcast; please reply!
Message-ID: <D1E7D982-A183-4B8F-9CD0-1FBAF455B464@creativegood.com>

Hey folks,

I hope you are all doing well.

We are about two weeks out from the webcast lecture from Professor  
Sean Carroll. As most of know, Prof. Carroll is a great speaker,  
scientist and writer. He is going to put together a *terrific* talk  
that will be live at Wisconsin and broadcast live around the world.

Can you help?

- Spread the word far and wide for folks to sign-up
This is going to be a very special presentation. Sean has been working  
on it - and all I can tell you is that will be a multi-media  
extravaganza.

[  ] Yes, happy to spread the word!
[  ] No, not able to

See the sample invite below to pass out to your communities. Also see  
the Facebook and Twitter suggestions that I have for you.

Thank you!

Phil

----------------------------
Sample Facebook update
----------------------------

The Making of the Fittest? Global Darwin150 webcast with Prof. Sean  
Carroll Nov 4, 2009 at 8pm ET. Free: http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/

----------------------------
Sample Twitter post
----------------------------

The Making of the Fittest? Global Darwin150 webcast with Prof. Sean  
Carroll 11/4/09 @8pmET Free: http://bit.ly/BSUcG

----------------------------
Sample e-mail invite
----------------------------

Subject: Invitation to "Making of the Fittest" Wed., Nov 4 8pm ET

I'd like to invite you to the Darwin150 lecture by renowned scientist  
Professor Sean Carroll, "The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection  
and the DNA Record of Evolution" Wednesday, November 4 at 8pm New York  
time, 5pm California.

For free sign-up for the webcast, click here:
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com/

World-renowned scientist, Professor Carroll, author of a number of  
books for the general reader and over 100 scientific papers, will  
deliver the third lecture in the Darwin150  "Origin of Species"  
anniversary series. Hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin  
Facebook project, the lecture series is sponsored by National  
Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef Conferencing Division,  
Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, National  
Center for Science Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The  
New York Academy of Sciences.

Sean Carroll's bio is below. I hope you can join us for this global  
event!

Thanks,

[yourname]

----------------------------
Sean Carroll is Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an  
Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the  
University of Wisconsin. His research has centered on the genes that  
control animal body patterns and play major roles in the evolution of  
animal diversity. Major discoveries from his laboratory have been  
featured in TIME, US News & World Report, The New York Times,  
Discover, and Natural History.

Sean is the author of The Making of the Fittest (2006, W.W. Norton)  
and of Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo(2005,  
W.W. Norton). He is also co-author with Jen Grenier and Scott  
Weatherbee of the textbook From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics  
and the Evolution of Animal Design (2nd ed, 2005; Blackwell  
Scientific) and with Anthony Griffiths, Richard Lewontin, and Susan  
Wessler of the textbook Introduction to Genetic Analysis(9e, 2007,  
W.H. Freeman and Co.). He is also the author or co-author of more than  
100 scientific papers.

Sean is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (elected 2007)  
and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of  
Science. He has received the National Science Foundation Presidential  
Young Investigator Award, the Shaw Scientist Award of the Milwaukee  
Foundation, and numerous honorary lectureships. Sean was named one of  
America's most promising leaders under 40 by TIME Magazine in 1994.

He earned his B.A. in Biology at Washington University in St. Louis,  
his Ph.D. in Immunology at Tufts Medical School, and carried out his  
postdoctoral research with Dr. Matthew Scott at the University of  
Colorado-Boulder.

Sean lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his wife Jamie and two sons.
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From pterry at creativegood.com  Sat Oct 24 16:16:48 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:16:48 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Help! Creationists increase illegal attacks;
	reply requested?
Message-ID: <6381379C-48A1-4776-90C7-61CFFB89EF03@creativegood.com>

Volunteers,

Can you help? As we get within a month of the 150th anniversary of the  
publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", a small extreme part of  
the creationist community has stepped up illegal attacks on our online  
campaigns and websites and Facebook pages.

We need your help and the help of all fair-minded and reasonable  
people everywhere to show support for Darwin.

Please reply to all that apply:

[  ] Yes, I'll put the Facebook status update into my update on Monday  
(that's when it'll have most impact)
[  ] Yes, I'll also put a twitter post up about this
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to go make sure I've invited my whole Facebook  
community to the Darwin Facebook page
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to send out the e-mail below

and finally...

[  ] Yes, I'll arrange a group viewing of the upcoming Sean Carroll  
and E.O. Wilson webcasts
for details on this last point, get in touch with me.

See the suggested Facebook and Twitter posts, Facebook friends invite  
and e-mail template all listed below!

Thanks!

Phil

----------------------------
Facebook update
----------------------------

Put this in your Facebook post on Monday:

Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks on Darwin150. Can you help  
us? Go here: http://www.darwin150.com/home/2009/10/24/help.html

----------------------------
Twitter post
----------------------------

Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks on Darwin150. Can you help? http://bit.ly/46c7uX 
  #darwin #darwin150

----------------------------
Invite all Facebook friends to our group
----------------------------

1. Click here:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Select all your friends (by clicking on their pictures - one at a  
time)

3. Include this personal message

Hey - I want to invite you to a silly but serious group celebrating  
the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of  
Species." We have 250,000+ members and I'd love for you to join us and  
help us reach our goal of 1 million by November 24!

----------------------------
E-mail to friends
----------------------------

To: All your friends, co-workers, faculty, students, church members,  
etc.
From: Yourname
Subject: Help! Creationists mount illegal attacks - can you help us?

Help!

Creationists continue to mount illegal online attacks on ourDarwin150  
campaign and I'd like to ask you for help.
How can you help?

I have outlined several ways below. Would you be willing to do any of  
these?

Let me know!

Yourname

1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members)

Join our Darwin150 group on Facebook and get as many friends,  
colleagues, faculty, students, church members to join with you. Show  
we can continue to grow even in the face of their concerted illegal  
attacks.
Join here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Invite people here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Watch or organize a group to watch a live webcast

Watch on your own or organize a group viewing (classroom, friends,  
church members) of an upcoming live webcast either with scientist Sean  
Carroll, E.O. Wilson or the New York Academy of Sciences. I'd like  
your help to bring the words of these top scientists out to groups all  
over the world. This is a free and wonderful resource.

Register free here:

Wednesday, Nov 3 @8pm ET with Sean Carroll (great writer, scientist  
and speaker)
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 @1pm ET with E.O. Wilson (great time for high school  
and college classrooms to watch together this legendary biologist)
http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 at 6pm ET with New York Academy of Sciences
webcast link coming soon

3. Consider volunteering

We need volunteers to help us build the campaign and continuously  
manage/clean-up from the creationist attacks. E-mail Phil at pterry at  
reading odyssey dot com, if you'd like to volunteer.

Why do they attack us?

We know how to reach mainstream Americans through the web and that it  
is a real threat to the creationist camp. We have more than 250,000  
Facebook members making us the largest Darwin/evolution group by far.  
The size of our group shows the breadth and depth of support for  
evolution and it means all of our online activities are a target for  
continuous 24/7 attack by creationists.

Plus we have free webcasts with some of the top scientists talking  
about Darwin and evolution. Fun but serious and compelling talks by  
the likes of Sean Carroll, E.O. Wilson, Jonathan Weiner and others  
threaten the creationist community.

Why are we going public now with the attacks?

We have been under daily 24/7 attack since we began in January 2009  
with a Darwin birthday celebration. But the small group of extreme  
creationists that attack us have stepped up their efforts as we get  
closer to the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin  
of Species."

Why don't we detail the attacks?

We don't want to help more creationists attack us by giving ideas out.  
Our all-volunteer campaign just keeps working and striving to stay  
positive and focused on what's important (and btw - we do *not*  
condone nor want illegal counter-attacks on creationist websites).







From pterry at creativegood.com  Sat Oct 24 16:36:38 2009
From: pterry at creativegood.com (Phil Terry)
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:36:38 -0400
Subject: [Volunteers] Please remove "illegal" from the posts, etc.
Message-ID: <1D8D03D9-5176-4E7C-8292-3512E72F8E94@creativegood.com>

Hey volunteers,

Please remove the word "illegal" from the language in my note to you  
below. I've updated the language below.

I realize it comes across as strange. While it's true that some of  
what they are doing is illegal, it's just simpler to say "attacks".

And do reply and let me know which of the below things you can do!

Thanks!

Phil

Can you help? As we get within a month of the 150th anniversary of the  
publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", a small extreme part of  
the creationist community has stepped up illegal attacks on our online  
campaigns and websites and Facebook pages.

We need your help and the help of all fair-minded and reasonable  
people everywhere to show support for Darwin.

Please reply to all that apply:

[  ] Yes, I'll put the Facebook status update into my update on Monday  
(that's when it'll have most impact)
[  ] Yes, I'll also put a twitter post up about this
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to go make sure I've invited my whole Facebook  
community to the Darwin Facebook page
[  ] Yes, I'm happy to send out the e-mail below

and finally...

[  ] Yes, I'll arrange a group viewing of the upcoming Sean Carroll  
and E.O. Wilson webcasts
for details on this last point, get in touch with me.

See the suggested Facebook and Twitter posts, Facebook friends invite  
and e-mail template all listed below!

Thanks!

Phil

----------------------------
Facebook update
----------------------------

Put this in your Facebook post on Monday:

Help! Creationists mount attacks on Darwin150. Can you help us? Go  
here: http://www.darwin150.com/home/2009/10/24/help.html

----------------------------
Twitter post
----------------------------

Help! Creationists mount attacks on Darwin150. Can you help? http://bit.ly/46c7uX 
  #darwin #darwin150

----------------------------
Invite all Facebook friends to our group
----------------------------

1. Click here:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Select all your friends (by clicking on their pictures - one at a  
time)

3. Include this personal message

Hey - I want to invite you to a silly but serious group celebrating  
the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of  
Species." We have 250,000+ members and I'd love for you to join us and  
help us reach our goal of 1 million by November 24!

----------------------------
E-mail to friends
----------------------------

To: All your friends, co-workers, faculty, students, church members,  
etc.
From: Yourname
Subject: Help! Creationists mount attacks - can you help us?

Help!

Creationists continue to mount attacks on ourDarwin150 campaign and  
I'd like to ask you for help.
How can you help?

I have outlined several ways below. Would you be willing to do any of  
these?

Let me know!

Yourname

1. Join our Facebook page (250,000+ members)

Join our Darwin150 group on Facebook and get as many friends,  
colleagues, faculty, students, church members to join with you. Show  
we can continue to grow even in the face of their concerted illegal  
attacks.
Join here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Invite people here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=53320310123

2. Watch or organize a group to watch a live webcast

Watch on your own or organize a group viewing (classroom, friends,  
church members) of an upcoming live webcast either with scientist Sean  
Carroll, E.O. Wilson or the New York Academy of Sciences. I'd like  
your help to bring the words of these top scientists out to groups all  
over the world. This is a free and wonderful resource.

Register free here:

Wednesday, Nov 3 @8pm ET with Sean Carroll (great writer, scientist  
and speaker)
http://darwinlecture3.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 @1pm ET with E.O. Wilson (great time for high school  
and college classrooms to watch together this legendary biologist)
http://darwinlecture4.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, Nov 24 at 6pm ET with New York Academy of Sciences
webcast link coming soon

3. Consider volunteering

We need volunteers to help us build the campaign and continuously  
manage/clean-up from the creationist attacks. E-mail Phil at pterry at  
reading odyssey dot com, if you'd like to volunteer.

Why do they attack us?

We know how to reach mainstream Americans through the web and that it  
is a real threat to the creationist camp. We have more than 250,000  
Facebook members making us the largest Darwin/evolution group by far.  
The size of our group shows the breadth and depth of support for  
evolution and it means all of our online activities are a target for  
continuous 24/7 attack by creationists.

Plus we have free webcasts with some of the top scientists talking  
about Darwin and evolution. Fun but serious and compelling talks by  
the likes of Sean Carroll, E.O. Wilson, Jonathan Weiner and others  
threaten the creationist community.

Why are we going public now with the attacks?

We have been under daily 24/7 attack since we began in January 2009  
with a Darwin birthday celebration. But the small group of extreme  
creationists that attack us have stepped up their efforts as we get  
closer to the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin  
of Species."

Why don't we detail the attacks?

We don't want to help more creationists attack us by giving ideas out.  
Our all-volunteer campaign just keeps working and striving to stay  
positive and focused on what's important (and btw - we do *not*  
condone nor want illegal counter-attacks on creationist websites).

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