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I spoke at SpainJS. It was a small conference, and unsurprisingly, most of the audience were from Spain. I obviously was not reaching "everyone," but so what?
by raganwald 13y ago
I spoke at SpainJS. It was a small conference, and unsurprisingly, most of the audience were from Spain.
I obviously was not reaching "everyone," but so what? I reached 300 people, and the politics of why a conference was put together to appeal to Spaniards (is that a word?) is of no consequence to me.
If I were a politician I'd attend Church pancake breakfasts and lunch with the Greek Business Chamber. Humans clump and cluster for all sorts of reasons. I support some, am indifferent to others, and frown at a few more.
But in the end, if the people in attendance are people I want to reach, I'll go. If their politics don't appeal to me, I'll avoid discussing the subject.
JM2C, I can't tell anyone else what to do.
- ChikkaChiChi 13y agoSome might say if your speaking at an audience "reaches" a single person, then you have achieved more than you could have ever asked for.
- scott_s 13y agoThat's her entire point: the people she wants to reach tend not to be in her audiences.
- stkni 13y agoI mostly agree but doesn't that slightly miss the point though? Because I presume you weren't invited to speak at a Spaniard only conference. I'm not particularly sure the OP has had much of an epiphany either. She could've entitled it 'Priest won't be preaching to the choir, anymore'. And it would've had a similar message, but perhaps not reached the top of HN.
- jusben1369 13y agoA better analogy might be if you wanted to reach Italians (because you thought Spaniards already completely grasped what you had to say) would you keep going to an event that ends up only being attended by Spaniards. I suspect not.
- mcguire 13y agoI'm guessing you weren't trying to convince people to learn to speak Spanish. Edit: Spaniard is indeed a lovely word: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Spaniard http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Spaniard.