I'm not sure how, but I missed this first time around – my bad!

Suffice to say, THANK YOU for a serious and well thought out post, and for your awesome support and help with 12for12k. The likes of Barbara Talisman and others can say what they like about efforts like 12for12k, but there's one key reason that I take them all with a pinch of salt:

We don't charge charities to help them. She does. So why not do it right, call yourself a For Profit consultant, and leave the free help, awareness building and more to those that are trying to do something without needing to charge non-profits for it..?

Thanks again, miss – you rock.

That's what I'm saying. I mean it's one thing to call someone out because they aren't doing a good job. But if the only reason you can come up with that they are “bad” is that they haven't me their goal — then that's a problem…with the accuser.

What makes this situation absolutely terrible is that the accusing didn't have all of her facts, didn't speak to the person she was questioning and also took low blows at the person of which her wrath was directed at.

That's not professional in the slightest.

I heard about the issues with the Twestival from the comments on Danny's blogspace following his repsonse to Talisman. And you are right, people will always be negative. But I think it's up to free space and people like us to change the tone, set the record straight etc.,

Thanks Nicole

Well said

That's what I'm saying. I mean it's one thing to call someone out because they aren't doing a good job. But if the only reason you can come up with that they are “bad” is that they haven't me their goal — then that's a problem…with the accuser.

What makes this situation absolutely terrible is that the accusing didn't have all of her facts, didn't speak to the person she was questioning and also took low blows at the person of which her wrath was directed at.

That's not professional in the slightest.

I heard about the issues with the Twestival from the comments on Danny's blogspace following his repsonse to Talisman. And you are right, people will always be negative. But I think it's up to free space and people like us to change the tone, set the record straight etc.,

Thanks Nicole

Well said

That's what I'm saying. I mean it's one thing to call someone out because they aren't doing a good job. But if the only reason you can come up with that they are “bad” is that they haven't me their goal — then that's a problem…with the accuser.

What makes this situation absolutely terrible is that the accusing didn't have all of her facts, didn't speak to the person she was questioning and also took low blows at the person of which her wrath was directed at.

That's not professional in the slightest.

I heard about the issues with the Twestival from the comments on Danny's blogspace following his repsonse to Talisman. And you are right, people will always be negative. But I think it's up to free space and people like us to change the tone, set the record straight etc.,

Thanks Nicole

Well said

When we did Knoxville Twestival, a few comments came through the blog that were very rude and accusing like this. It bothered me because I know I spent A LOT of my personal, spare time on this event and was really proud of what we were able to accomplish. But I think the lesson learned is that there are always going to be those critical, cynics out there…really, you just have to ignore them and go about your business.

But anyway, great post! Thanks for shedding some light on this!