Meko
01-17-2009, 02:35 AM
Yes, I know, the topic title may be misleading to some people with a slightly sexual thought process, but steering away from that I'll get to the actual point of this thread.
So, this is something I've been curious on how some people manage to do. Organizations like compLexity always have a staff that supports them immensely, but how does someone who might have great ideas join into this coveted group of individuals? Personally, I've tried many ways of doing this and almost always have they failed. (Probably a good 100 to 1 ratio is something that could be used here.) So, I figured I would try asking other people how they may manage to do a feat like this. In all honesty, I might be approaching it the wrong way, saying the wrong words, giving off the wrong message or something I haven't even thought of. I'm sure that just being around from the beginning or being a loyal supporter has something to do with it, but there has to be something else that average people with big ideas could do to make it into that small circle.
I figure before I end it I should give my reasoning for asking this. I have ideas on how to improve things for many different organizations. Some ideas are big, such as a website overhaul or a new branch of an existing organization, and some ideas are small, like the different icons I made for the compLexity forums. Obviously, these are ideas but I've always tried to pitch them to people to see how they would work and see if I could manage to do more for that group later. I suppose I might not be pitching the idea in the right way or something to that effect, but that is why I figured I would ask here anyway since I don't know how to change at all.
Anyway, hope someone might be able to help with this. I'm expecting to get a bunch of meaningless comments but hopefully someone will take the time to actually give me some incite on this.
So, this is something I've been curious on how some people manage to do. Organizations like compLexity always have a staff that supports them immensely, but how does someone who might have great ideas join into this coveted group of individuals? Personally, I've tried many ways of doing this and almost always have they failed. (Probably a good 100 to 1 ratio is something that could be used here.) So, I figured I would try asking other people how they may manage to do a feat like this. In all honesty, I might be approaching it the wrong way, saying the wrong words, giving off the wrong message or something I haven't even thought of. I'm sure that just being around from the beginning or being a loyal supporter has something to do with it, but there has to be something else that average people with big ideas could do to make it into that small circle.
I figure before I end it I should give my reasoning for asking this. I have ideas on how to improve things for many different organizations. Some ideas are big, such as a website overhaul or a new branch of an existing organization, and some ideas are small, like the different icons I made for the compLexity forums. Obviously, these are ideas but I've always tried to pitch them to people to see how they would work and see if I could manage to do more for that group later. I suppose I might not be pitching the idea in the right way or something to that effect, but that is why I figured I would ask here anyway since I don't know how to change at all.
Anyway, hope someone might be able to help with this. I'm expecting to get a bunch of meaningless comments but hopefully someone will take the time to actually give me some incite on this.