While regular people play Fantasy Football, Service Nerds (like me) play Fantasy Panel Discussion.
This is Joe Rospars.
He’s been my Service Nerd Fantasy Panel Discussion TOP PICK since I read Lessons from Obama: Lessons for Online Communicators in 2009 and Beyond.
Rospars was the new media team director for the Obama Campaign and, regardless of your politics, you’ve got to hand it to the man… brilliant!
I was so piqued by the report that I insisted that our CEO, Michelle Nunn read it.
[Which may have been a tactical error because now she wants me to BE Joe Rospars and that might be a bit difficult because...
...the road from Service Nerd to Digital Genius is long.]
If I could, I’d ply Joe Rospars with exotic and tasty tapas and delicious, tiny cakes until he was powerless to resist answering my questions. Then,
“Joe,” I’d say “tell me how the online strategies you used to engage citizens in the Obama campaign could be re-purposed to mobilize millions of volunteers to take action on our nations most pressing social challenges.”
Joe, under my tasty morsel spell, would reveal all his secrets to me and I would achieve:
The Service Nerd Fantasy Panel Discussion would also include Jack Dorsey, who is to what the Big Bang is to evolution.
Throw in Craig Newmark, the man behind the list. (You know, Craig’s List.)
Toss in Paul Gillin, author of The New Influencers and Andrew Noyes of Facebook and…
Check out my Service Nerd Fantasy Panel line up.
Rospars — Dorsey– Newmark — Gillin — Noyes
Now if there’s one thing I learned (from my other fantasy about being a problem like Maria), it’s that you .
And Diana Ross taught me that there .
So my trusty partner, Ranit from CNCS, and I drafted a series of highly persuasive letters inviting the Fantasy Panel All Star Line up to our annual conference and had them signed by the big bosses.
And guess what?
You can LIVE THE DREAM with me because they all accepted the invitation and they’ll all be there!
And I feel less like a Service Nerd and more like a Service Nerd SUPERSTAR!
The Social Media For Social Good Panel will take place on Tuesday, June 29th from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EST in New York City at The National Conference on Volunteering and Service.
Register now and join me there.
If you want to submit questions for the panelists, leave a comment.
And the next time you have a Service Nerd Dream of your own… don’t stop believing.
Follow the Social Media for Social Good Panelists online:
Joe Rospars ; Jack Dorsey ; Craig Newmark ; Paul Gillin ; Andrew Noyes ; And if you’re really feeling it… Service Nerd: