Treats and Tricks

In trying to populate an audience for an event, a brainstorming session yielded a bad idea in a no bad idea zone.  That's how bad it was.  Why don't we make the event a volunteer appreciation?  We could have our volunteers and leaders come out and hear the group.  That way the group has an audience and the volunteers are appreciated.

Win Win!

One problem our colleague commented.  It's not like the event is really going to be a treat for anyone.

1.  Thank you for your honesty.  Because there is nothing worse than offering a treat and having it turn out to be some calculated, manipulated trick.

2.  How much of what we offer is a treat?  How much a trick? And how much an obligation that we feel pretty sure people will "do"?

3.  Do we really recycle just because we want to feel better about ourselves without really having to change our lives?

4.  Why do we feel compelled to populate audiences for events?

5.  What if we understood value (treat factor) better?