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UGHHH Guild Meeting
Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our
speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. Debbi in SO CA |
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As prices for speakers go up the presentations seem to go down.
We've had several similar situations in our little guild. Just curious what she charged to come and sell you her products? Taria Debbi wrote: Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. Debbi in SO CA |
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Wouldn't have been so bad if you'd gotten some insight at the time. I have
a couple of her books, but I hate selling pressure. For me, if there' s a technique that goes with the item, I'm more inclined to buy it. "Debbi" wrote in message news:yoaPd.37955$Yu.36167@fed1read01... Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. Debbi in SO CA |
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I have no idea what we paid her. We have a really nice budget to get some
great speakers. Not only did we pay for her to come, we feed her, put her up in the hotel and then charge $30 a person for those who take her workshop the next day. Speakers arrive on Wednesday and we put them up until Saturday in most cases and until Sunday if they offer a Saturday workshop too. Most of our speakers bring books and products to sell before the meeting and during the break. This was the most blatant I had ever seen during the talk. Debbi in SO CA "taria" wrote in message news:TEaPd.19356$uc.17577@trnddc08... As prices for speakers go up the presentations seem to go down. We've had several similar situations in our little guild. Just curious what she charged to come and sell you her products? Taria Debbi wrote: Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. Debbi in SO CA |
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Gee, what a disappointment. You could have stayed home and watched
commercials in your grubby tee and baggy pants. I would have been totally hacked. Marti is capable of better. Shame on her. Polly "Debbi" wrote Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. |
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Hi Debbi, Do other members feel the same way? Maybe at a Guild business
meeting the subject of speakers can be addressed. Voice your observations and opinions. You couldn't be the only one who felt this way. It would be interesting to see what the consensus on this is. I don't mind learning about new tools and toys especially when they work with the technique being shown, but not the other way around. Let us know what happens with this. Hugs, Linda |
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I've often wondered if other "famous" quilters read this group like Our
Carol does. They could learn a lot I think. Like come down to Australia more often please - we are quite a civilised country you know. There are only koalas every five blocks, not on every street corner like most people think. And the convicts died out ages ago. LOL -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Gee, what a disappointment. You could have stayed home and watched commercials in your grubby tee and baggy pants. I would have been totally hacked. Marti is capable of better. Shame on her. Polly "Debbi" wrote Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. |
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and most people go to work on a kangaroo and living in the outback like I do
we have dingoes for pets and kangaroos to ride into town. -- Kathy B in West Oz http://community.webshots.com/user/kazzxie51 "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... I've often wondered if other "famous" quilters read this group like Our Carol does. They could learn a lot I think. Like come down to Australia more often please - we are quite a civilised country you know. There are only koalas every five blocks, not on every street corner like most people think. And the convicts died out ages ago. LOL -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Gee, what a disappointment. You could have stayed home and watched commercials in your grubby tee and baggy pants. I would have been totally hacked. Marti is capable of better. Shame on her. Polly "Debbi" wrote Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. |
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Do you get to hear talks from your own famous quilters? From what I have
seen in the Australian quilt magazines you arent lacking in talented and innovative quilters. (can I have a couple of them, please?) Diana -- - insert pithy siggy line here- "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... I've often wondered if other "famous" quilters read this group like Our Carol does. They could learn a lot I think. Like come down to Australia more often please - we are quite a civilised country you know. There are only koalas every five blocks, not on every street corner like most people think. And the convicts died out ages ago. LOL -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Gee, what a disappointment. You could have stayed home and watched commercials in your grubby tee and baggy pants. I would have been totally hacked. Marti is capable of better. Shame on her. Polly "Debbi" wrote Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. |
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Actually I didn't discover we had famous quilters until recently and really
Margaret Rolfe would be the only one I could really name. Since most of our magazines seem to be filed with adverts for the goods/services from the USA I just "know" them better. Does that make sense? I guess also not being in a guild/quilting group doesn't help but there really isn't much in the way of those locally. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Diana Curtis" wrote in message news Do you get to hear talks from your own famous quilters? From what I have seen in the Australian quilt magazines you arent lacking in talented and innovative quilters. (can I have a couple of them, please?) Diana -- - insert pithy siggy line here- "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... I've often wondered if other "famous" quilters read this group like Our Carol does. They could learn a lot I think. Like come down to Australia more often please - we are quite a civilised country you know. There are only koalas every five blocks, not on every street corner like most people think. And the convicts died out ages ago. LOL -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) ********************** "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... Gee, what a disappointment. You could have stayed home and watched commercials in your grubby tee and baggy pants. I would have been totally hacked. Marti is capable of better. Shame on her. Polly "Debbi" wrote Last night was our guild meeting. We had an amazing turnout since our speaker was Marti Michell. Unfortunately, a lot of us left during the talk because is was strictly an infomercial for all of her templates. Talk about a let down! She made a lot of sales, we are not a tiny guild (500 members, at least 250 were in attendence), so there was no reason for the entire talk tko be a sales pitch. |
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