http://blog.bradrourke.com/2010/01/26/donate-services-to-a-candidate/ Thoughts for leaders where new media meets public life. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:05:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.bradrourke.com/2010/01/26/donate-services-to-a-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 John Cooper-Martin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:06:27 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=1928#comment-1808 Mr. Rourke, I think you are correct,when you write to ask yourself, "Do I want to make this donation? (of my talent, my money, my time, etc.} - parenthenes mine. For me, it depends on the candidate and her/his opponent as to what, if anything, I donate. For some people, it is easier to donate money than their talent or vice versa. The more I care about a candidate and what issues she/he support, the more likely I am to make donations of various kinds. For other candidates, I do not donate anything, of course. I do not think you should feel badly about turning down a candidate's request for a donation, of any kind, nor do I begrudge a candidate for asking for a donation; a candidate who asks for a donation, in the true spirit of asking for a donation, is not asking for a donation to herself/himself, personally, he/she is asking for a donation to support the furthering of her/his campaign platform. Most of the time, the candidate will not know if a potential donor will make a donation or not if she/he does not ask the potential donor. John Cooper Mr. Rourke, I think you are correct,when you write to ask yourself, “Do I want to make this donation? (of my talent, my money, my time, etc.} – parenthenes mine. For me, it depends on the candidate and her/his opponent as to what, if anything, I donate. For some people, it is easier to donate money than their talent or vice versa. The more I care about a candidate and what issues she/he support, the more likely I am to make donations of various kinds. For other candidates, I do not donate anything, of course. I do not think you should feel badly about turning down a candidate’s request for a donation, of any kind, nor do I begrudge a candidate for asking for a donation; a candidate who asks for a donation, in the true spirit of asking for a donation, is not asking for a donation to herself/himself, personally, he/she is asking for a donation to support the furthering of her/his campaign platform. Most of the time, the candidate will not know if a potential donor will make a donation or not if she/he does not ask the potential donor.
John Cooper

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