Eric Eckl's personal blog, Water Words That Work, a blog and web video (and podcast) series that explores the intersection of language, technology and environmental protection. As he notes in the introduction, the purpose is to help nature protection and pollution control experts become more confident and successful whenever they set out to enlighten the uninformed and persuade the undecided to take a stand on behalf of our rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Eric recently emailed me to tell that he has put down his video camera down and is trying his hand(rather mouth)at some Larry King-style podcast interviews. Here's a description of the series:
As media, politics, and civic activity shift online, a new cadre of opinion leaders is stepping forward to shape public discourse about nature protection and pollution control. This week, I’ll interview five of them — individuals who make their mark on community opinion through participation on blogs, listservs, social networking and bookmarking sites, and other online forums where people gather to exchange news and views.
Eric mentioned in his email:
The results were quite interesting, with a number of common characteristics emerging. I hope that environmental activists can use this information to identify the traits they are looking for when they want to groom one of their own to become an online community opinion leader, and also to develop more successful relationships with the online community leaders that have already emerged. Here’s the link to the kickoff post.
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