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Only one month to go
before the publication of our fourth paper issue and we still
have not decided whether to produce a larger magazine, publish more frequently, or simply
maintain the status
quo.
We've (more or
less) decided against increasing the frequency as this imposes
too many time-pressures. We may well, however, go for a
larger paper Issue No 4 just to "test the market". But we
will not increase the subscription rate before Issue No. 5
even though we may put a higher cover price on Issue No. 4.
It is clear from feedback
that the online and paper issues
generally reach different audiences. Apart from our
contributors and associates, whose involvement in producing
Nurturing Potential makes it necessary for them to study both
editions, readers tend to go for one or the
other. This has complicated the marketing of the paper
issue as publicity has mostly been restricted to internet
advertising; thus, presumably, failing to reach the right
audience. This is something we need to address and
suggestions will be very welcome.
MATERIAL
UPDATE
Notions,
Potions and Nostrums having run its course, we have with
this online issue turned to the main theme of Groups and
Groupwork. This brought several "old
lags" together again and it was quite heartwarming to
revive memories of work and play within the late Group Relations Training
Association and many workshops.
We
will continue the theme in the next issue, although possibly not
as the main theme, because there is still a lot of re-discovered
archive material that we would like to see disseminated, and
some promised articles on the theme have not yet materialised.
The
Language theme continues and we are looking for
individual contributors for this series which, so far, has been
produced only as an Editorial Board submission.
And
we still retain, as future possibilities:
Nurturing
Ecological Potential -
how the environment - general, personal, and domestic - may be
preserved and enhanced.
Bridging
Cultural Differences -
Class, Religion, Ethnicity, Education - the status quo versus
innovation, as applied in our personal and professional
aspirations.
Only
Connect.
Networks
and networking and their potential for self- and
group-development.
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