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Friday, 25 August 2017
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This is how a collaborative person works: 30. search for and find your first influential champions
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(This post draws heavily upon the experiences of Paul Macalindin as described in his book Upbeat, which chronicles his inspiring work with the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq.)
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'During my phone call with Max in his Orkney home, I managed to declare myself the 'Musical Director of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq,' barely able to speak the words without choking. 'All my love goes out to you!' came his immediate response and then he blurted out, 'And I will be your Honorary Composer-in-Residence!' From Upbeat: the Story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq by Paul Macalindin
'Hello both, I was on Twitter last night and I spotted Barham Salih (the government official we talked about -did we talk about him?) on Twitter tweeting, I followed him and was amazed by his tweets. I wrote to him this: @BarhamSalih As a young Iraqi living in Baghdad I am extremely happy to know that someone from our government tweets -- kudos to you! And then it hit me, I didn't know he's going to response or not but I thought it didn't hurt to try: @Barham Salih have you ever had a chance to read this? would you be interested in supporting this initiative? http://tinyurl.com/ragfu2 (this link contains my article in the Times)
Charles M Lines
Now, I've spotted this message from him: BarhamSalih@ZuhulSultan Thanks! You make us all proud. I definitely want to help with this amazing project send me your phone number to get in touch I've sent him my phone number and e-mail... FINGERS CROSSED! Zuhal.' An e- mail written by Zuhul Sultan from Upbeat: the Story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq by Paul Macalindin
These two quotations (the first Paul's description of a phone conversation he had with the leading British composer Peter Maxwell Davies and the second Zuhul Sultan's email describing her discovery of and initial Twitter contact with Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih) emphasise how crucial it is to search for and reach out towards individuals who are willing and able to become your first influential champions: those who are eager to use their power and access to resources or credibility and standing within their professions to help fire-up and drive forward a young and innovative initiative; they catalyse progress and launch people towards success.
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There are two types of first champion: 1. those who offer your initiative its first crucial and significant practical support (which Dr Barham Salih did by providing $50,000 to fund the NYOI's first summer school in Iraq); and 2. those who offer symbolic support which
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