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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Spiritual Help for the IndieGoGo Campaign

We would like to thank the Spiritual Aide Jay Weinstein for his support, helping the Daring to Ask Campaign on IndieGoGo.com.

Jay’s favorite quote from a character comes from musician Bob Dylan, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”

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PHILOSOPHY/POLITICS

Fiction's Philosophy - Philosophy in the Daring to Ask world seizes a kernel of thought or action to see whether that idea holds up to the gray zone of options we face each day. The themes of fiction touch us, but in between the Hobbes pessimism and Locke optimism lies the gray zone of questions.

Worlds Meet - In the Daring to Ask world, we question the norm of the obvious. We seek to find alternative paths to the serious issues that plague society. Fiction has always been a vehicle to inspire people with new ideas. We take this one step further. Ideas can run the spectrum from 0 to 180 degrees. We want to show that ideas are usually not helpful if they are only talking about black or white. Vast zones of gray lie in the complexities of life.

TV, MOVIES & COMICS

Lights, Camera, Action - A light zooms to reveal a scene of people arguing as the camera closes in on a gun sitting on a desk and then upon the faces of the combatants. As the action intensifies, we fear one of the characters might grab the weapon and use it at any moment. Whether we’re watching something suspenseful, dramatic, funny or terrifying, we Dare To Ask what makes a scene, a TV show or a movie great or fall flat. We want to analyze how the process works through the various skills and techniques used by directors, actors and/or other crew members.

Behind The Mask - In the Daring To Ask universe, we go beyond the cape and cowl, beyond concepts of good vs evil or hero vs villain. From Gotham to Latveria, we'll explore the trends, myths and changes occurring in the illustrated world, and how they ultimately affect and impact our real world.

About Us at Daring To Ask

Tom Pope's writing dares to ask how the parts of life interact to make us amazed at philosophy, cry at reading novels, jump with sport's excitement, or laugh at wit-fueled humor.

Hamilton Maher's observation of the human condition tries to bring answers to the fundamental questions of what makes us tick and why we are here. In his spare time, he loves to write, bike, and play tennis and basketball. He's also an avid movie, comic book and sports buff.

To get in touch with either one of us, just send an email to:
daringtoask@aol.com

PRACTICAL STUFF

Words Come Alive -Words strike the soul or mind because they have the resonating percussion of a pounding drum. Yet to make those beats, the words have to ring with the preciseness of a fine tool. We dare to ask which words are the best in which situations.

The Response Meter - Have a love of circulation, marketing and audience development? Want to know more about the industry? Get a different view on the latest trends, breaking news and research going on in business-to-business and consumer marketing, all from an industry insider.

Experience: Words Come Alive

Tom Pope is a writing coach/journalist/teacher.

Qualifications include:
- Assistance in developing characters, conflict and plot lines.
- Covering news topics for management media.
- Teaching students in literature, essay writing and history.

Results:
- Developed a cirriculum for Queens College students that engaged their abilities to pose questions and construct worlds for fiction writing.
- Wrote article about credit derivitives for the Nonprofit Times at the beginning of the year the story broke.

Background:
Masters in College Administration
BA in Political Science/Communication

Experience: The Response Meter

Hamilton Maher is a Circulation/Audience Development professional with over fourteen years experience in the industry, primarily in the business-to-business sector. He has worked for companies such as CMP (now United Business Media), Crain Communications, Bill Communications (now Nielsen), Miller Freeman and BizBash Media.

Qualifications include:
- Creation, execution and tracking of new business and requalification marketing plans and yearly budgets as well as reforecasting.
- Creation of viral marketing pages and campaigns on social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn to capture new business leads for magazines, enewsletters, trade shows and company websites.
- Work with SEO companies.
- Implementation of multi-channel efforts to increase website traffic, magazine and enewsletter subscribers, and trade show attendees.

Education:
B.A., French, Minor: Communications
Graduated Cum Laude from Adelphi University

FUN STUFF

Follow The Bouncing Brawl - Sports thrill most of us. Yet the Daring to Ask world questions the less obvious part of the foul lines, beyond the court and the field to locate that gem of inspiration that could improve the structure of the game. The daring is part of the way to see the bounce through the zones of gray in the complexities of the game.

Laughs Abound - In the Daring to Ask world, we seek to show how humor can answer the silly situations we discover in life. While humor can be found in many places, the Dare Zone plays with the alternative paths of silliness. We strive to take a concept and broaden the implications of that concept in directions others may dare to conceive.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Spiritual Help for the IndieGoGo Campaign

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