11 January 2017
I hold a teleconference with the panellists I will be moderating at the EPO conference. I explain how my moderation is going to work. I tell them it is unlikely to be moderate but it will be Fierce. They do not seem as intimidated as I would have liked. Like all good chairmen, I tell them what questions I am going to ask them and what answers they are going to give. Then like all good panellists, they tell me that actually, they intend to give completely different answers. Like all good chairmen, I pretend to agree with them. Then I promise to send them a summary of who I am going to ask which questions. And the summary will be in line with my original intentions and there will be nothing they can do about it. After the teleconference, I enjoy watching emails come in promising funds for us to build a new Careers in Ideas website. Just after Christmas we sent a grovelling email to our IP Inclusive Charter signatories, and many of them were glad of the opportunity to do something straightforward in response, like donating funds, rather than having to host an event or find a speaker or write a blog. These kind people are donating many hundreds of pounds so that we can tell the UK’s bright-eyed school pupils about careers in IP, before they realise that careers in accountancy are easier to get. Most people say Yes, no problem, here’s loads of dosh, it’s a Good Cause. But some people say Hang on a minute, shouldn’t there be a bit more paperwork about this? There would be more paperwork, of course, if we weren’t powered entirely by volunteers in their spare time. But we are. So there isn’t. I will just have to live with the fact that this limits our funding options.
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