Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Can we put marketing titles under our names?

Le mardi 02 novembre 2010 à 09:53 +0100, Dr. Bernhard Dippold a écrit :
> Hi Italo, all,
>
> Italo Vignoli wrote:
> Marc Paré wrote:
> > > > Just in case that I had not made this evident in my previous posts. I do
> > > > still hope to write/call some Canadian organisations in the hope of
> > > > organising the Canadian Marketing section of LibO but having an
> > > > identifying title would help.
> I wrote:
> > > In your case I think everybody agrees to state that you have already contibuted to
> > > our project in a very substancial way. So I for one would call you "Marketing Team
> > > Member" and allow you to use this title in communication with other organizations.
> > > This title should be able to add at your signature and on business cards we'll have
> > > to design, so they represent our branding.
> > >
> > > To avoid misunderstandings, I'd like to add another line to the signature or
> > > business card:  "If you want to contact an offifcial spokesperson of the community
> > > behind LibreOffice, please contact info@documentfoundation."
> >
> > I think that this could be a "transitional" solution, especially for US 
> > and Canada where community roles in the past have not been considered 
> > too much.
> >
> > In Europe community roles are quite clear, and - as I said - I do not 
> > need to state in my signature that I am a volunteer for OOo because all 
> > my stakeholders already know my position (when you are described as Mr 
> > TDF I do not think you need additional recognitions).
>
> At fairs it turns out quite handy if you can hand over a business card even if you 
> don't have an official representing position as you, Italo.
>
> In these cases I like to have a business card with with official branding, but clearly 
> stating that I'm not an official representative, but just a community member.
>
> > From time to time this approach allows an easy switch from discussing the product 
> to information about the community and invitation to join...
>
> Best regards
>
> Bernhard

I confirm what Italo said. In Europe all people that I know working for
a marketing department or who has a marketing role, as representative or
just member, use a branding signature to make sur of their status from
the people they talk to.

This is a very good way for other peopleto know who they are talking. As
an exemple there is :

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