New printed material for promoting Esperanto
E@I has produced a new 24-page brochure about Esperanto. I like that there is representation from a wide range of people (young, old, western, eastern, men, women), with a wide range of reasons for learning Esperanto.
More information about the project and other languages
If there is interest, Esperanto-USA may be able to print up a few hundred of these and sell them inexpensively through the bookstore. What do you think? Any takers? Would you find it useful to have these available to distribute at a local group meeting or the LK?
I think that the brochure has its flaws. It is translated from Esperanto into English, so it has a bit of stilted feeling to it and seems a little old-fashioned. Also, British English was the English of choice, though there is contact information for Esperanto-USA. I am not a proponent of introducing "movado" information to the beginning learning either -- I think it risks scaring away some groups of people that otherwise would been interested in learning Esperanto for other reasons.
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Some posters already
Some posters already exist...
http://esperanto-usa.org/en/node/42
(Hmm, mi esperas, ke cxi-tiu komento ligigxos al la gxusta antauxa komento, tiu de Darsi.)
January 23, 2010 by David Wolff, 8 weeks 1 day ago
A lot of good material
When I'm designing "Intro to Esperanto" presentations, I often feel like I miss aspects each time. For my next one, I could definitely see myself reading from some of these pages or showing the pictures, and perhaps even repackaging this in a follow-up email to the partakers. I could see pages 2-12 being a good selection, but I definitely don't want to give them the psychology and history. The FAQ and on are good too. Hmmm. A good effort, but not quite what I personally need.
January 19, 2010 by Darsi Ross, 8 weeks 4 days ago
Way too long!
Wow, in my opinion, most people (especially Americans) would not be very interested in Esperanto reading this huge brochure. I personally don't like it. I agree with Lee Miller that it's just too long.
Also, British English is a turn off to me as an American. Someone needs to get with the program. We are in America, not England. (Again, just my opinion.)
If I were new again and never heard of Esperanto, I'd like to read a very short introduction about Esperanto, and then go from there. Then maybe that brochure might seem interesting, but definitely not as the very first introduction to it.
Here's my "about Esperanto" page. It fits on the computer screen without scrolling.
http://paulaesperanto.wordpress.com/what-is-esperanto/
January 19, 2010 by pauswa, 8 weeks 4 days ago
Printing copies?
I think if E-USA prints "several hundred copies" there's a high likelihood they will sit on a shelf somewhere until they're well beyond the stage of "outdated."
I think it would be much more useful to make it available on an "as needed" basis, if that's possible.
Also, it's worth noting that at 24 pages this booklet is really too long for someone who is casually interested in "what is that?", and not really long enough to provide useful information to someone who has become interested in the language and the movement. I'm a little unclear about who exactly the target group would be.
January 19, 2010 by Lee Miller, 8 weeks 5 days ago
Agree
I agree. We really should make our own flyer that's aimed at US audiences.
January 19, 2010 by limako, 8 weeks 5 days ago
A Quest!
Oh ho ho, do I see a project for my eager little group of Esperantists? Yes. I think so. :-)
January 19, 2010 by Darsi Ross, 8 weeks 4 days ago