Not easy to find the right and elegant method to engage the young people with a good cause as ours. Our last try was using Facebook and to have a page of our own, which we named Smiling Knights; besides we formed a group on Facebook with the name of Smiling Hospital Foundation. During the first few weeks, many names were listed; at the moment 69 Fans for the Smiling Knights and 44 Members of the Smiling Hospital Foundation. But no further increase during last two weeks.
How to get more young people joining us as Fans and Members on Facebook? We tried a quiz and offered to send the winner anywhere in the world (we have Fans and Members from 15 different countries) a book of his choice with a maximum of Euro 20. Nobody applied sofar. Either the question was too difficult or - more likely - users of Facebook only like to chat or read quickly about the latest news and are not inclined to spend time on serious matters.
We are slowly learning to make best use of advanced methods of communication and technology.
But clearly we have not done well in this respect and need support from others. If any reader of this blog has a good idea how to engage young people towards the cause of the Smiling Hospital Foundation, we certainly would much appreciate to hear.
Albert Royaards
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