Starting something off means listening more than talking. It takes people time to stop being where they came from and to be where they are instead. It’s also the worst time to try and dump lots of information on them (I think). So the first order of the day is listening – letting people introduce themselves, and start to map out what they want, what they think they’re do, who they want to be. The trick then is to try and use that in setting up our side of the introductions – we’d like to do that thing you said, we can do that…that sadly isn’t possible this time though it’s a good idea.
That’s the theory. The practice is that we’re now on the revised, revised, revised plan with some people still due to arrive and the first ones leaving – the main thing is to start to build a positive atmosphere. We’ve played with cameras more than we meant to at this point, had an introduction to the local process for creating tourist routes and had some introductions. After a short break we’re back in there and it could be negotiating ground rules or a chat show. Watch this space.
we arrived a little bit later than the others, because of the Monday morning meeting. At least we picked up Gergő in Budapest and arrived to the second part of the starting. The atmosphere was perfect to be involved this chat show... As a first interviewee and 'actor' I was throwing it into the tufty few minutes later... Did you know that, in Hungarian language we use this word 'szerepel' with a negative meaning? If you’re going to hurt someone, just say: look he/she like to be in the public eye…
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