How To Announce A Project Change To Followers

Again, let's take a quick break from my current project to share an excerpt from my upcoming book, "Get To Know Your Backyard Opportunity."

Life happens, and we all have to make changes as we go, but when you are doing a public project and have followers, you will have to share the changes you are making with your audience. This is how I went about mine during my project. Look forward to the launch of the book soon. 

Enjoy.

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Change: 30 to 21

With Day 4 done, week 1 is in the bag. But change is needed.


I have to alter the project a bit. I will be altering the project from 30 days to 21. So officially, it's now a 21 day project.


My original intention was for a hard end on December 17. To get in 30 days of work---including meeting owners, setting appointments, and delivering values---interviews, copywriting, and others--- by that date, I will have to work 6 days a week within 5 weeks to meet my deadline.


But thinking it over carefully after week 1, I will be better off with a 21 day project that still meets the deadline and delivers better value to owners, which is and should the main reason for the project.


Let's take a look at the calendar for the next two months.


It just shows all the days I have marked for meeting owners and delivering values. I have purposely left some days off for personal time, days off to rest, and to make time for prepping for appointments and gathering requirements.

 The project will be over by the 12th of December, as marked on the calendar, and the 13th, 14th, are days to warm down and to unwind.


The 15th and 16th will be days to call up and thank owners for their time and reception, and you all for coming along. But also will be time for turning in my report and to pen down my reflections on it all.


So here, below, is a short list of my reasons.


1. Saturdays are mostly often rest days for owners, and I'd like to take a few of mine, too, to pace myself and avoid burnout.


3. Prepping materials and values to deliver at the appointments, and to prepare them very well.


4. Factor in Thanksgiving weekend.


5. Time for other gigs.

6. Time to write my weekly reviews.


Thanks for listening, and see you all on Monday, the 17th, for Day 5, when I meet with "Oh Boy! Print Shop" and "Aces Jiu Jitsu Club." for my first interviews.

Have a good weekend, you all.

Peace.

You can do the same with yours. Just don't make too many changes, though. If you are in school, you can explain why your school schedule may clash with project days, and why you will be doing the project on non-school days. Your reasons should be reasonable, they should make sense, if you will.

This eases people in to the change, and keeps them from thinking you are flimsy, and can't be taken seriously. Believe me, if you give good and genuine reasons, people will understand. We are all humans, things happen, and almost nothing goes according to plan. Even my recent project in New York City which didn't go as planned required a change, and I announced the change on my blog and gave reasons why.

Learn this skill now, and it will pay off going forward for all other changes to projects/ plans you make in the future which involves other people.