Botswana, Environment, Awareness

I really want to learn how to articulate my thoughts better - especially when people ask me what I'm doing this summer. I find that I'm either too brief with my answer that people won't remember what I said, or I give way too much background information that people reply me with an "Oh...that's cool." I guess it's like when someone asks you how your weekend was, they aren't really expecting anything other than "It was great! Yours?" It throws them off when you answer something else.

Since I haven't officially announced the placement I have been matched with, I thought it'd be good to practice right here on my blog what and how I want to tell people. So here we go.

Next time someone asks me what I'll be doing this summer, I want them to know 3 things:

1. I am going to Botswana, which is the country sitting right above South Africa.
2. I am working with an NGO that promotes environmental protection.
3. I will be assisting with all fundraising and PR activities with a goal to raise more public awareness. 

I hope that is brief enough, yet provide the right amount for information to prompt people to ask further questions. Afterall, I want it to turn into a larger conversation where I might be able to get insights from them or just to get to people interested in what I'm doing.

I assume this person I'm talking to will now ask, "Oh wow, how long will you be going for?" So I want them to walk away knowing 3 more things: 

1. I'm doing this through a program called Beyond Borders, which is a year-long program that requires us to take courses during the year before going onto this volunteer placement in the summer for 3 months. 
2. This NGO is running a lot of cool projects, such as an Eco-School, an Eco-Park, and they have the country's only recycling center! Protecting natural resources is crucial for the country's growth and development. 
3. If you're interested, I can give you the link of my blog where I will be posting about the work I will be doing with this organization and all the stories from this summer. 

To summarize, I have 3 things I want people to remember about my coming summer:
Botswana, Environment, Awareness 

And if they're really cool people and I connect with them, then there are 3 more things I want them to know:
Beyond Borders, cool projects, my blog.

If I can keep these 6 points in my head, then I can make sure I give a fairly consistent message every time.

I would love to hear any feedback on how I can further improve. I'm not very good at this, but I'm learning.

Oh, and I promise the next few posts will have more pictures and other fun stuff. I was told that people don't like reading long wordy posts.