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Dance Studios: We want more people to learn how to dance! And come to our dance parties!
Non-dancers: OK, well, we don't know how to dance and we're not really passionate about it, otherwise we would already be learning how to dance. So, how do we get into this dance thing?
Studios: Well, first spend hundreds of dollars on private lessons, and a couple of hundred on special shoes, spend several weeks in lessons and practice every moment at home, and then you can come to our dance parties where everyone there already knows how to dance!
Non-dancers: Uh, that sounds kind of intimidating. Don't you have, like, a group class somewhere that we can just drop in to see if we like it before we start spending all that money and committing every week?
Studios: NO YOU MUST COMMIT IF YOU ARE TO BECOME A *DANCER*!
Non-dancers: OK, well, we weren't really interested in becoming a Dancer, we just thought learning a couple of dance moves might be fun. You're the one asking for people to show up to your events.
Studios: *Fine*, we'll add a lesson at the beginning of our dance parties. We'll teach the same 3 steps over and over again for every dance party that we throw, and then we'll immediately open the dance floor to people who have been dancing for years and just throw you into the mix where you have to ask experts to dance with you and try to keep up with other experts moving around the floor. How's that?
Non-dancers: Yeah, didn't solve the whole "intimidating" problem. We'll just stick to asking our token dancer friend to show us a few moves, and then never practice them again.
#IfYouWantPeopleToDoYourActivityYouHaveToMakeItAccessible
Non-Dance Friends: Ooh, We've always wanted to dance! Will you teach us?
Dancers: Well, there are lessons available, and for safety you'll need suitable dance shoes.
Friends: We don't want to spend any money, so can you just show us some things?
Dancers: Well, you also need the space to do it, and that's my personal time that I'm giving up. Renting space costs money, and if I teach for a living, you're asking me to do my job for free. Plus, we already know that you need repetition to actually *learn* things. If you really want to learn how to dance, you need to practice regularly.
Friends: Nah, that's too much work and we're too busy with things that we prioritize higher.
[some time later]
Friends: Ooh, we've always wanted to learn how to dance!
Dancers: Well, there are lessons and dance events available...
#FromTheOtherSide #WeLoveToShareOurPassionButItTakesReciprocalEffort
Non-dancers: OK, well, we don't know how to dance and we're not really passionate about it, otherwise we would already be learning how to dance. So, how do we get into this dance thing?
Studios: Well, first spend hundreds of dollars on private lessons, and a couple of hundred on special shoes, spend several weeks in lessons and practice every moment at home, and then you can come to our dance parties where everyone there already knows how to dance!
Non-dancers: Uh, that sounds kind of intimidating. Don't you have, like, a group class somewhere that we can just drop in to see if we like it before we start spending all that money and committing every week?
Studios: NO YOU MUST COMMIT IF YOU ARE TO BECOME A *DANCER*!
Non-dancers: OK, well, we weren't really interested in becoming a Dancer, we just thought learning a couple of dance moves might be fun. You're the one asking for people to show up to your events.
Studios: *Fine*, we'll add a lesson at the beginning of our dance parties. We'll teach the same 3 steps over and over again for every dance party that we throw, and then we'll immediately open the dance floor to people who have been dancing for years and just throw you into the mix where you have to ask experts to dance with you and try to keep up with other experts moving around the floor. How's that?
Non-dancers: Yeah, didn't solve the whole "intimidating" problem. We'll just stick to asking our token dancer friend to show us a few moves, and then never practice them again.
#IfYouWantPeopleToDoYourActivityYouHaveToMakeItAccessible
Non-Dance Friends: Ooh, We've always wanted to dance! Will you teach us?
Dancers: Well, there are lessons available, and for safety you'll need suitable dance shoes.
Friends: We don't want to spend any money, so can you just show us some things?
Dancers: Well, you also need the space to do it, and that's my personal time that I'm giving up. Renting space costs money, and if I teach for a living, you're asking me to do my job for free. Plus, we already know that you need repetition to actually *learn* things. If you really want to learn how to dance, you need to practice regularly.
Friends: Nah, that's too much work and we're too busy with things that we prioritize higher.
[some time later]
Friends: Ooh, we've always wanted to learn how to dance!
Dancers: Well, there are lessons and dance events available...
#FromTheOtherSide #WeLoveToShareOurPassionButItTakesReciprocalEffort
