This is a first for me. I’m part of a workshop called the “World Changing Writing Workshop.” Two very impressive people I’ve known from Seth Godin’s social network “Triiibes.com” have put this together and included me as one of their speakers. I talk about how to write about “Hot button Issues,” the hot button in my case being homelessness. I join an amazing list of writers who also give tips and info on writing that changes the world. People like Chris Guillebeau, Jonathan Fields, Danielle LaPorte, Colleen Wainwright, Jennifer Louden and Johnny B.Truant. I’m one of the “bonus speakers,” along with folks like Daniel Quinn, Deb Ng, Nathalie Lussier, Kelly Kingman, Ali Hale, and Elizabeth Potts Weinstein.

As Daniel says:

The world could use a helping hand, don’t you think? Poverty, cruelty, destruction of the environment, racism, war, and lots of people generally being mean to each other. It feels immense and daunting. What can you do about it?

The world doesn’t need a change of regime. The world doesn’t need a change of policies. Those may help the symptoms, but they won’t cure the disease.

So, how will we do it? What makes the difference between writing and world-changing writing?

According to Pace and Kyeli after interviewing us all:

These four things are what make the difference. The Key Ingredients to World-Changing Writing

1. Persuasion. Writing that makes people jump out of their seats and take action.

2. Fans. Finding and growing your right audience.

3. Getting it done. Creating a writing practice that works for you.

4. Safety. Making writing comfortable instead of terrifying for you.

If you lack any one of these four key ingredients, the recipe falls flat. (Or burns. Or ends up with a vaguely unfulfilling doughy texture.) Without an audience, your writing won’t reach anyone. Without persuasion, your readers will say “Hmm” and go back to their lives untouched. Without an effective writing practice, you’ll only make progress in fits and starts — you won’t be able to sustain it. And without safety, you’ll be paralyzed by fear and indecision.

We’ve gathered five experts who, along with the two of us, will teach you the craft of world-changing writing. We hand-picked each expert because of their knowledge and experience in one of these four keys to world-changing writing. Together, we’ll teach you what you need to know.

Once you learn what these experts have to share with you, you’ll have everything you need to do some world-changing writing yourself.

…except for one thing. There’s still one last thing these experts have that you don’t. Practice.

That’s why you’ll get The World-Changing Writing Workbook as a companion piece to the workshop. It contains an overview of the material covered in the workshop, some additional tips and tricks that aren’t covered anywhere else, six warm-up exercises that you can get started on the instant you sign up, and six wrap-up exercises, one for each session.

If you’re interested in changing the world with your writing - sign up. As an incentive I’m giving anyone who signs up a free 30-minute Q&A with me, one-on-one phone session about your world changing writing questions. Just click on this link or the badge thingie below and it’ll take you to the sign up page. It’s $197 if you sign up today, $297 if you sign up later. I don’t usually do promotions for workshops, but the book these guys wrote, “The Usual Error,” about communication and miscommunication was so excellent I agreed to do this. I think it will be more excellent information. And with the speakers they have lined up….awesome!

Disclaimer: I am a fan and supporter of Pace and Kyeli and what they do. I’m also a presenter in this course as well as an affiliate for it.