I first hear of this concept on a blog I was reading some
time back. I wish I could remember the name, but all the same the concept of this
Love Bomb stuck with me until I decided to use it this week.
How a Love Bomb works is you focus the attention (and love)
of many people towards one person, in a concerted effort. Let me explain how it
works by using my recent Love Bomb example.
For the past two years, I have been the Chair of the BC
Children's Retail/Wholesale Council, and Aaron Sanderson has been our fundraising
liaison with the Hospital. He has been instrumental in helping our council raise
record-breaking donations of close to 5 million both years running.
Unfortunately, Aaron announced he was recruited and would be moving to Toronto at
the end of the month. I wanted to do something special for him to show our
thanks, and this is where the Love Bomb idea kicks in.
I emailed our 18-member council, and asked that each person
focus their gratitude toward Aaron on August 13th in whatever fashion
they saw fit. The idea is to have as many people as possible Love Bomb him on one day. So
people from the group did just that, and sent him kind emails, thank you cards,
presents, balloons, gifts and visited his office. Imagine this happening to you,
18 people all showing their love for you on one day. What a memorable day it
would be!
Everyone had a blast dropping the Love Bomb and I plan to do
this again when the next opportunity arises. Can you find an opportunity to try
a Love Bomb?
Cheers,
Calvin
