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Live webchat with Henry Winkler on Monday 6th July at 9pm (GMT)

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By Wed 01-Jul-09 09:59:09 Add message | Report | Contact poster

We're delighted to welcome Mr Henry Winkler (aka The Fonz) to Mumsnet for a live webchat from his home in LA. Henry has transformed his own experiences of struggling through school with unidentified dyslexia into a great series of books for kids; 'Hank Ziper: The World's Greatest Underachiever'. As well as telling us about his books, Henry will be chatting about his own experiences with dsylexia, his recent tour of UK schools and of course dancing around the juke box at Arnold's Restaurant. If you can't join us on the day, post your advance questions here.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 17:38:15

some of questions people were asking were a bit specialised - I mean they guy is dyslexic but surely he's not expected to be an expert on dyslexia and the British education system grin

MNHQ - got any pet celebs/people of influence (including lovely Henry) who might be interested in supporting this?

I know the people behind it and they need all the help they can get to get this off the ground and helping (re)build children's self esteem and confidence .

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 15:09:27

Fivegomad yes that is annoying, but at the same time, if someone came on to do a webchat and stuck strictly to the subject matter without any general chat then everyone would complain that they hadn't really engaged with us. Must be hard to get the balance right if you are the person doing the webchat.

I thought this chat was good because he seemed to engage in the conversation and bantered a bit, as well as saying some pretty inspirational stuff.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 14:22:34

The thread was good but I thought he was here to talk about dyslexia which was the basis of the questions I asked, which were not answered.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 13:55:28

lol rhubarb.. don't run too fast..i'm not running after you....[nonchalant]

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 13:43:55

<<runs away VERY fast!>>

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 13:41:00

<< swoons over rhubarb >>

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 13:39:39

My only criticism is that, not necessarily on the Fonz thread, but some people do tend to 'take over' and post lots and lots of mundane questions, or have a chat within the chat iyswim and other questions get lost.

If you have a speaker, then I do feel that with the short timeframe you have, it's a pity if a question about dyslexia got lost in a sea of other comments about hair or make-up.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 13:35:50

DP, don't lump my comment in with yours please! Mine was a general comment about webchats and said nothing about swooning.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 08-Jul-09 11:00:17

If we cut, pasted and added to a list of questions we could group them too which would facilitate follow up.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 07-Jul-09 22:19:44

I would like a way to make sure that the victim guest does have all our questions, so that they have a chance to be answered. I was interested in his roles in pantomime, but my question was never answered. I know it's because he was here, really, to talk about dyslexia, but I felt a bit short changed that my question wasn't dealt with as well.

And I didn't do any swooning, DP, I promise.

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