[OH-Publicity] OpenHatch booth at Scale

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Carol mentioned elsewhere that she may be able to bring a large screen for
us to use at the booth at SCALE.  I'm not entirely sure how we'd use it
(screensaver of awesome event photos? demos of training missions?) but it's
worth brainstorming!




On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well, there are going to be at least three of us, so we can have more than
> one person there at least some of the time.
>
> I wonder if Karen can make us a quick SCALE-themed Sufjan.  Maybe a Sufjan
> hugging/playing with this dodecahedron (
> https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/sites/all/themes/custom/scale12x/img/scale_12x_dodecahedron.png
> )?
>
> Mostly I just think Sufjan makes everything better.  :)
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Deb Nicholson <deb at eximiousproductions.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I will be at SCaLE, although I have not sorted my travel or other (read:
>> work) time commitments while there yet.
>>
>> In my mind two things are key for booth, 1) having 2-3 people staffing
>> the booth at any given time makes the booth much more fun and not a chore
>> which people definitely respond to, 2) plus standing and greeting people as
>> they shuffle by instead of sitting/hiding behind a laptop, avoiding eye
>> contact, etc.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Deb
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Carol Willing <
>> willingc at willingconsulting.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  The secret ingredients were friendly and encouraging booth folks, a
>>> "you can learn/do it" attitude, humility, and enthusiasm. Beyond that I
>>> honestly don't remember but I can put you in touch with Sharon from that
>>> group.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/9/14, 10:36 AM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon wrote:
>>>
>>> Awesome!  Looking forward to seeing you again, Carol.  :)
>>>
>>>  I have a bunch of stickers in my closet so we're all set with those.
>>>  Any secret ingredients to what made Linux Chix LA's booth so amazing?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Carol Willing <
>>> willingc at willingconsulting.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Shauna,
>>>> I will be at Scale too. I'm glad you will be there :)
>>>>
>>>>  It would be nice to have a space near Linux Chix LA (nice group and I
>>>> think they won most friendly booth last year). On the Saturday, there were
>>>> quite a few kids last year so stickers would be great.
>>>>
>>>>  Carol
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Carol Willing
>>>> Developer
>>>>  Willing Consulting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>> From: Shauna Gordon-McKeon
>>>> Date:01/09/2014 8:11 AM (GMT-08:00)
>>>> To: Deb Nicholson
>>>> Cc: "Publicity for OpenHatchy events, projects, and the site itself"
>>>> Subject: [OH-Publicity] OpenHatch booth at Scale
>>>>
>>>> Hi Deb,
>>>>
>>>>  If I'm remembering correctly, you're planning to attend SCALE next
>>>> month.  Turns out I am, too, and while talking to the organizers about my
>>>> presentation they offered OpenHatch a booth on the expo floor.  I wanted to
>>>> let you know about that, in case you had ideas for how to set it up and/or
>>>> if you think you'll have time during the conf to help me man the booth.
>>>>
>>>>  Publicity@ folks - you too are welcome to give me design/setup ideas!
>>>>
>>>>  Easy-ish things I would like to do:
>>>> - stickers!
>>>> - t-shirts?
>>>> - high quality prints of pictures from events for decorations
>>>> - glossy cards that distill campus.openhatch.org somehow
>>>> - have a dedicated computer (at least while someone is at the booth)
>>>> for easy sign-up to mailing lists, donations via openhatch.org/donate,
>>>> sending emails re: hosting OSCTC events, etc.
>>>>
>>>>  I welcome further thoughts.  :)
>>>>
>>>>  - Shauna
>>>>
>>>>
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