We do need better sign-age next time - ours was definitely underfoot and out of sight. I love the approach the AssentWorks team took in hanging up giant banners behind them.
That said, most people pass us by in two seconds because most people would never be interested in us. Due to the con demographics, we really aren't interested in 90% of the kids that pass by the booth either. Watch for the people who's eyes get caught by the sight of the raspberry Pi, or people who are excited to see arduinos on display. When you see those people, talk to them! Everything on the table has been placed there with starting conversations with people like that in mind. Knowing a good SkullSpace "elevator pitch" is handy, but I find the real trick is in asking con-goers questions and learning about them. This is especially easy if a specific piece of hardware caught their eye. "Have you ever used an arduino before?" can lead to "Well, I'm interested making one control my AC unit" and before long you'll be recommending that they show up at Skullspace. Another trick is to watch Nate and do what he does - the guy is a PR pro. We're first and foremost a community, and demonstrating that we're a friendly community to join starts with friendly people representing us. Aside, everybody has been fantastic so far. Thank you to everybody who's helping this year! On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > Then you shouldn't be working the booth. We need our most extroverted > people, otherwise there's no chance. Also some cool stuff sitting there > for people to check out. Did we get the pile of blinking lights? > > I personally hate it when vendors ask for contact info for a "draw", > which is code for "we're going to spam you forever". > > Ron > > On 2013-11-03 01:10, [email protected] wrote: >> I don't know about the other guys at the table, but I kinda suck at being >> talkative and marketing to random people... Some congoers just pass by and >> evaluate us in 2 seconds, it's good to have a way to identify ourselves in >> that time as 'not just guys who have a nintendo and cards against humanity'. >> >> Also maybe have a prize drawing where they need to leave contact info... AW >> has one of those for a free month membership and it has 100+ papers inside, >> wow. I volunteer a pile of Cisco 800-series routers for the draw. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ron <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected]: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 19:57:41 >> To: <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] Displaying Skullspace's identity >> >> Are there people at the table? Isn't the point of having volunteers >> there to tell people about it? >> >> It'd be cool to have stuff on the table, as well, but we sorta suck at >> having stuff. :) >> >> Ron >> >> On 2013-11-03 00:42, [email protected] wrote: >> > #incomingbikeshed >> > >> > I'm at the C4 booth and we have a nice sign (draped below a table where >> > it's not really visible, especially when people stand in front) and nice >> > business cards, but they just say our name and 3 unmeaningful words, >> > nothing says that we are a hackerspace or what that entails. I'm still >> > sick and not feeling too creative, any suggestions on how we should >> > represent what we do and interest people in it? >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
