We had a sldieshow going on the RPi, but the pictures included just Dave's fuzzy face and random kids, so I wouldn't really rate it as an general "look at the fun things we do" attraction. Would be good to have one with our positives and descriptions but I wouldn't include our kitchen since that's boring.
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Ric Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > In the future we could put a slideshow on and play it out through a > 32" HDTV there. Things we could show includes Skullotron, since we > don't really want to carry that to every events. People playing during > game nights or game day, our facilities, lounge, classroom, kitchen. > Kinetic text of what we do and events we've held. I saw Assent Works > have nice big screen TV that shows the big equipments they have. I > think some onlookers just passed by from a distant and looks like they > are not sure what we are. So having the slideshow on big screen, even > just 32" TV, would help. > > On 11/2/13, Jay Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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