Totally Agree! millions of votes Awareness should start in schools! Catch them young
On Sun, 2019-01-27 at 14:36 +0000, Aquila Msiza wrote: > Hi I’m Daniel, > > I have been using LibreOffice for a while and would like to > contribute towards it reaching as many people as possible. I think > awareness of its existence, the values it stands for and what it > offers are a good starting point. The whitespace I see in this area > are the many non-tech affine guys and gals who don’t know about > LibreOffice. Although I’m not a stranger to the technology-world, I > myself didn’t know much about LibreOffice until recently when a > friend of mine, who studies IT, introduced me to the LibreOffice > Suite. (I was contemplating with the idea of buying the Microsoft > Suite) > > One of the many groups we can target are students. Many students buy > the Microsoft Office Suite because they see this as a necessity in > order to be able to do their work and are not aware of other > alternatives. (or think the alternatives are too difficult to use) > Usually for these non-tech affine people it’s “tedious” getting to > adjust to new software and therefore they make the ‘simplest’ choice > of buying what their already familiar with. > > Many don’t know about the LibreOffice option and I can assure you > many don’t even need half the capabilities of LibreOffice – not to > mention Microsoft Office – to complete their tertiary work. > I think by acquiring and familiarizing many students while their in > universities (maybe expanding later on to schools), their able to > accustom themselves to the software very early. Unlike other target > groups, students are usually more diverse and interact usually on > average with more individuals than other target groups. My point is a > product that is free and offers value can start to spread like wild > fire. > > But for that to happen, first its capabilities and the fact that it > exists have to be known. > > ..... > > > > .... > > Amongst many other pros in acquiring this target market, when we can > convey our values and visions, such as creating a software free for > all [insert values bla bla ] authentically, we recruit many > volunteers, who will be willing to help some-how in the LibreOffice > community. I really believe this is true, as they’ll realise the pure > value we offer in return for ‘nothing’. > > .... > How to get there... > > I looked at the different outlets LibreOffice has and Instagram > wasn’t one of them. At the current moment in 2019 to reach the > desired group of people and many other groups, we have to look at > where the current attention is placed. Instagram and snapchat (not to > mention facebook, although the organic reach is decreasing there) is > where the attention is. ...... > > I propose in creating an Instagram account whether we start small ( > native to the place i.e LibreOffice_US) or we create an HQ-account > (i.e LibreOffice) > > ....... > > Amongst other proposals is to create a video asking if their having > problems paying for their new office suite [bla bla bla] > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
