Great work, Florian...!!! Way to go!!! ~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "Florian Effenberger"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 2:28 AM
Subject: [marketing] sponsor for phone conference service
Hello,
good news: I've found a sponsor for the phone conference service. The nic
Please forgive... but I do not understand the need to sub-divide marketing
topics to different lists... that is, in terms of keeping pace with the 'big
picture' as simply as possible it seems logical that all marketing-related
conversation/discussion take place on the [marketing] list with appro
ss along or if
you experiment and come up with specific questions I will do my best to
answer.
Gotta scoot... ~Christine
Original Message -
From: "Andy Brown"
To:
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annua
I had no success with the talkyoo_skype connection, however I connected fine
thru the LA number +1 213 785 1592 posted on the
http://www.talkyoo.net/main/telefonkonferenz_internationale_rufnummern
page... And the call was very good. I look forward to the next one...
~Christine
- Origina
I will do my best to participate... I will be using Skype, and calling in at
11am Central Standard Time (USA). Looking forward to it...!!! ~Christine
(PS: I will respond to showcard thread etc. later today as I have other
committments this morning).
- Original Message -
From: "Craig A
. ~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "Lars Nooden"
To:
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference
Christine Louise Beems wrote:
I strongly recommend ...
If I interpret corre
About flyers, printing and promotional/show materials in general...
I strongly recommend (to my paying clients ) that hard-copy
publication of documents for promotional distribution be kept to a critical
minimum for reasons of marketing effectiveness and responsible stewardship
of resources.
Two things about this...
First, I like Skype. It is easy to install and use and I have always been
given prompt professional responses to any questions.
Second, I personally find telephone conferences awkward. I seem incapable to
understand 'who is who' by simply listening to tone of voice an
Hey Drew... re: "someone that will take responsibility for the 'content' we
want on those computer screens"
I will participate with content development (graphic design, promotional
copy, marketing materials/strategy) however I may be useful and am capable,
and we should probably discuss this f
010 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [marketing] Request for funding to go to Scale in Los Angeles
Hi Christine,
Christine Louise Beems wrote on 2010-01-20 16.23:
Respectfully, and only in the 'for what it's worth' capacity,
Alexandro's dilemma is an excellent illustration of why it is
Question: I'm new to UTC... could someone who is knowledgable confirm (or
correct) my calculationg that 1800 UTC+1 is equal to 1pm Central Standard
Time on Monday, January 25... in the USA? Thanks... ~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "Florian Effenberger"
To:
Cc: ;
Sent: Wednes
Respectfully, and only in the 'for what it's worth' capacity, Alexandro's
dilemma is an excellent illustration of why it is so important to allocate
budgets in advance. And generally, if there is agreement to this concept
(which I have heard support for but no one spoke against -- unless I've
m
Ancillary promotional benefits of ALA2010 (note unlimited FREE guest
passes):
a.. Unlimited VIP guest passes for you to invite your customers and
prospects;
b.. A free listing, product description and product category listings in
the Exhibit Directory & Buyer's Guide, which reinforces your mes
Some of the info you seek about exhibiting may be found at
http://exhibitors.ala.org/files/AN10-SpaceApplication.pdf
Note for the record that whoever said they were offering you a 'special'
deal was toying with you as this is the regular price that anyone would pay
for a 'small press table'.
I'd like to (if at all possible) pull this thread together with all the
other various requests for funding but not in context of 'approving' (or
disapproving)... only as an open forum for discussing what 'we' (the
Community) agree to as appropriate expenditures from our marketing purse.
That i
I suspected that an MS-employee had seeded this 'complaint' before I read
Leif's synopsis of what had transpired.
Remember that posting a while back about MS seeking folks to work on
countering OOo's encroachment into (what they think of as) 'their'
marketshare?
Whether this particular 'scho
I think you raise excellent points, Alexandro and I understand Florian's
perspective, too. And while it seems to me that both of you (and all of us)
are seeking to serve the same objective (ie: wise stewardship of community
resources) in terms of 'how expensive is expensive' I humbly suggest that
Double-Ditto on all the congrats and endorsements to both John and Florian.
Tho my tenure on this list is short, I have found myself immersed in a
creative and thoughtful conversation which seeks to cultivate clear
objectives by and through the process of deliberative consensus. Earnestly,
than
re: "For many, that is an advantage, because that allows travel paid by the
employer to also take place on working days."
Yes, this is an advantage to 'some'... and a disadvantage to others... many
of whom I suspect are among the scores of volunteers who are so very much of
the substance of t
ntation Kit [was OOo Pamphlet?]
On Fri, December 11, 2009 4:41 pm, Christine Louise Beems wrote:
[snip]
In light of which about the suggestion for a 'mix and match' high
quality,
global, 'language neutral' (thus totally graphical) full color folder
(printed on one side or both?
Another avenue to consider in terms of getting more marketplace exposure
could be to hold our annual conference concurrently with a conference or
expo held by another (larger) organization. In this fashion, we free
ourselves from many of the logistical duties of conference coordination and
at t
Actually Drew, I'd say your 'dream' is totally on-point. The timing is
perfect, especially as OOo is getting all this free-buzz about being a force
to be reckoned with and the feds are making delicious noises about
requiring Open Document Format...
Also it is propitious that OOo plans to have
"Others will only take us as seriously as we take ourselves." ~(?)
And just for the record, I have been gathering my thots on the Presentation
Kit and will respond on that thread soonly. Happy (almost) New Year!!!
~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "John McCreesh"
To:
Sent: Tue
re: "Indeed having multiple venues would be be a great thing, but might be
hard to organize..."
Absolutely, totally and 100% agree with you Peter. Except I would not say
'difficult' but would say 'complex'... tho hasten to add that I do not mean
to quibble over words here but simply to openly
Double-ditto 'relax and reload batteries' (smile). Merry Christmas, Happy
Chanukah and Joyous Winter Soltice to all... ~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "Florian Effenberger"
To: ;
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 1:51 PM
Subject: [marketing] time-off for Christmas
Hello,
I ju
of your life. Make note
of the things you imagine yourself doing, share your ideas and
collaboratively develop a master planners agenda. As always, hope these
suggestions are of some use . ~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "Bernhard Dippold"
To:
Sent: Friday, December
Here's an idea on conferences to add to the mix:
Face-to-face networking and socializing is essential for both community and
business development, so how about having an annual face-to-face 'global'
conference with multiple (regional) venues, all held on the same date(s).
This would give folks
re: "We should work on one campaign for every major release. Keeping in mind
that such a campaign would be valid for ~2 years or so i think it's worse to
spend some money on such a campaign."
Generally, strategic marketing campaigns run in 3 year cycles with an annual
'media blitz' -- 3 month
Do I understand correctly here that ultimately a web browser type utility
will be capable to open different document formats...? Thanks. ~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "Lars Nooden"
To:
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: [marketing] ODF desktop icons for OOo
If this Open Government directive is applicable to OOo, then a great
opportunity could be to do our own news release (as immediately as
possible), something like: "OOo Community Ready to Meet Obama's Open
Government' Directive -- The OOo Community announced today that its
Information Communicat
re: "I also believe we should avoid proprietary software to create marketing
materials, especially when the pdfs they create do not print correctly on
the most common Linux pdf viewer :("
I agree, even tho I am a PhotoShop baby. For those who may be interested,
here are examples of my design w
Brilliant work, John. Thanks for all you do. ~Christine
- Original Message -
From: "John McCreesh"
To:
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [marketing] [Fwd: [releases] 3.2 New Features page]
OK, how's this:
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/beta.html
- Original Message -
From: "John McCreesh"
To:
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: [marketing] [Fwd: [releases] 3.2 New Features page]
On Thu, December 3, 2009 10:15 pm, Christine Louise Beems wrote:
re: "The 'New Features' page is the next l
re: "The 'New Features' page is the next level of detail, again aimed at end
users."
From the perspective of an end user (me) who is proficient with various
productivity applications yet ignorant about the importance/significance of
confirmity with OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specifications, ISO ap
re: 'best news releases' -- Congrats and BRAVO John... here's looking
forward to #1 . ~Christine
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Interesting conversation... another perspective, however, is that a logo --
as the icon of a brand name identity -- really should not change much at
all, ie: CocaCola.
Of course the graphic design of the packaging may be regularly freshened up,
but a logo is (or should be) 'forever'.
That s
May I interject some strategic thots/questions, re:
I wonder who the target audience for the newsletter is. Is it the
community,
the press or even a third group?
and also:
And the people interested in this kind of information are more likely the
people we want to convince to use OOo (or to co
18, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [marketing] HTML version of the newsletter
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:08:23 Christine Louise Beems wrote:
In light of all of which I was wondering, is there somewhere a strategic
marketing outline for OO.o that I could review to make my comments most
appropriate
tter
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:08:23 Christine Louise Beems wrote:
In light of all of which I was wondering, is there somewhere a strategic
marketing outline for OO.o that I could review to make my comments most
appropriate to the objectives already set? Or is there some other way I
could us
Hello Kay... And first may I say that I think the content you assembled in
Volume 07 - Issue 25 is excellent. Very informative, especially to me in
terms of getting familiar with all that is going on in the OO.o community.
Thanks a bunch!!!
Second, I totally appreciate the limitations imposed
Hello Alex, Kay and all. I am new to this list (having been lurking for a
week), learning to use OpenOffice (and enjoying it) and minimally conversant
with OpenSource applications & ideology, all of which I find very
impressive.
My competency is in creative development, media, marketing and
c
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