Herald Sun Expo 27-29 July - suggestions thread!

[ninwa]

No, the table is far too small to hold a monitor. I said this in my original post - there's just not enough space, especially as I plan to get a stand of some sort to display all 5 books properly. There's NO way we'll be able to fit any computers on it.

Personalised tshirts will be too expensive unfortunately. I had to twist enwiabe's arm even to get him to agree to tshirts in the first place

ATARNotes stationery is a good idea. I will look into that. Anybody got any ideas as to what kind of place might be good for this?

I don't know what the ATARNotes magazine launch date is, but I'll keep that in mind.

I would love for someone to redesign the posters. I know a lot of people spent ages standing there squinting trying to read them.

[Bhootnike]

i can give a shot at redesigning the posters..
ill send you a PM when i finish it ok Ninwa?

i might come and help  out with a friend.. if you require some helpers!
indian marketing strategies will surely suffice ;p

[paulsterio]

No, the table is far too small to hold a monitor. I said this in my original post - there's just not enough space, especially as I plan to get a stand of some sort to display all 5 books properly. There's NO way we'll be able to fit any computers on it.

Personalised tshirts will be too expensive unfortunately. I had to twist enwiabe's arm even to get him to agree to tshirts in the first place

ATARNotes stationery is a good idea. I will look into that. Anybody got any ideas as to what kind of place might be good for this?

I don't know what the ATARNotes magazine launch date is, but I'll keep that in mind.

I would love for someone to redesign the posters. I know a lot of people spent ages standing there squinting trying to read them.

But 17 inch monitor is a good size, Connect managed to pull it off really well and it looked great. I reckon we should have a laptop there for people to sign up at least, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to source an 11 inch computer from one of my friends, if not me then Dev should be able to.

I'm not sure about where to get stationery, but I'll do some research

[ninwa]

i can give a shot at redesigning the posters..
ill send you a PM when i finish it ok Ninwa?

i might come and help  out with a friend.. if you require some helpers!
indian marketing strategies will surely suffice ;p

Thank you

@Paul: I think part of the reason the table felt so tiny is that we had spare copies of books flying around everywhere. Once I get a stand to put them in, maybe it'll be better, idk, we'll bring Dan's monitor again to the bump-in (assuming they have one) and see how it fits

[paulsterio]

I reckon the stand will be a good idea, but remember that we will have many more books this time around

Alright then, if you want, you can let me know and I'll bring in my smaller monitor to the bump-in as well and see how it fits if Dan's is too big.

Also, on last thought, I reckon since we're not having T-Shirts then we should have name badges, would you like me to make some? (I'll make a few empty ones as well so we can just write in the names for anyone who decides to volunteer and rock up unexpectedly)

[DisaFear]

Dimensions of poster? The one your provided or A4? Because that image has random dimensions

[Russ]

You need to get the triangular highlighters (eg) and give those away. I attribute a large amount of UoM's success to these

[ninwa]

@Paul we ARE having tshirts (as long as I can find a cheap enough quote for them) but they just won't be personalised. Name tags are a definite.

I know we'll have many more books, hence the stand I'm thinking one like for example the Checkpoints people had. We'll also have backup copies behind the stand for when we're showing people what they look like etc.

@Disafear the posters we had at the expo were A1

[paulsterio]

Oh right, t-shirts just not personalised, OK then, I'll start working on some nametags, would you be able to tell me the font you used on the posters, just so I can get some sort of a unity going there

But yeah, the stand should work really well

[pi]

btw, I'm free to come on pretty much any of those days too


+1, to Paul's earlier long post, although, I like the chocolates

[ninwa]

I have a feeling the stationery will go too far over budget - a good idea in theory, but we're not made of money. I've put in a couple of requests for quotes and we'll see what happened

The two days I was at the expo, we used the chocolates as a way of drawing people in - offer them a chocolate (most will accept), and then they feel obliged to listen to what we have to say. (Muahaha)

[Russ]

The two days I was at the expo, we used the chocolates as a way of drawing people in - offer them a chocolate (most will accept), and then they feel obliged to listen to what we have to say. (Muahaha)

Right, the chocolates are only for the customers, eh nina?

[pi]

The two days I was at the expo, we used the chocolates as a way of drawing people in - offer them a chocolate (most will accept), and then they feel obliged to listen to what we have to say. (Muahaha)

Right, the chocolates are only for the customers, eh nina?

haha

(they were incredibly tasty though!)

[sam.utute]

I have a feeling the stationery will go too far over budget - a good idea in theory, but we're not made of money. I've put in a couple of requests for quotes and we'll see what happened

The two days I was at the expo, we used the chocolates as a way of drawing people in - offer them a chocolate (most will accept), and then they feel obliged to listen to what we have to say. (Muahaha)

Stationery tends to be the more expensive option when compared with chocolates. We tried importing pens from overseas, but even then, the extra costs outweighed any potential benefits. To be honest, I think students would prefer chocolate over pens. They can grab them from 100 other stalls giving them away.

[paulsterio]

That's why we should go for stuff like highlighters or little jotter pads rather than pens, because everyone gives out pens.

The things with chocolates is that people will take a chocolate and just eat it and won't even remember what ATARNotes is two days later.