Re: [activities] Advertising SLUG

Samuel Marks <[email protected]> Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:52:00 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities
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You mean like a BarCamp?

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Kun Hong <[email protected]> wrote:
> I agree with this.
>
> I wonder if it is a good idea, it just came into my mind.
>
> How about having a pool of interested topics? From which
> people with the knowledge or interest can choose to give
> presentation or lightening talks. Because I think it is harder
> for me to come up with sth that I want to talk about than
> someone ask me sth and I happen know it. Also, it can
> trigger us to explore new areas, where we haven't known
> but are interested to know.
>
> Regards,
> Kun
>
> On 10/04/11 11:23, Andrew Stone wrote:
>
> I think at the end of the day good quality talks are needed as a basis,
> otherwise attendance is always going to remain low.
>
> Regards,
> Stonie.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Samuel Marks <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Good Evening,
>>
>> >From what our President has been saying, SLUG seems to be going
>> downhill (in numbers).
>>
>> I believe this is due to a problem in marketing.
>>
>> What should we do to market SLUG events?
>>
>> Facebook/twitter/linkedIN etc?
>>
>> Google Ads?
>>
>> Facebook Ads?
>>
>> Facebook events?
>>
>> Better website?
>>
>> Advertising on BarCamp websites?
>>
>> Advertising on Australian technology websites (such as whirlpool)?
>>
>> Competitions?
>>
>> Job opportunities?
>>
>> Internal advertising (Atlassian, Google + whatever companies members
>> are associated with + respective educational institution association)
>>
>> ... and/or more interesting talks?
>>
>> Please help SLUG get back on the boat =]
>>
>> See you all at the meetings,
>>
>> Samuel Marks
>>
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