Re: [UG-ADMINS] Announcements

[email protected] (D Keith Casey Jr)
Newsgroups ug.admins
Message-ID <[email protected]>
+1, great idea. I'll suggest it to our local leaders.

In general, our beginning is always a little rough. There are some 
general announcements and information about the group as a whole and 
then they hand it to me to do the upcoming events announcements. I 
specifically try to cover tech/code-focused events regardless of 
community.. and occasionally throw in Dallas or Houston events as 
appropriate/relevant.


On 7/19/13 1:55 PM, Ligaya Turmelle wrote:
> I have to admit I like the idea of the rotating slide deck during 
> "chit chat" time. Puts the info out without needing a lot of time 
> later. Thanks for the idea!
>
> Lig
>
> On 7/19/13 11:04 AM, Ben Ramsey wrote:
>> I'll expound on this a bit more…
>>
>> The first 30 minutes of our meeting time is our 
>> networking/food/hanging out time. During this time, I have the 
>> announcement slides on automatic rotation with about 10 seconds per 
>> slide. So, folks are able to see the announcements all during that 
>> time. It gives the sponsor some good exposure, too.
>>
>> Additionally, I include details like wifi password, and I've even 
>> provided directions to the bathrooms in the past, when we were 
>> meeting in a place where they were difficult to find. :-)
>>
>> -Ben
>>
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>> On Friday, July 19, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Cal Evans wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Ok, here's another "How do you deal with this" question. At 
>>> Nashville PHP,
>>> Ben Ramsy prepares a slide deck of announcements each month. These 
>>> usually
>>> include:
>>>
>>> * PHP announcements (e.g. new version)
>>> * Conferences
>>> * Our sponsor
>>> * Local events/other UGs of interest
>>>
>>> At the beginning of the meeting, he will go over them and if we have a
>>> paying sponsor, give them 2 minutes to say hi.
>>>
>>> My question:
>>> How does your group handle announcements?
>>> Do you cover events like conferences?
>>> Are you friendly enough with other local UGs to announce their events?
>>> Is there something that you are doing differently? (Only allow 
>>> sponsors to
>>> speak in rhyme, etc.) :)
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> =C=
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
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>>>
>>>
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