I scheduled two programs on Saturday that were not very well attended. Granted the subject matter of Medicare or Japanese Interment may not be very compelling but my thinking was that more people would come could AND would come to a Saturday program. The Medicare program had 5 people and the Japanese Internement Slideshow had a dozen attend.
Saturday is generally a big day in terms of circ and activity. I probably needed to do more marketing, a press release for both would have been nice.
We held a Dance Dance Revolution Tournament this afternoon/evening that was pretty well attended with 25 teens. Most of the credit goes to a teen volunteer, Tasha (Rock on!), for marketing it at school and the campus DDR Club. Pizza, prizes, and DDR on the big screen TV. As an added bonus we had Katamari Damarcy on the LCD projector to kind of fill the time when people were on the DDR. Everyone seemed to have a good time especially when they found out they each got a prize. Kelly, a teen librarian friend of mine, brought her husband and step-daughter. Angie, a local high-school librarian, came to check it out too. Thanks guys!
A number of younger kids showed up and they really wanted to play too. So we’ll just have to do one just for kids. Not sure how we’d organize it but I think it is in the future.
Marketing lessons: don’t count out word of mouth, do a press release(didn’t happen), direct market to audience, ie. high schools, teen community centers, local establishments that cater to teens (didn’t happen enough). Z’all good though.
Pictures coming soon.