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### Find a picture. If the only ones you have suck, use a Creative Commons picture from Flickr. (This helps drive more traffic to our page. Google DorkbotDC and laser if you don't believe me.) | ### Find a picture. If the only ones you have suck, use a Creative Commons picture from Flickr. (This helps drive more traffic to our page. Google DorkbotDC and laser if you don't believe me.) | ||
### Find a video (to put at the end) that is mildly relevant to what you're doing. This also helps drive traffic. | ### Find a video (to put at the end) that is mildly relevant to what you're doing. This also helps drive traffic. | ||
#### Please exercise some diligence! As illustrated in [http://hacdc.org/2008/12/15/tuesday-seminar-series-with-laser-jon-dec-16th-830pm/comment-page-1/#comment-122 this example], a layperson's idea of "mildly relevant" can turn out to be be downright misleading. - [[User:Katie|Katie]] 15:50, 18 December 2008 (UTC) | |||
### Send a tweet reminder. You can do this through Wordpress. | ### Send a tweet reminder. You can do this through Wordpress. | ||
## Consider notifying other groups whose members might be interested. One place to check is [http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/DC-Area-Geeky-Groups this list of DC-area geeky groups]. | ## Consider notifying other groups whose members might be interested. One place to check is [http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/DC-Area-Geeky-Groups this list of DC-area geeky groups]. | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 18 December 2008
Note: non-public events are strongly discouraged at HacDC.
- Have an idea for an event. :)
- Plan where and how to present your content.
- The lab space (capacity: x people)
- Is there a working projector in the space?
- There are a couple of whiteboards you can use.
- The auditorium (capacity: y people)
- The sanctuary (capacity: z people)
- The lab space (capacity: x people)
- Assemble any necessary parts.
- Use the Church's calendar, if applicable, and Event Calendar to schedule a date and time. Please try not to overlap with other HacDC events. Also, please try to give potential participants at least a week's notice.
- Add the event description, including date and time and anything participants should bring, to Category:Classes.
- Publicize!
- Send an e-mail to HacDC's announce@ (public) and members-announce@ (members-only) mailing lists and possibly to Friends of HacDC.
- Blog it.
- Always include the what/where/when/FREE in your blog post. People think our events are for members only, and this isn't the case. We need to break this myth.
- Never "sign" your content, but feel free to talk in the first person. (Timball did a great job with this.)
- Write one or two grade levels below where you normally write. This is for those people from .de, .nl, and .cn that are reading our posts.
- Find a picture. If the only ones you have suck, use a Creative Commons picture from Flickr. (This helps drive more traffic to our page. Google DorkbotDC and laser if you don't believe me.)
- Find a video (to put at the end) that is mildly relevant to what you're doing. This also helps drive traffic.
- Please exercise some diligence! As illustrated in this example, a layperson's idea of "mildly relevant" can turn out to be be downright misleading. - Katie 15:50, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- Send a tweet reminder. You can do this through Wordpress.
- Consider notifying other groups whose members might be interested. One place to check is this list of DC-area geeky groups.
- Get it listed on DC Tech Events. (If our event calendar isn't automatically pulled in by that site...)
- Run the event. Share your knowledge. Have fun. Take some pictures.
- How did it go? Blog it! Have suggestions for next time? Add them here!