On 26/Oct/11 19:10, David Millstone wrote:
Dear Mary,
I'll just add that I don't think the poster is what will bring students
to an unfamiliar activity off campus. Ultimately, it's people who bring
other people to a dance, friends bringing friends.
When some dance organizers have surveyed newcomers to find out what
brought them to the dance, the overwhelming reason was, "A friend
brought me."
One of the points made somewhere-- sorry, can't find the source-- is
that when trying to attract young people in particular, you do best to
think in terms of groups rather than individuals. Broad generalization:
they'll go if others are going. So, the effort needs to be to get a group.
snip
David Millstone
Lebanon, NH
Likely in the excellent essay, Dancing on College Campuses
by Jenny Beer and Joanna Reiner. Good folks. Available here:
http://www.cdss.org/tl_files/cdss/newsletter_archives/news/campus.pdf
and here:
http://germantowncountrydancers.org/campus.html
A number of poster ideas at the foot of:
http://www.cdss.org/publicity-on-campus.html
Cheers, JD
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