Adam,

In response to you and Tina's discussion regarding the positioning of the 
logo, I think putting the picturee on top (with the text positioned around 
it in the same way) and the logo on the bottom might be more useful. That 
puts the BENEFIT first (increasing "openness" in education and/or for kids). 
With that benefit in mind, the viewer of the poster can bring their eyes 
down to what it is that will PROVIDE them that benefit. Your current order 
puts more emphasis on the product, not the benefit it provides.

If this is for an educator's conference, they may not be as familiar with 
OO.org <http://OO.org>, so placing the logo of an unknown product BEFORE the 
benefits it provides may cause the poster to be overlooked. I'm imagining 
people seeing an unfamiliar logo and thinking, "Huh?" and moving on. 
Reversing the position of the logo and the picture (combined with some of 
the text changes I suggested in another email) SHOULD provide a familiar 
image and the suggestion of a benefit, then lead them TO the
OO.org<http://OO.org>logo.

As an aside, depending on the range of people who will be at this 
conference, you may want to consider making similar posters (2-3 more, if 
you can) that have pictures of kids in different age groups. These kids look 
like 5-6 year olds. If you could get some late elementary school aged kids, 
some Jr. High kids and some High School kids, that might make an even LARGER 
impact. I'm thinking people who don't KNOW what OO.org <http://OO.org> is 
MAY think it's something for young children if the current poster is the 
ONLY one they see. It also wouldn't hurt if you could have girls and 
children of different ethnic groups in the pictures. That would provide 
images that would resonate with the widest range of people.

Ok, at this point I think I've changed EVERYTHING. Sorry about that. Just my 
thoughts.

On 5/29/05, Tina Krogull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> [SNIP]


Moving the logo to the bottom will give the poster another meaning. With the 
> logo at the top the main focus is on OOo. The logo at the bottom and the 
> meaning will change to if you are open minded you will also consider using 
> OOo.
> 
> But this is just my personal opinion.
> 
> Tina
> 
> ======= At 05-28-2005, 23:03:39 you wrote: =======
> 
> >I have attached a poster to an issue that I have created. I would
> >like your input on how the poster looks and what I can do to change
> >it. [SNIP]
> 
>Take into account that this poster is supposed to be used for an
> >educational conference so it might not seem appropriate to you, but I
> >have ideas of other images that might be good to use for other
> >purposes.
> >[SNIP]
> >One thing I was considering is moving the logo to the bottom and the
> >other text up top. Any ideas would be helpful.
> >
> >--
> >Adam Moore
> >Community Volunteer
> >OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com <http://AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com>
>

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