Hi Sumana, We have seen a decline even before the pandemic. We have run a few campaigns to see if we can better get the word out, but I do know that a lot of our intended audience has been experiencing the overwhelming task of moving a lot of their work online.
This, along with virtual meetings, and working almost completely in physical isolation is most definitely a big factor in attendance as well. So it is something to take into consideration. Although, I still think it should not be that difficult to fill an online workshop for 15 people seeing that we mostly try to get Post Graduates as they are the ones that will bring in the biggest change in the near future. Regards Martin On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 9:29 PM Sumana Harihareswara <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin: you mention that you are in constant decline with workshop > sign-ups. Over what period? In particular, were you seeing this decline > before the pandemic started? > > I have seen anecdotal data from multiple different online event > organizers/presenters that, in the past few months, attendance has > declined. This crosses disciplines and audiences -- weekly religious > services, one-off programming trainings and presentations hosted by a > for-profit platform, a conference-style speaker series, a regular > meditation meetup, and so on. The explanation I'm hearing is: people are a > bit overwhelmed by the quantity and duration of online events and are > trying to cut down to just the essentials. > > -Sumana Harihareswara > > This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries > including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some > other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, > and our local groups. Visit https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to > learn more. All activity on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide > by The Carpentries Code of Conduct found here: > https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Taf0411ee6ad6f62c-Ma93abbc8c5067b7601eafced> > ------------------------------------------ This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, and our local groups. Visit https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to learn more. All activity on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide by The Carpentries Code of Conduct found here: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Taf0411ee6ad6f62c-Mdf18f8215e16298d4fe9b185 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
