Many people have been complaining about the quality of the publicity that lacemaking has received. When I was thrust into the position of publicity chair for the convention I made a fact sheet about the convention to hand out to reporters which contained information about the convention and the group, ie. number of participants, number of chartered groups, number of classes, although it wasn't all numbers. It was in text form, but basic information. Then I thought about the fact that the real area for misunderstanding was lacemaking itself. A friend advised me, "If you write the story, they will print it." So I wrote a page and a half about the history of lacemaking and where it was going. Of course, any such piece would have the writer's spin on the subject, so this had my spin. It included references to museum collections and the transition of lace from apparel to fiber art. The reporters came and tried their best, but they were scribbling wildly and one wondered how they would read their notes when they got back to the office. When the stories came out they contained a lot of the material from my fact sheets and lace synopsis. To ensure the right publicity put together a "press package". That's what corporations do. Devon
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