[Marketing] SL at NECC 2010

[Mike Lee]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Caroline Meeks
<caroline at solutiongrove.com>wrote:


>> I wish for a more instructive poster next year with bullet points and
>> photos showing Sugar in use and some of the Activity interfaces. Something a
>> teacher could read in a minute while walking by. I'll try to work on that
>> soon. The Sugar Learning Platform poster meant nothing to most people.
>> Additionally, it would be really nice to have a projector going to do
>> non-stop 10-minute live demos of Sugar and Activities.
>>
>> Collaboration is a killer feature of Sugar, and we were largely blocked
>> from demoing that because the wifi channels at the convention center were
>> saturated much of the time. My Verizon MiFi card wouldn't work for the same
>> reason. I will bring a hub/switch with hard wiring next year.
>
>
> TODO (and this one is on my urgent list) - Bug 1113- I tried this at a local expo I went to and IT DID NOT WORK. I have no idea why. Mike, can you try it at home
> and let me know if it works for
> you?  We need this to work for both conferences and to put computer clusters into the GPA.
>
>>

I'll try one night this week. I don't have a switch, but can pick one up.


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>
>>
>> Lastly, I will know to make a pitch way before Denver to pay for our own
>> table in the open source area so that we can plan for a more versatile booth
>> setup with some assurance of enough table space. I'm sure we could hit up
>> the Scratch and Etoys teams next year for help in expanding the booth. I'd
>> also like not to wait a year before doing another education conference and
>> will be looking for opportunities in the DC area in the coming months to
>> keep practicing our elevator pitches and building the field demo kit.
>
>
> There are Computer Using Educator or similar conferences in every state
> every year, so lots of opportunities to practice. It would be awesome to
> have a kit, and a how to, and to have facilitators all over the country
> going to their local conferences.
>


Looks like CUE is mostly in California. I'll look for, and take suggestions
on, conferences or workshops in the mid-Atlantic area where we can set up.

Mike
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