we had talked about having a table next to the Game Night promotions table in the front lobby, just for newbies. there would be a "SCaLE Newbie?" sign and a big FAQ there to read. and the Banks Boys would have ready answers about things like when all the special events occur and where those are. and maybe even keep maps and programs there for quick reference (not handing out). and maybe they can have the hotel and restaurant info too.
...lori
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Phil Dibowitz phil@ipom.com wrote:
On 03/09/2017 09:37 PM, Lei Zhang wrote:
In another thread, Chris Smith said "A recurring theme I observed this year with people new to SCALE was that they weren't as aware of SCALE's offerings as one might hope."
Should we make a "new to SCALE" guide on the website and link to it in the registration emails?
Should we take 1-2 pages near the front of the printed program and put the "new to SCALE" guide there?
Did anyone go to the SCALE 101 talk? [1] Was it useful? Should we have held it on Friday, instead or ran a second session on Friday?
Gonna answer these in reverse.
The SCALE 101 talk, like last year, was not well attended (about 15 people, including those that filtered in late), but the panel / Q&A portion was incredibly interactive, nearly everyone asked questions or commented, and nearly all of them either stayed late to thank me or found me later to do so.
Ilan had a suggestion that we do this between the keynote and the first session, in the keynote room. It's a good suggestion, but we'd probably have to move the keynote slightly earlier to account for the panel, which I think is the magic of it all (since I think the breaks are only half hour).
This would I think be more useful than stuff in the program which people don't read as it is.
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