[Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees

Marina King marinaking at gmail.com
Fri Mar 10 16:37:04 UTC 2017


I attended the New to SCALE talk just to see if I was missing
anything 😇 and yes, the panel was very good. Attendance was light (maybe
slightly more than 15 people but not much more). I agree to make it
earlier, perhaps even before the keynote (9:00?) unless we don't think
people will arrive in time to register and get in there... or directly
after the keynote. Even though I am a "veteran," I think the talk was
useful. Good idea about having a "newbie" table as well with rotating
volunteers to staff it. I'd be willing to help with that if needed.

Marina

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Lori Barfield <itdirector at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at 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.
>>
>> --
>> Phil Dibowitz                             phil at ipom.com
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>>
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>>  and those who matter don't mind."
>>  - Dr. Seuss
>>
>>
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