What is it with Workshops ?

[Daniel Gardiner]

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  I agree with the need for a sign-up list.  For some expressing
interest is not the same as a commitment, and can change once the
details become available.  That is to say, someone could express their
interest and then find out that they can't make it to an event.


Daniel


phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> That sort of thing is very discouraging. Unfortunately, any event
> in Toronto has huge competition for attention.
>
> I'd suggest
>
> (a) email reminders on the Day Before and possibly the Day Of.
> Personally, I find such reminders often are the key to my attending
> some event.
>
> (b) some sort of sign-up list, which includes an email address and
> phone number. That way, if people do sign up, they have really made
> a committment to attend. That can be part of the signup process:
> signatories have to indicate that they are serious about attending.
> Notice that restaurents often get a phone number when taking a
> reservation. I don't know what they do with this (phone you at 2AM
> if you're a no-show at the restaurent?), but it does act as a
> gentle warning that they could get back to you to complain if you
> don't follow through.
>
> The number of sign-ups is also an indication of how much real
> interest there is in the event.
>
> P.
>
>> Yesterday, Matvey Kippershtein came in to linuxcaffe to host his
>> "Wellness workshop for IT workers. The workshop had been posted
>> on our site, the notice went out to several lugs and some light
>> postering was done. A handful of people expressed active interest
>> in attending, the general reaction was positive; good idea, but
>> NOBODY showed up ! This is the second time we have had a total
>> no-show for a workshop. The first one was a linux audio workshop,
>> with Sam and Dave.
>>
>> My question to you, good Toronto Linux Enthusiasts is; why ?
>>
>> wrong topics? wrong venue? wrong timeslot ? wrong promo ?
>>
>> I'm sure that the fourth (promo) could be vastly improved, but in
>> the case of the wellness workshop, I was confident the the folks
>> we DID reach were local and well targeted.
>>
>> Does anybody want to see events where knowledge is shared ?
>> Should we keep trying ? Is there a combination that would be more
>> effective ? Do you suppose anyone will attend the proposed MythTV
>> workshop, next week ? Any thoughts ?
>>
>> djp
>>
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