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==How to publicize events on campus...==
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Until the new [http://www.williams.edu/go/strategicplanning/bldgprojects/studentcenter/index.html Student Center] is finished and all students are forced to pass through at least the mail room at least a couple times a week, traffic is not conentrated on any one point on campus.  Online traffic is also not as concentrated on the [[WSO Blogs]] as some might think.  These are all they various ways to let people know you have an event.
Until the new [http://www.williams.edu/go/strategicplanning/bldgprojects/studentcenter/index.html Student Center] is finished and all students are forced to pass through at least the mail room at least a couple times a week, traffic is not conentrated on any one point on campus.  Online traffic is also not as concentrated on the [[Blogs]] as some might think.  These are all they various ways to let people know you have an event.
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===Best Places for Posters===
===Places for Posters===
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Places where people eat are necessary:
Places where people eat = necessary:
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*[[Goodrich Hall|Goodrich]]
*[[Goodrich Hall]]
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*[[Mission Dining Hall|Mission]]
*[[Schow]]
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*[[Greylock Dining Hall|Greylock]]
*[[Mission]]
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*[[Driscoll Dining Hall|Driscoll]]
*[[Greylock]]
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*[[Dodd Dining Hall|Dodd]]
*[[Driscoll]]
 
*[[Dodd]]
 
  
If you are advertising for classes its best to focus on dorms.  First years = first year dorms, sophomores = [[Mission]], juniors = [[Greylock]], seniors - good luck. 
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Places people frequent are also good:
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*[[Schow Science Library|Schow]]
  
Second Tier Places
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If you are advertising for classes, it's best to focus on dorms.  In past years, sophomores lived in [[Mission Dining Hall|Mission]] and juniors in the [[Greylock Quad]], but with [[Anchor Housing]], those who hang posters will have to reevaluate these stereotypes. Now, [[Mission Dining Hall|Mission]] is a good place to advertise events for first-years, since many of them live there any many others go to the snack bar.
  
*[[Spring street]] businesses
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===Second Tier Places===
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*[[Spring Street]] businesses
 
*[[Hopkins Hall]]
 
*[[Hopkins Hall]]
 
*[[Griffin Hall]]
 
*[[Griffin Hall]]
*[[Bronfman]]
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*[[Bronfman Science Center]]
*[[Sawyer]]
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*[[Sawyer Library]]
*[[Jesup]]
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*[[Jesup Hall]]
*[[Weston]]
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*[[Weston Language Center|Weston]]
 
*[[Chandler Athletic Center]]
 
*[[Chandler Athletic Center]]
  
 
===Online===
 
===Online===
*[[Blogs]]
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*[http://wso.williams.edu/announce/ WSO Announcements]
 
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*[http://wso.williams.edu/announce/post?section=1 Daily Advisor]
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*[http://www.williams.edu/home/atwilliams/ All Campus Calander]
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*[http://www/cgi-bin/calendar/webevent.cgi?cmd=opencal&cal=cal6& The other All Campus Calander]
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*[http://www.williams.edu/messages/ Daily Messages]
  
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===Methods to Avoid===
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*[[WSO Blogs]]: Recently reorganized precisely because people were co-opting them with event announcements and publicity, in addition to lost and found, ride requests, etc.
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* Leaving posters up after the event has occurred. (Old posters are good for use as scrap paper, or for doing problem sets on the blank side.)
  
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[[Category:How-To]]

Latest revision as of 12:47, November 28, 2006

Until the new Student Center is finished and all students are forced to pass through at least the mail room at least a couple times a week, traffic is not conentrated on any one point on campus. Online traffic is also not as concentrated on the WSO Blogs as some might think. These are all they various ways to let people know you have an event.

Best Places for Posters

Places where people eat are necessary:

Places people frequent are also good:

If you are advertising for classes, it's best to focus on dorms. In past years, sophomores lived in Mission and juniors in the Greylock Quad, but with Anchor Housing, those who hang posters will have to reevaluate these stereotypes. Now, Mission is a good place to advertise events for first-years, since many of them live there any many others go to the snack bar.

Second Tier Places

Online

Methods to Avoid

  • WSO Blogs: Recently reorganized precisely because people were co-opting them with event announcements and publicity, in addition to lost and found, ride requests, etc.
  • Leaving posters up after the event has occurred. (Old posters are good for use as scrap paper, or for doing problem sets on the blank side.)