Event Check List

Name the Event

What is a creative name for the event? Try to avoid ones like open house and membership drive.

Pick a Day

Use this search list to plan for a day free of other big events.

Plan Activities

Some possibilities are:

• A selection of kits with some supervision.
  • Rocket Launches.
  • Robot Races.
• Wall O video
  • EMS advertisements?
• Talks?
• A better Raffle!
• Sell some Merchandise
  • Kits
  • Tee-Shirts, Lab coats Beanies?

Call for Makers and Presenters

Send announcements to our members and friends for presenters.

Advertising

• Use this calendar list and post our event about three to six months in advance.
• Use this PSA list to announce our event about 30 days in advance.
• Print and post fliers around town.

Assign Tasks

• Organizing Makers
• Shop Cleanup
• Bringing Snacks
• Restocking Sign-up forms, and fliers.
  • Organizing announcement board
  • Placing donation box
• Greeter coordinator

Greeters

Greeters should have assigned shifts to meet and greet people as they show up. They need a script with bullet points to introduce them to EMS and answer questions.

They should try to encourage membership sign-ups.

Cleanup

Shop cleanup two days before, and after the event.

-- ClifCox - 08 Mar 2013