Re: [seul-edu] ISO progress

[SteelHead <bill@ries-knight.net>]

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> And in response to what Bill said about getting CDs for LinuxWorld. Not
> to bash a good idea for exposure in a Linux community event but as the
> Linux in education community we need to be looking at offer CDs and
> other material to the teachers and educational professionals in their
> events. How many school IT professionals attend LinuxWorld? How many
> teachers attend? It is the state, regional, and national teacher and
> administrator's conferences we need to have our sights on. Those are the
> venues that will provide exposure for how Linux can be used in education
> to the people that need to know the most.
>
> -Jonathan Hughes
> Linux In Education Portal
> http://www.linuxineducation.org
>

You are 100% correct.  There two basic reasons for passing out *something* at 
Linuxworld.  To five the attendees something they might use and to give the 
attendee something to remember you after the show.

If we produce *something* the attendee can put in a bag it may be something 
that comes to mind when a question is asked about education.  Basic rule of 
Marketing, manipulatives are a memory aid  and anyone at a trade show will 
forget 99% of the other stuff they experience on the show floor.

Reality is, a cute penguin with  something like "Seul.org/edu and 
SchoolForge.net is your place for useful softwaere " stamped across it's 
belly will be more memorable, but they cost ~41.50 each or more.

We can produce a piece of paper to pass out, but it is hard to get it into 
the atendee's hands, whereas they scarf on software like crazy.

There is, for peiople like ourselves, one reason to be at a show like 
LinuxWorld...
to get the names out and possibly recruit a few more to our world to help 
build software ot get it to the schools.

Just a few quick thoughts.

Bill