Outreach

From Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts

This page collects notes on how to advertise the group's activities, to get "word of mouth" out about the group, to make the group more accessible and inclusive, or develop creative strategies to build interest from the community.

Contents 1 Sample Payload 2 Outlets to advertise events 2.1 On-line 2.2 Newspapers 2.3 Cable TV

Sample Payload

Headline: Unix Users Group mtg: ${datetime}, ${location.city}

Body: Monthly meeting of Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts: ${datetime}, ${location}. Details: <http://www.uvm.org/vague/>.

Extended Body: Monthly meeting of the Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts: ${datetime}, ${location}. ${agenda_summary [one/two sentences]}. Details: <http://www.uvm.org/vague/>.

Outlets to advertise events

• See this massive directory of VT media outlets.

On-line

• Google Calendar for group
• Craig's list Vermont
  • Submission Form
• Upcoming!
• Burlington VT PHP Users Group
• VT Drupal Users Group
• UVM CompSci Student Assoc (contact User:jsled for address/contact info)
• VT.NET (Julie Lerman - jlerman at thedatafarm dot com)

Newspapers

• Burlington Free Press
  • Submission form
• Seven Days
  • "Deadline for publication in print: Noon on the Thursday prior to the Wednesday of publication. Any items received past deadline will not be listed in the newspaper, but may be listed in our web calendar."
    • For our Tuesday meetings, this is approximately 1.5 weeks before the meeting.
  • Submission Form
• Times Argus
  • event submission

Cable TV

• WPTZ Community Calendar
  • Submission Email
• WCAX Community Events Calendar
  • Submission email
• Burlington Cable
  • event notice
  • submission
• Barre Cable
  • Submission Email (this address is non-deliverable as of 2007-11-21)