[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] FOSDEM 2011 and the Design Team

Thanks Christoph:

I have added some of these points on the Marketing Conference Kit wiki 
page[1] "Best practices" section. The funding aspect was put in a 
general context in this section as well.

Cheers

Marc

[1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/ConferenceKit

Le 2011-02-11 17:50, Christoph Noack a écrit :
> Hi Marc,
>
> thanks for putting together the marketing page ... a great start and a
> very useful resource :-)
>
> And, finally moving this discussion to the marketing list ...
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 10.02.2011, 19:40 -0500 schrieb Marc Paré:
> > Le 2011-02-10 16:51, Christoph Noack a écrit :
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 10.02.2011, 06:21 -0500 schrieb Marc Paré:
> [... FOSDEM and the LibreOffice booth ...]
>
> > I saw that you also had some USB flash drive. Were these give-aways or
> > for sale? If you had internet connection, what did you take with you and
> > what would you have preferred?
>
> Concerning the flash drives: These had been prepared by the Novell guys
> (Michael, as far as I remember) and contained the full development GIT
> repository. So if anybody wanted to start coding ... no excuses :-)
> These flash drives were not "given away", but people could borrow the
> stick to copy the files.
>
> Jacqueline showed very cool ones ... shaped like a "real key" and
> LibreOffice engraved.
>
> However, as far as I know, they have never been provided "for
> free" (thinking of the time with OpenOffice.org) - far too costly with
> regard to those people who just "hunt" swag. But, since some people
> really suffer from slow Internet connections, the German community
> always cheaply offered the PrOOo-Box (now: LibreOffice-Box) with and
> without some documentation. Concerning the latter, this was always
> really helpful for new users ...
>
> What also worked very well: on a conference like the CeBit, users got
> those flash drives by commercial exhibitors. So we offered to copy them
> OpenOffice.org on these drives ... and the time could easily be used to
> give them some introduction, or to answer there questions. I perceived
> that people were usually really grateful for that ... and it
> communicated the "personal touch" of a real community.
>
> Ah, by the way, since I once perceived a lack of time for the booth
> guys, I proposed a "self copy terminal" ... translated via Google:
> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%
> 2Fwiki.services.openoffice.org%2Fwiki%2FDE%
> 2FOpenOffice.org_Kopierterminal
>
>
> Concerning an Internet connection - fortunately, it was available at the
> FOSDEM for free. Since it is rather costly when attending commercial
> exhibitions, you should take "everything" with you.
>
> But since we are at it - what you require strongly depends on the
> conference. Although I don't have that much experience (Thomas,
> Jacqueline, ... are the experts here), some thoughts.
>        * Extreme 1 "CeBit":
>                * You should well prepared to serve private users -
>                  documentation, flyers, FAQs, CDs, etc.
>                * The German team also brought several computers to show /
>                  explain OOo on the different platforms. And, very
>                  helpful, a small card that quickly summarizes the
>                  project and tells people where to get support (locally).
>                * Private laptops help to explain stuff to users, if the
>                  booth is crowded. But don't forget a lock to secure the
>                  computer...
>                * You need a *lot* of patience.
>        * Extreme 2 "FOSDEM":
>                * You don't need that much explanation if only FLOSS
>                  people attend - everybody is aware what you are doing.
>                * We had only one computer to quickly show what's new ...
>                  oh wait ... there has been a second one running a build
>                  process.
>                * T-Shirts, T-Shirts, T-Shirts, ...
>
> > Maybe also mention a bit on how you financed the articles for the
> > conference. Did you get some funding support?
>
> I don't really know - I've heard that Novell sponsored some of the
> shirts for the "clothes for coding". The remaining clothes, and the
> stickers had been paid by Kendy (the stuff got sold). The large banner,
> the pens and the lanyards have been made available by the German team
> (OOoDeV?). The small banners and the sweets have been paid privately.
>
> [...]
>
> Since you originally asked for some more pictures covering the booth,
> here is a "just excellent" blog posting by Bubli:
> http://hedgehogpainter.livejournal.com/11599.html
>
> Did that help?
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph



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