[Deptheads] Gateway and the Girl Scounts

[Ryan McMullan]

Kudos on inviting the Girl Scouts -- a great idea for both age and gender
balance.

Ryan


On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Taralyn Frasqueri-Molina <
theunsquare at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  I invited the Girl Scouts (not Scounts sorry for typo!) as part of the
> "outreach program" E. Downing is trying to establish in Marketing.  This was
> the first go at it.
>
> The idea is to... reach out... to organizations in the community who may be
> interested in games and attending a gaming convention, but don't really know
> about Strategicon. I find an interested local group, invite a few members,
> show them around when they arrive, and then unleash them upon The Con.  I
> hope to make connections to groups who don't normally run in the Strategicon
> Circle of Influence.  Spread the Con's reach wider. Try to get interest from
> a more diverse cross-section of folks who live locally.
>
> Obviously there is a potential to gently leverage the connections as a
> potential customer base - people who attend and have fun (meeting Bill
> Chott!) will tell their friends and want to come back for the next Con as
> paying customers - which, in this case, the Girl Scouts really want to do
> for Orccon.
>
> Is there a group discount by the way?
>
> Any other groups to reach out to?  I am thinking cub/boy scouts, Veterans,
> Pro vs. GI Joe, Ability First...
>
> -TL
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:56:28 -0700
> From: Tim at stugiii.com
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Gateway and the Girl Scounts
>
>
> Who invited the Girl Scouts?
>
> On 9/26/2011 1:50 PM, Eric Burgess wrote:
>
> Neil got him in for the last two shows and he's a HUGE hit with the kids.
> He should really get special mention and Special Guest (free badge as such,
> not a Gamemaster) status if he keeps coming.
>
> ...ERB
> www.boardgamebabylon.com
> www.strategicon.net
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>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Mickey Tan <mickeyt66 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>  Cool write-up!
>
>  Does Bill Chott normally come to our conventions? Or was he just there
> for a specific event?
>
> --
> Mickey Tan
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> From: theunsquare at hotmail.com
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:05:04 -0700
> Subject: [Deptheads] Gateway and the Girl Scounts
>
>
>  Girl Scout Troop 925 visited Gateway on Saturday 9/3.  Attached is their
> write up of the event.  Sounds like Gateway was a big hit for them!
>
> -TL
>
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