With April just days away, so is the conference, if you can believe that. We'll have a bunch of work ahead, like stuffing bags, in that last week or two. But right now, here is what I can think of:
1) We need to pull together a master list of the goods we've gathered for the auction. Either post what you have in the comments or e-mail me.
2) Pens and notebooks: I'm still counting on Jenn Bellefeuille in Eau Claire for the notebooks. Nancy Olson pledged 50 pens, and I'll make up what whatever we need to get to 300. Anyone else? Any other swag for bags? I know in the past, they've put a small bag of chips or a candy bar in there?
3) Blog and city guide for bags: As I mentioned before, any and all contributors to the conference website are welcome, and I'll probably mine that for material for the city guide to be included with the conference bags.
Any other thoughts/concerns/ideas/priorities?
Monday, March 30, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
A call for help and an update
Sorry, it's been a while. Busy, busy -- and not just thawing out. Not a lot to do either -- until now, on the silent auction front.
I had asked a co-worker to contact some companies to see if they'd offer some auction items. But life and work got in the way. So now, I am asking for folks to choose one to contact to see if they'd help out. Sign up in the comment field, and I'll take the last one.
The companies: Target; Northwest Airlines; Caribou Coffee; General Mills and the Walker Art Center. I think there is one more I was thinking about, but it's not coming to mind right now.
Also, ACES has launched a new Web site tied to the conference: http://www.copydesk.org/conference/2009. We're compiling some city guide information. I'm trying to do tips on getting around and places to eat and things to see. If you're interested in helping out now or later, contact Daniel Hunt at thedanielhunt@gmail.com.
I'm hoping also to repurpose much of this for info packets for the conference. Emily King asked about these, and I'm not sure if there is any big plan for them. I was just planning to print out and copy them. Nothing fancy. But is there a desire to do more?
One last update: ACES has made the early-bird rate. So even if you show up the day of the conference, you can pay $175 for the three days. So spread the word. The only caution: You'll still need to sign up early for the hotel's conference rate.
Anything else? Speak up!
I had asked a co-worker to contact some companies to see if they'd offer some auction items. But life and work got in the way. So now, I am asking for folks to choose one to contact to see if they'd help out. Sign up in the comment field, and I'll take the last one.
The companies: Target; Northwest Airlines; Caribou Coffee; General Mills and the Walker Art Center. I think there is one more I was thinking about, but it's not coming to mind right now.
Also, ACES has launched a new Web site tied to the conference: http://www.copydesk.org/conference/2009. We're compiling some city guide information. I'm trying to do tips on getting around and places to eat and things to see. If you're interested in helping out now or later, contact Daniel Hunt at thedanielhunt@gmail.com.
I'm hoping also to repurpose much of this for info packets for the conference. Emily King asked about these, and I'm not sure if there is any big plan for them. I was just planning to print out and copy them. Nothing fancy. But is there a desire to do more?
One last update: ACES has made the early-bird rate. So even if you show up the day of the conference, you can pay $175 for the three days. So spread the word. The only caution: You'll still need to sign up early for the hotel's conference rate.
Anything else? Speak up!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Emily's updates
A few things to report.
I talked to the sole copy editor at the Onion and left her some info about ACES. She's going to pass it along to the local editor, so hopefully we'll get a few people from there to attend. The distribution manager was not in the office at the time, so I also left her a note to contact me about getting 300 papers delivered to the Hilton on Wednesday/Thursday. I'll let you know how that goes. I'll also press for some swag for the auction.
Also, for the auction, I've gotten word back from the Flat Earth and Surly breweries that they're willing to donate beer. Whoo hoo! Have yet to hear from Summit, but I guess they have less motivation to get their name out. From the Pioneer Press, I have secured 2 yoga mats, 2 laptop bags, 2 backpacks, a fleece vest and a hoodie, and 2 silver water bottles. I also have about 100 pens for the goodie bags; that's all I could get out of our marketing department at this point.
I sent out a plea for volunteers tonight, so I'll let Jim Thomsen know how many PP people are interested. Hey, as we speak, there are two e-mails saying people are down with helping :-)
I talked to the sole copy editor at the Onion and left her some info about ACES. She's going to pass it along to the local editor, so hopefully we'll get a few people from there to attend. The distribution manager was not in the office at the time, so I also left her a note to contact me about getting 300 papers delivered to the Hilton on Wednesday/Thursday. I'll let you know how that goes. I'll also press for some swag for the auction.
Also, for the auction, I've gotten word back from the Flat Earth and Surly breweries that they're willing to donate beer. Whoo hoo! Have yet to hear from Summit, but I guess they have less motivation to get their name out. From the Pioneer Press, I have secured 2 yoga mats, 2 laptop bags, 2 backpacks, a fleece vest and a hoodie, and 2 silver water bottles. I also have about 100 pens for the goodie bags; that's all I could get out of our marketing department at this point.
I sent out a plea for volunteers tonight, so I'll let Jim Thomsen know how many PP people are interested. Hey, as we speak, there are two e-mails saying people are down with helping :-)
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