Meeting1

Times adjusted as per the wiki Meeting pages. Moved from Thurs/Fri to Fri/Sat.

AGENDA (Tentative)

 * 1) Goals & Outcomes of PR Committee
 * 2) Future Meeting Dates, Times & Platforms
 * 3) Use of the K12Online-PR wiki for generation of ideas and materials
 * 4) Discuss creation of printable publication materials (Sheryl)
 * 5) Develop a publicity statement or two that people can lift from us and use.
 * 6) Develop a list of contacts
 * 7) Discuss a "K12 Online Conference" Promotion Day (similar to Blog Day) to enlist the power of the network


 * Discussion of promotional ideas.**
 * Use of YouTube, Blogs, Twitter, Mailing lists. Enlist the help of others to help spread the word.
 * Creation of a flyer to be circulated in schools.
 * Division of labour so we don't all trip over each other in approaching various lists and groups.
 * Podcast on VSR, Smartboard, etc
 * How to get global reach, as well as the US.
 * How to promote to non-techno savvy teachers? Professional organisations, etc... English teachers, Science teachers, etc
 * Creation of take home CD, disk image of "best of" sections from the last years presentations.
 * Start a meme and circulate it, similar to Blog Day
 * Past participants promotional video mash up
 * "Take my hand" project
 * Approach traditional media outlets, New York Times Education supplement, etc
 * To-do list**
 * Sheryl to get flyers designed, draft by next week.
 * Chris to arrange podcast
 * Chris to get press release reviewed by GF.
 * John to Twitter, YouTube.
 * Brian and Chris to craft message
 * Sheryl to create list of journals, forums, etc
 * Chris to create a list of Australian journals and forums
 * Brian and Carolyn to arrange timeline of events
 * Conference promotion day possibly October 2 or 3
 * Chris to contact James Farmer re Edublogs promotion