On Saturday, while I was one of MWM's several Problem Judges for Odyssey of the Mind, we had a table manned by a few members of the chapter. During the course of the approx. 7 hours that we had the table set up, there were lots of people who stopped by and took some of the promotional material (flyers, pencils, bookmarks, promo Bulletins). Even better, we actually had more than a dozen people who were willing to provide their name and e-mail address to be contacted for additional information. And even one mom whose daughter is a current member who wanted further info.
I'm looking forward to getting some extra members within the next few months from this straightforward effort. And all of this is perfectly timed, as it turns out, as we are reinvigorating our Gifted Children program; as of Sunday, the ExComm appointed Donna Campbell as our newest Gifted Children Coordinator.
We'll definitely have a table again next year. And with the suggestions that the people who manned to the table have provided on how to increase our visibility at the competition and what we should have available to attract more attention amid the chaos that is Odyssey, we should be able to get lots more people expressing interest, testing, and eventually joining.
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