Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Advertising: Poster Info + Everyone: Our Doodle Poll :)


Hey everybody! :) Sorry for the late correspondence--after spring break I had some issues to sort out with new classes. Now that my (and all of you guys') schedules are final (the last day for changes and 100% refund was Sunday) I created a Doodle poll for you all to fill out so we can see what times we all are and are not available, to help us decide times/dates for future meetings. I'm not sure if you guys are still wanting to do the Sunday, April 22nd meeting at 9am or not, but maybe this poll can help us decide to finalize it or move it to another time/day? I made the poll a 5 day/school days poll, but please ignore the dates set in there, as the poll is meant to give us all a general idea of each of our available times for any school day of the week, in ANY week of this term (ie. show when we have classes or other weekly, reoccurring time commitments. The link is below, and I also sent you all invites via the doodle poll website as well:

Also, Mai, I wanted to ask if those posters you sent out via email were the final designs you were planning to use? I've been researching and talked to SALP here at PSU, and found all the information we need for postering here on campus. The documents I posted below show all the locations we can put up posters at on campus (there are a LOT, so I think it would be efficient to have the entire adverstising team get together one of these days and split up the locations for each of us to go to). The only rule we have to abide by is that we CANNOT put up posters at the locations in bold in the document, as those are locations for student group posters only. I talked to SALP again to make sure, and the information I was given earlier was correct--our club, The OC at PSU, cannot technically be affiliated with the fundraiser, only involved in it, so we can't use student club resources (and in this case, student club only poster locations) to support it. :(

Lastly, before I read your post about making the tickets electronic and personalized, I went and talked to the PSU Box Office to see if we could possibly hold some tickets there so students can have quick and easy access to them, which would make them easier to sell. I was referred to the manager there who wasn't there at the time, and I was going to go again this week to talk to her, but I'm guessing that I don't need to anymore? Let me know what you think--do you think it would be a good idea to hold some tickets at the PSU Box Office? :)



Postering Locations Across

Portland State University




All bulletin boards are open to the general public unless otherwise noted.



SALP boards are bolded – flyers for these boards must be stamped by SALP, SMSU 119. Please bring 2 copies of your flyer to keep on file in the SALP Office, SMSU 119.



If you have a PSU community or student organization event please email leadership@pdx.edu with the event information and we will add it to the Org Sync calendar.



Art Building

·   1 on the ground floor by entrance. Get approval from the Art Dept office on the 3rd floor.

·   1 on the 3rd floor in the student lounge.



Cramer Hall

·   1 in the basement, just outside of the elevator SE corner. Must have SALP approval.

·   2 on the 1st  floor, in the N hall.

·   1 on the 1st  floor, just outside of the elevator SE corner.

·   1 on the 2nd  floor, just outside of the elevator SE corner.

·    1 on the 3rd floor, just outside of the elevator SE corner.

·   1 on the 4th floor, N hall.

·   2 on the 4th floor, middle hall.

·   2 on the 4th floor, in the skybridge to SMSU.



Graphic Design Annex

·   1 on the ground floor by the 5th St entrance.



Honors Building

·   Take 2 to the secretary in room 103.



Science Building 1

·   3 on the 1st floor, S hall

·   1 on the 3rd floor, middle of the hall.

·   1 on the 4th floor, W end of the hall.

·   1 on the 4th floor, E hall.



PSU Bookstore

·   Take 1 poster to the info desk for posting.



Millar Library

·   Post 1 on the kiosk in the entryway on the 1st floor if you don’t mind having it taken down quickly since the small kiosk frequently gets crowded.

·   Post as many as you like in the elevator lobbies on the 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and basement floors.



Neuberger Hall

·   1 in the basement near the elevators.

·   2 on the 1st floor lobby by the Financial Aid windows.

·   1 on the 2nd floor, bulletin board along entire E hall.

·   1 in the S hall by the women’s restroom.

·   1 in the main hall, S end.

·   2-3 in the W hall by classrooms.

·   1 on the 3rd floor next to the elevator.

·   1 on the 3rd floor mezzanine by the Math offices.

·   1 on the 3rd floor by the breezeway to SMSU.

·   1 on the  3rd floor in the SW corner of the building.

·   1 on the 4th floor across from the elevators.

·   1 on the 4th floor at the S end of the hall. Multiple Departmental boards in the W side hallway.

Get permission from Departmental offices.



Office of Residence Life

·   Broadway Building Suite 230. Bring 40 flyers for distribution to the residence halls.



School of Education/School of Business

·   1 on the 3rd floor in the S hall.

·   1 on the 3rd floor in the N hall.



Koinonia House

·   Take 1 poster to the reception desk & they will post it.



King Albert Building

Take 1 to the Meetro and post it back by the phone.



Shattuck Hall

·   Multiple boards on the 2nd floor.



Lincoln Hall

·   1 by the NE ground floor entry.

·   Take 1 to the Theater Arts Dept. room 127.

·   Take 1 to the Dept of Music Office.

·   1 on the 2nd floor, SW corner by the stairs.

·   1 on the 2nd floor, SE corner by the stairs.

Get permission from departmental office.



Simon Benson House

·   Take a handful to the reception desk and ask them to place them on the table.



Smith Memorial Student Union

·   2-3 for the Parkway North (eating area outside of the food court.)

·   1 in the N entry.

·   1 in the S entry.

·   1 in the basement by the ATM, NW corner.

·   1 in the Food For Thought CafĂ© in the basement.



Urban and Public Affairs Building

·   1 on the 2nd floor around the corner from the elevator.

·   1 on the 2nd floor outside of the student lounge, room 280.

·   1 on the 3rd floor around the corner from the elevator.

·   1 on the 4th floor around the corner from the elevator.

   Get permission from the School of Community Health.

·   1 on the 5th floor outside of the Hatfield School of Government.

·   1 on the 6th floor outside the Hatfield School of Government



Miscellaneous Locations

·   4-sided kiosk between SMSU and Neuberger Hall.

·   1 in Loco Loco Burrito in the basement of Koinonia House.

·   1 in Hot Lips Pizza.

·   1 on the S side of Science Building 2.

·   1 in Starbucks across from Montgomery, in the Vue Bldg.

·   There are multiple bulletin boards outside and inside of virtually every classroom on campus – just make sure to get Departmental permission if needed!











Poster Etiquette

·   Use thumbtacks or pushpins instead of staples.

·   Don’t cover another organization’s poster.

·   Remove and recycle your poster after the event.

·   Post only on approved surfaces.

·   Posters on SALP boards that do not comply will be removed.



How to Make Your Posters Stand Out

·   Use color- either colored paper or colored ink.

·   Print various sizes – for example, print an 11x17 and cut down the middle to yield two 5.5x17” posters or print small posters for boards outside classrooms.

·   Do something to add a third dimension to your posters.

·   Make it informative and visually appealing.

·   Place your poster on a table with a handful of other posters, step back 5 feet and decide which items grab your attention and why.

·   Be creative – just because you haven’t seen it done doesn’t mean it won’t work.

·   Enjoy what you’re doing – it will show in the final results.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Sonam,

    In regards to the poster and meeting time I would prefer to meet on April 22. The meeting day gives us a chance to finalize poster and ticket details along with getting everyone's opinion on it. I feel the further we push the meeting date, the less time we have marketing the event.

    If we're all able to meet on April 22, we can decide on how to split up the duties of posting the posters. Hopefully, we can get posters ordered/received by early May so that we can get into full gear of heavy marketing.

    I also wouldn't mind meeting at school for minor details.

    Let me know what you think.

    I will look into the doodle poll. Thanks!

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  2. Yes, I agree--I wasn't trying to push it out at all, it could be earlier than planned even; I just wanted to maybe have it be on a school day (still at 9am) instead for the sake of convenience for us all, since many of us live far away (and also, it's an early morning meeting on a weekend). :)

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  3. Also, maybe at the meeting we can discuss the tickets thing? The box office manager at PSU gave me a call and left a message, and I have yet to get back to her, because if we're definitely doing the electronic tickets thing then there is no need. However, if we were going to print some (but not all) of the tickets and have them at various places/vendors, like the PSU box office, I feel like it would be a little easier for people to buy the tickets...
    P.S. I just noticed that there was no info on the posters about how/where to obtain the tickets...were you going to add that in later? :)

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  4. The other posters states tickets can be purchased through Eagle Eye. It's not in the ones I sent out previously.

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