T-minus two weeks
Posted by Kevin Makice
Two Fridays from now, the final preparations will be made and a few dozen motivated people will gather at City Hall to build something new. Up until that moment, the organizing committee will be busy recruiting participants and sponsors, making sure the logistics and materials are in place, and trying to do this while living other parts of their lives.
In the coming days, some local press should start to appear about Bloomington Startup Weekend. This should spur a registration drive to reach our participation and sponsorship goals. We still have some other needs, though, that will continue for the next two weeks. We are currently looking for people interested in helping:
- Music Director—talk to local musicians and get us a daily little dose of live break music.
- Childcare Director—coordinate the needs of participating parents with some local childcare providers to allow people with kids to contribute all weekend.
- Materials Director—make sure there are white boards, markers and other staples of a marathon development session.
- Meta Manager—we will be transparent with our process, which means making sure there are regular updates to local blogs, video and tweet streams, as well as generating the excitement for people to pay attention.
- Street Marketing Manager—chalk + sidewalks = free advertising. We also help locals be more aware of our event through bulletin board fliers.
My own computer issues are ending in the form of a replacement MacBook from Apple. Expect regular blog posts from here on out.
January 27th, 2008 at 5:56 am
I’m planning to bring along a webcam and stream video as often as possible.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Excellent. I’ve got to follow up with CATS, our local community access channel, but I’m expecting the Chamber activity to be streamed, too. We could use coverage in the other rooms, for sure.