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Obtaining an Audience:
The BEST way - A Captive Audience!
How to do this: Contact professors and encourage them to:
 | Assign their classes to the lecture for extra credit |
| Make it a mandatory requirement |
| Invite the speaker into their class or combine classes for the
presentation |
Other ways: What activities reach a large population of students?
| Bands - Have a comedian with a disability open up for the band |
| Freshman Orientation |
| Commencement Exercises |
What Departments does disability fit into?
Sociology, Psychology, Communication, Journalism, Theater, History,
English, Athletics, Business, Special Education, Nursing, Recreation Therapy,
Media Studies ......
Other Activities:
Movies on Campus
Coming Home, Simon Burch, Theory of Flight, My Left Foot, Rainman, Born on
the 4th of July, Scent of a Woman, Best Years of our Lives, At First Sight
Theater on Campus
Boys Next Door, Children of a Lesser God, Butterflies are Free, Freaks,
Body of Bourne
Athletic Events
Wheelchair basketball, wheelchair races, skiing, bowling, horseback riding
Are you getting the point???
Disability Awareness fits in EVERYWHERE!
Suggestions on what HAS worked to increase attendance:
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Extra credit or make it a requirement |
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Schedule in-class lecture |
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Food at the event |
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Give aways - buttons, etc. |
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Graphics Dept - Ask them to do colorful, eye-catching
posters |
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Contact President or Provost of the University and ask him/her
to introduce the speaker |
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Campus media exposure: School paper, School radio,
School television |
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Local Community media - Newspaper, radio, television |
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Interviews Pre and Post event |
What has NOT worked to increase attendance
| Putting up posters |
| Dorm mailings |
| Mass emails |
Money - where to obtain it
| Student Activities |
| Disability Services |
| Alumni Association |
| Diversity Program |
| Multicultural Program |
| Theater Department |
| Local Groups - Easter Seals, Kiwanis, Rotary Club, Elks Club, etc. |
Other terms to use to promote event instead of "Lecture"
| Debate |
| Multi-Media Event |
| Symposium |
| Slides, Music and More! |
| Ideas and Issues ... |
| An Afternoon With ... |
| An Evening With ... |
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