The Stack Exchange Ambassadors program provides free food and Stack Exchange swag to student and teacher groups who agree to promote relevant Stack Exchange sites. We have an offer on the table to expand the program to Judaism.SE.
The particulars are subject to negotiation, but basically, we'd a...
There will be a meeting in our chat room on Tuesday, December 27, at 18:00 UTC / 20:00 IST / 13:00 EST to discuss the next steps in promoting this site to the outside world. Anyone interested is welcome to attend and contribute. Abby T. Miller and possibly other SE staff will be there.
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Okay. @ArielK Does anything come to you off the top of your head in terms of which group would be most excited about Stack Exchange or how you could present it to them? Or do you need us to help you come up with specific ideas for events?
It's usually easier to present to an existing group because you have a guaranteed audience, but you can create a special event if you think it'll generate interest
What about a co-sponsored party with free food, swag, a short intro speech, and a bunch of laptop kiosks open to Jewish Life and Learning so people can take a look and try it out, perhaps with one or more on projectors?
Let's back up a minute. What is the goal of doing an event at YU? Are you guys looking for a large influx of new users? Getting a handful of really dedicated, enthusiastic users? Just spreading brand awareness?
@Laura YU's population is pretty much exactly our target audience: committed to Judaism both in practice and in study on a daily basis and also college-aged and therefore internet-connected
Ok, so with that in mind, it's really hard to get a large group of people to become active participants. Especially talking to them in person. However, having an event where you both demonstrate how the site works, and provide time for attendees to try it out, should be a great way to give them a strong impression of the site and the community.
What about a co-sponsored party with free food, swag, a short intro speech, and a bunch of laptop kiosks open to Jewish Life and Learning so people can take a look and try it out, perhaps with one or more on projectors?
And also keep in mind that you don't have to talk to every single student at YU; if a few people get excited about it, word-of-mouth will do a lot of the legwork for you
@msh210 Yes. This is a great idea, and I think it's the right approach for what you want to achieve
Usually, our ambassadors work with study groups. So they'll be small groups, and the leader of the study group (whether it was formed specifically to promote SE or already existed) will demo the site. The group will use it to help with their studying
We can send t-shirts, stickers, etc. Free stuff to give away, with SE branding.
@IsaacMoses OTOH, milling and explaining how things work as people are at the kiosks can be important. A site should be self-explanatory, and SE's pretty good in that regard, but.
I think one person who uses the Judaism.SE site is plenty - and we have honestly found that users from the communities themselves are more trustworthy and useful than brand-representatives.
Having an event with 20 people or so (or even fewer) and being able to answer every single question is more effective than talking at 300 people and having most of them not really understand why the site is awesome
and then you can give a 15-minute demo of the site...very briefly what SE is and how the mechanics of the site work, then dive into a couple of questions and answers you think are applicable/interesting for your audience?
@ArielK i would imagine that more interesting than demonstrating the site would be talking about some of the specific questions that the audience might find interesting
@IsaacMoses If we have enough notice, then we can probably get Jin to help
@ArielK yes! you can maybe make talmud the topic of the week maybe the week before your event, and then encourage your event attendees to ask their questions (even right there at the event)
@ArielK Great; thanks. Please emphasize that the main thing we need from them is the legwork and promotional support. The funding is, I think, going to be all from SE.
Oh and @ArielK, as a long time DMB fan I enjoyed the article about the band and its horrible fans that was in the issue that was linked to in the last chat event.
