so whats the verdict? how do i convince everyone to join the newly reformed queens orienteering club?
Ive done the obvious in getting a copy of the nope media pack, and the bof university stuff. what do i need to do now at the fair and the orienteering event. i was planning to have the event on the afternoon after the fair, in the local park. what will get them to come? what will make them want to keep coming back for more?
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ahh, the old club startin up again.
i remember the days when myself and mr lockington put on training weekends.
they were always good for banter. especially when they were held in butt[nope] nowhere, with just 100 drunken students and three locals. (still managed to find a nightclub though!) then there were of course the mandatory drunken challenges. such as climbin round a table without touching the ground. jumping over a broomstick while holding it, and handstands.
afraid i don't know how to encourage people to go orienteering.especially if there is only yourself at the stand. possibly convince a few folks to stand with you? make it look as sociable as the sport really is!
wattok - how did you get people into wattok? (that could be taken the wrong way....)
i remember the days when myself and mr lockington put on training weekends.
they were always good for banter. especially when they were held in butt[nope] nowhere, with just 100 drunken students and three locals. (still managed to find a nightclub though!) then there were of course the mandatory drunken challenges. such as climbin round a table without touching the ground. jumping over a broomstick while holding it, and handstands.
afraid i don't know how to encourage people to go orienteering.especially if there is only yourself at the stand. possibly convince a few folks to stand with you? make it look as sociable as the sport really is!
wattok - how did you get people into wattok? (that could be taken the wrong way....)
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Students love free stuff so get the freebees going. Also if the event involves booze that works too. Have prizes, make good fliers specific to queens orienteering club events. Highlight what training opportunities there will be & what the club can offer. Just try and sell the club.
The thing to remember is your selling it to people who don't know what orienteering is.
Good Luck
The thing to remember is your selling it to people who don't know what orienteering is.
Good Luck
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At uni I was far more successful at getting others to orienteer than I was at actually orienteering. So here's my thoughts for what they're worth.
Freshers fair is all about the hard sell. You're basically competing against every other society for people and money, therefore anything (legal) is fair game. You can guarantee other clubs will be underhand ...
The most important thing is that the basics have to be on show, and the Nope media pack sounds as though that should sort that out. But people have to know what they're signing up for, make sure you have details of events you plan to go to clearly on view. Also you need some socials planned. The freshers need to know what it is that's going to make their lives better. If you are a new club, judge the freshers, and if they're the sort who might like responsibility, sell it as a chance for them to mould the future direction of the club etc.
It also has to look worth while. The one man, a map, and a handful of photos of people in the forest dressed like Goldie Lookin Chain approach won't cut the mustard. Get a few people on the stand (if poss), and make it look friendly. You also have to look fun, the place will be full of parachuting videos, mountain bikes etc. So, if you can get it, the DVD player approach would be good. Could you maybe get a WIFI feed, and have Nopesport online for potential members to browse? Maybe Nope could organise a live freshers questions thread where students from other Uni's could be available to reply in Q/A, or just general banter manner (Nudge nudge)? There's also less high tech methods. Get a few mates to play frisbee with you where the freshers congregate. Write on the frisbee something like 'Orienteering 3pm, local park, try it out'. Chuck it to the freshers and just start chatting to them, it has worked in the past. If you're up for the ridiculous it can be done. We took an 8ft branch and some controls to recreate the forest to the fair once, and (thankfully) it got the right sort of attention.
Also, judge your freshers. There's the already orienteer type. They'll sign up, and are valuable, but are limited in number not really new recruits to the sport that'll boost your membership. There's the type who have already signed up for 37 other clubs, you'll never see them again. There's also the type who are part of a group, look interested in your stall, but maybe lack the confidence to initiate leaving their mates to talk to you. These are ones who'll probably be your potential members who've never tried it before. Catch their eye, and talk to them. Many a club stalwart has come from this population.
Finally, never look desperate. Smile and be friendly even if nothing's going as planned. If you haven't many people signed up, invent a few to look popular... Make it look like they're the ones missing out if they don't join in. Good luck.
Migsy
Freshers fair is all about the hard sell. You're basically competing against every other society for people and money, therefore anything (legal) is fair game. You can guarantee other clubs will be underhand ...
The most important thing is that the basics have to be on show, and the Nope media pack sounds as though that should sort that out. But people have to know what they're signing up for, make sure you have details of events you plan to go to clearly on view. Also you need some socials planned. The freshers need to know what it is that's going to make their lives better. If you are a new club, judge the freshers, and if they're the sort who might like responsibility, sell it as a chance for them to mould the future direction of the club etc.
It also has to look worth while. The one man, a map, and a handful of photos of people in the forest dressed like Goldie Lookin Chain approach won't cut the mustard. Get a few people on the stand (if poss), and make it look friendly. You also have to look fun, the place will be full of parachuting videos, mountain bikes etc. So, if you can get it, the DVD player approach would be good. Could you maybe get a WIFI feed, and have Nopesport online for potential members to browse? Maybe Nope could organise a live freshers questions thread where students from other Uni's could be available to reply in Q/A, or just general banter manner (Nudge nudge)? There's also less high tech methods. Get a few mates to play frisbee with you where the freshers congregate. Write on the frisbee something like 'Orienteering 3pm, local park, try it out'. Chuck it to the freshers and just start chatting to them, it has worked in the past. If you're up for the ridiculous it can be done. We took an 8ft branch and some controls to recreate the forest to the fair once, and (thankfully) it got the right sort of attention.
Also, judge your freshers. There's the already orienteer type. They'll sign up, and are valuable, but are limited in number not really new recruits to the sport that'll boost your membership. There's the type who have already signed up for 37 other clubs, you'll never see them again. There's also the type who are part of a group, look interested in your stall, but maybe lack the confidence to initiate leaving their mates to talk to you. These are ones who'll probably be your potential members who've never tried it before. Catch their eye, and talk to them. Many a club stalwart has come from this population.
Finally, never look desperate. Smile and be friendly even if nothing's going as planned. If you haven't many people signed up, invent a few to look popular... Make it look like they're the ones missing out if they don't join in. Good luck.
Migsy
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