I can tell from the positive feedback on Judie's class that at least one class has gone forward.  How many have had students registar?  There are so many variables here; topic, time, day, lead time, cost...  The more we know the sooner we will figure this out.  Any obsevations about the students?

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Sun, 10/17/2010 - 18:11

Claudia Segal (not verified)

The free open houses are getting good attention.  So far, it's been a bit slow to fill.  I've been writing about the classes on the Yahoo boards and to my guild.

I'm open to ideas about where to put the word out.  I am working on getting Hand/Eye magazine which is online and published to write something.  I have also sent a note to Madelyn and will try again to reach HGA.  

Does anyone have a reliable contact at HGA?  I don't seem to have found the right person to contact, no one responds to my emails.

Claudia

Tue, 10/26/2010 - 04:10

Amelia Garripoli (not verified)

I have two in my weave now: basic rigid heddle class, and one or two in my two-heddle twill class (rigid heddle, again).

I'm west coast, teaching at 6pm west coast time so the east coasters are taking a fairly late class, the Europeans wouldn't like the time (2 am?) and the Australians would have to have the day off work (since it's a Wednesday).

One participant is learning so she can teach locally, the other is learning for her own sake, for fun. I forgot to ask them their time zones, but both were in the US.

I think it may take a while to pick good times/days of week for classes -- villageweaver pointed out that 10 am east coast might be early for west coast people -- but actually many hobby-ists are trying to fit this in around their typical days, and so that 7 am west coast time may not be such a bad thing. I agree, though, it's going to be a good idea to monitor when classes are v how much attendance they get.

Similarly useful data to measure v. attendance is:

  • * level of difficulty (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
  • * number of sessions
  • * length of session (for 1-session class)
  • * cost per class-hour (unless Weavolution chooses to standardize on a fee for this ... another possibility)

I, for one, am looking forward to contributing to the data points :)

Tue, 10/26/2010 - 04:12

Amelia Garripoli (not verified)

(oops, repeat)

Tue, 10/26/2010 - 04:15

Amelia Garripoli (not verified)

Other free venues to advertise:

Facebook (is there a Weavolution organization page? the calendar feature on Facebook could be used on that)

Yahoo email list WeavingSalesAds -- it might be appropriate to advertise upcoming classes both when they are first listed and again, say, 5-10 days before they occur (if you already hit this one, it shows how behind I am on my bulk emails!)

Not sure what other social media might be used, but FB is definitely the gorilla on the playing field these days.