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tips for raising awareness and getting attention?
October 20, 2006 - 11:07 PM
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Hi everyone! I'm in my first year of university and trying to become as active and involved as I can here, but I find it difficult to get people to do things because all they seem to care about is their own personal pleasure and entertainment. I'm getting frustrated at the lack of commitment and involvement from so many of my fellow students. I've organized a Stand Up event on October 15 and was very disappointing at the small number of university students who showed up. How do I get them to react and move? We should be the ones changing the world! Does anyone have any ideas on the subject or any success stories to share?
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MOHAMMED ALIYU PAIKO
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Re: tips for raising awareness and getting attention?
October 21, 2006 - 08:54 AM
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Its actually frustrating to care so much about making a change and then no one actually wants to join up. There are many ways to get people to listen to what you say, it takes patience and careful planning.
As a guide, first look for an event in your school that attracts the most crowd. Try to join the group and also patronize the event and find out what makes the event attactive to so many people ( there must be a common reason that attracts most of the people!). Once you zero in on that reason, you then plan to build your strategy arround your event from a similar point of view. The progress would be slow, but then gradually, if you are focused and determined you will win many minds over.
Every event needs carefull planning and people are like a flock of sheep, it depends on which way you steer them towards convincingly that they would go.
I have tried to say it simply, it does not however follow that making it happen would be as simple as I have put it. This is my own way of looking at it, there are many other ways that may work magic, better than I have said it.
Anyway, dont give up, keep changing strategy and surely, sucess is yours eventually. Good luck!
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Re: tips for raising awareness and getting attention?
October 21, 2006 - 09:01 AM
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Dear sarah 
Hope you have nice day ...and i wish that i could attend that event but I m far away :P ,you have to keep trying. it needs time and hope cause it will always make you go ahead : )
the other thing is you have to plan and know what make your targeted people that you prefer to participate come (fun, songs, sport,,,,,, etc) then try to show them they will satisfy there needs even ...try to make your show contain many activities and hold many objectives ....... try to define there mentality ....... try every thing and every channel and media to deliver your massage ...... it will help you ...let them see your events some thing very big even it is not.
From here in Jordan i will try to help you and shout ,,,,come one and share Sarah the next event ....
Just don't stop and in one day you will success ...it needs time definitely
Just do your best effort
Best regards
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Re: tips for raising awareness and getting attention?
October 24, 2006 - 03:32 AM
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It is really hard to find out exact formula to motivate and raise aware. But what your are doing , you have to continue it. Just think, winners don't do different things, but they do things differently. Regarding the planning of those actvities, first you have to carefully study the interest of your audience, after that you can organize the awareness activities in different form may be drama, music, speech, competition, game etc. You don't have to worry about the number of presence but you have to try to gather quality of people. Good luck
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