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- We implant chips in peoples' brains

Reminds me of a conversation, on an elevator, with one of our supervisors and an apprentice instructor. I hear something to the effect that you were drilling holes in the students head to pour in the knowledge directly. Oh? Yes, they said you were boring the students. Might have been an old joke Duane -----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 3:02 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Advice on Xenix VCF exhibit

Very true. I agree that the variety at VCF ensures that we cover a broader interest. That being said, how do we get people to want to walk in the door in the first place? Personally, I don't think that Facebook and blogs are enough. Can we reach a larger audience?

We do a TON of different marketing things (a huge part of my job) and we see which ones stick. Briefly: - We reach out to tech media - We contact local mainstream news - We implant chips in peoples' brains - We reach out to hackerspaces, amateur radio clubs, ACM/IEEE chapters, general computer clubs, other museums, etc. - We use Facebook and Twitter - We use the force - We ask the other InfoAge groups to tell their members - We have an email announcement-only list (http://vcfed.org/wp/newsletter/) - We have candy - We preach VCF in our exhibit at related events