Latest revision as of 14:43, 3 January 2019

These are notes for the first and second Makeventions held (2013 & 2014)

[edit] Makevention 2014

[edit] Communication

• Website
• Exhibitors mailing list
• Volunteers mailing list
• Committee mailing list
• Exhibitor Application
• Facebook page

[edit] Advertising

• Flyer
• Online logo
• Print logo
• Business cards
• Visit Bloomington is not going to advertise in markets outside of Bloomington.

[edit] Letters of Support

• Library
• City
• BTP
• Wonderlab

[edit] Current Activities

• Getting the word out so that people save the date
• Recruiting exhibitors
• Finishing the prospectus

[edit] Venue

• Convention Center - cost $2,150
  • Also use the parking lot across the B-Line and the parking lot across College
  • Also use the B-Line

[edit] Date

• August 30th
  • Convention Center is totally open and they have us pencilled in at this time
  • Same weekend as the 4th Street Art Festival
  • Same weekend as an ISU (from Terre Haute)/IU home game
  • Might be cool to do something with the Terre Haute Hackerspace and Rose Hulmann (I have contacts at both)

[edit] Organizing Team

• Jenett Tillotson, Bloominglabs, general chair, jtillots ]at[ cogbots ]dot[ com
• Therese Miller, IU/PTI, sponsorships, millertm ]at[ iu ]dot[ com
• Steve Backs, Monroe County Public Library, stivab ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com
• Michael Hoerger, Monroe County Public Library , advertising and graphic design, michaelismichael ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com
• Marc Cheetah, Monroe County Public Library, sponsors and general stuff, marc.j.cheetah ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com
• Nathan Heald, Bloominglabs, registration and schwag, dosman ]at[ packetsniffers ]dot[ com
• Barbara Hallock, volunteer coordinator, bahalloc ]at[ iu ]dot[ edu
• Austin Toombs, Bloominglabs booth coordinator, austintoombs ]at[ googlemail ]dot[ com
• Dan Halsey, Bloominglabs, badge maker and exhibitor coordinator, dakhalsey ]at[ gmail ]dot[ com

[edit] Possible New Exhibitors

• Center for Sustainable Living
  • Bike Project
• LVL1, Hive13, Club Cyberia, Makerspace: Goshen
• Indiana Filmmakers Network
• Bloomington Print Collective
• Trained Eye Arts
• My Sister's Closet
• EGBG's - a Bloomington glass blowing shop
• Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
• Ivy Tech
• Crane

[edit] Possible Events

• Power Wheels Race
• Circuit Bending
  • Get toys from Bloomington Reuse Center
• Frankenstein stuffed animals
• Thursday night music event at the Bluebird
• Open houses at local makers space in Bloomington on Friday night
  • Bloominglabs
  • Trained Eye Arts
  • Bloomington Print Collective
  • Ecovillage
• Saturday night Par-Tay at Bloominglabs

[edit] Schools

• MCCSC
• Hoosier Hills
• Project School
• Pinnacle School

[edit] Entertainment

• Shammers - nerdcore group based out of Bloomington
• Long-shot, but Robert DeLong would be awesome.

[edit] Possible Sponsors

• Pinnacle School
• Hoosier Energy
• Crane's STEM group
• PTI
• Cook
• Ivy Tech
  • Entrepeneurship Institute - Steve Bryant
• Bender Lumber
  • Paul Bender - 812-339-9730 x210
• Boston Scientific in Spencer
• Cummins
• Baxter
• Herald Times (maybe in-kind advertising)
• MCPL (in-kind graphic design)
• Stansifers
• Kleindorfers
• Neff Engineering, a local 80/20 distributor
• Lowes, Menards, Radio Shack
• Bloomington Technology Partnership
  • Ron Walker
  • Katy Birge
• SproutBox
• Mark Krenz/SUSO
• Layne Hydro
  • Vic's company

[edit] Contacts

• Mike McAfee, Executive Director, Visit Bloomington, mike ]at[ visitbloomington ]dot[ com
• Laura Newton, Assistant Directory, Visit Bloomington, laura ]at[ visitbloomington ]dot[ com
• Talisha Coppock, Executive Director, Convention Center, tcoppock ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com
• Zoe Monts, Sales and Event Assistant, Convention Center, zoe ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com
• Lauren Dexter, Event Coordinator, Convention Center, lauren ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com

[edit] Insurance

• Cost?

[edit] Budget

• Venue
• Insurance
• Printing
  • Flyers and posters to put up around Bloomington
  • Yard signs
  • Banners for the event
  • Handouts/Program for the event
• Advertising
  • HT ads when it gets closer to the event
  • Ads in the Ryder
  • Ads in the IDS
  • Billboards around Bloomington
• T-shirts for volunteers
• 50 Makevention shirts to sell during event plus pre-sales orders and volunteer shirts / ordered 8-8
• Other Schwag?

[edit] Income

• Charge vendors more ($25)
• Encourage $5 per person/$15 for families donations

[edit] Registration handout / badges & schwag

• 200 lanyards with badge clips / ordered 8-8
• Wood gear laser-cut badges for $10, 100 to be made
• 500 paper badges

[edit] Other events around the same time

• Hoosier to Hoosier community sale
• Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire
• Nashville Mini Maker Faire
• Louisville Mini Maker Faire
• DerbyCon
• 4th Street Art Festival