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

1 Makevention 2014

Makevention 2014

Communication

Advertising

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

Letters of Support

Library
City
BTP
Wonderlab

Current Activities

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Schools

MCCSC
Hoosier Hills
Project School
Pinnacle School

Entertainment

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

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

Insurance

Cost?

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?

Income

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

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

Other events around the same time

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