1. There's nothing attractive/interesting at the booth
2. The people sitting at the booth are too busy talking to each other than talking to people who walk by
You know how I mentioned that the guy who goes to these events is old and not very technologically-savvy? Well, I forgot that he's not all that people-savvy either...
( But to backtrack... )
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I got a comment that night on a group post I made about the day, from one of the people I'd spoken to. He and his wife were already permies, and they were more "oh we just want to see how the movement is going", so I emphasised the community aspect of it - being able to socialise with people of like mind, if that was what they wanted.
From the sound of it, he and his wife were interested in the community aspect of the group - meeting other people, maybe getting involved. At the least, having elders who are personable and practising (a rather large number of our current elders are either not personable or not practising) would be a boon.
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( some other ruminations )
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Anyway, although I wasn't there for the 2nd half, it seems that things went pretty well with more engagement and involvement across the board.
But, yeah. The core reasons we didn't get any new people signing up from these events? Because we gave them nothing to look at, we didn't engage with them when they did pause by our booth, and we didn't make it easy for them to keep us on their feeds and in their inboxes.
2. The people sitting at the booth are too busy talking to each other than talking to people who walk by
You know how I mentioned that the guy who goes to these events is old and not very technologically-savvy? Well, I forgot that he's not all that people-savvy either...
( But to backtrack... )
--
I got a comment that night on a group post I made about the day, from one of the people I'd spoken to. He and his wife were already permies, and they were more "oh we just want to see how the movement is going", so I emphasised the community aspect of it - being able to socialise with people of like mind, if that was what they wanted.
From the sound of it, he and his wife were interested in the community aspect of the group - meeting other people, maybe getting involved. At the least, having elders who are personable and practising (a rather large number of our current elders are either not personable or not practising) would be a boon.
--
( some other ruminations )
--
Anyway, although I wasn't there for the 2nd half, it seems that things went pretty well with more engagement and involvement across the board.
But, yeah. The core reasons we didn't get any new people signing up from these events? Because we gave them nothing to look at, we didn't engage with them when they did pause by our booth, and we didn't make it easy for them to keep us on their feeds and in their inboxes.
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