Promotions and Events
Muralizer by Josh Myer (begun Oct 2009)
“it’s a robot that draws on walls!”
Phase one: Kickstarter project
Phase two: make kits available for purchase
Phase three: manufacturing, road show, large installations…?
- Sculpted Muralizer Kickstarter project, which landed in Staff Recommended Projects on Day 1
- Worked Muralizer promotion into 2-hour radio show, later using audio clips in intro video for project
- Transformed Josh’s personal language about the product into promotional language
- Ongoing support and community engagement via Twitter (@muralizer)
Race to Raise the Roof, June-Aug 2009
emergency fundraising campaign in response to a family disaster
- Coordinated three parallel fundraising efforts taking place within 3-month period
- Held a benefit concert in cooperation with Rox Events
- Established a new tradition in the Montgomery County community for short-notice beef-and-beer fundraisers
- Arranged with online jewelry makers Cute Plush for special limited run of benefit merchandise
- Raised $5000 over 7 days ($3000 within 4 days) through PayPal using social media for promotion
The Periodic Apocalypse: Occasional Lectures on the End of the World
an evening science philosophy cafe held every once in a while.
Sculpted shows, delegated promotion tasks, and hosted shows themselves.
Raised funds for the Pirate Cat Radio Station.
Designed flyers and promotional language for 2 well-attended events (so far):
- packed cafe (30+)
- 40+ stream listeners
- podcast download stats shown per show below
Swine Flu: Bacon’s Revenge
May 22, 2009
Dr. Kirsten Sanford (This Week in Science)
Brian Malow, the Science Comedian
734 podcast downloads as of 09/30/2009
Extermination of the Human Host???
July 31, 2009
Daniel Coffeen, PhD Rhetoric
529 downloads as of 09/30/2009
