How+to+Market+and+Promote+Your+Symposium


 * Event posters
 * [[file:Press Release Template.docx]] (Word Doc - Press Release Template - download and modify for your use)

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The more places you post the event or where you can get a link to your event page the better - as you use various options you will be able to see which ones work the best. Local community sites and groups are often the most effective for getting the word out. Maintain a local spreadsheet of web sites where you can post a link or add an event, groups that will forward information by email and and the best spots to put up posters or leave flyers.

For the main event listing:
[|www.changingthedream.org.au] - this is the current event listing site set up for Be the Change events and linked from the Be The Change website www.bethechange.org.au (it is intended that this site will be replaced by a more generic BTC Events site in the near future) - contact your community coordinator for password details to add events via the 'facilitator' link

[] - this is the new events site for Be The Change currently being tested. It is intended that this site will replace the www.changingthedream.org.au site as it has additional capability for online registration that updates the BTC database as well as online payment by credit card or PayPal. This site can be used now to list your event using the same userid/password as the changingthedream.org.au site or contact info@bethechange,org.au for your own login or assistance.

[|www.pachamama.org] the Pachamama site has an excellent event management system that includes and Event Map showing where all the symposium and related events happening around the world are. The RSVP option can be used to track registrations or just list the event and link to your main event listing.

[|Eventbrite] this is as a free online booking system to sell tickets. Here's [|an example]

[|Google Forms] can also be used to create registration forms that update details to Google Spreadsheet

[] International website where events can be added - founded by Paul Hawken

Victoria
[|www.pigswillfly.com.au] [|www.wiseworld.com.au] [|www.ttm.org.au] (local Transition Town Maroondah website) Dot can also post it for you through the Gaia Vic network

NZ and other states and territories
Post on local group websites

Internet Resources for using Event Marketing
[] Tips and Tools for Integrating Social Media Into Your Nonprofit Event Marketing Plan