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Explore best practices in communication and outreach discussed at Purdue University's leadership meeting on January 27th, 2013. Topics include weekly emails, Facebook pages, website resources, blogging, Twitter updates, and successful outreach initiatives like the Girl Scout Super Science Event and Notre Dame College of Engineering's summer mailing.
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Collegiate Section Leadership Meeting Sunday, January 27th, 2013
Purdue UniversityBest Practices - Communication • Weekly E-mails via List Serv • Monday – Vice President e-mail to all members • Tuesday – President e-mail to exec board members • Facebook Pages • One for general members and one for exec board • Useful for things that don’t fit in weekly e-mails • Website • About PSWE, about National SWE, Resource page, Corporate Support page • Blog • At least one post per week • Summaries of past events • Twitter • Upcoming events
Best Practice (Outreach)Girl Scout Super Science Event • Met up with local girl scout troops around Halloween • Approximately 250 girl scouts participated • Performed “spooky” experiments in two of the six stations • Partnered up with SDSMT Chemistry department • Showed a total of six experiments
University of Notre Dame College of Engineering Best Practice - Recruitment Summer Mailing • 3 sent over course of summer • Sent to every incoming female engineering student • Offers information on engineering & ND, gives advice, & attempts to lessen anxiety • Keeps us in their mind all summer so larger turnout at our welcome event during orientation