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Create a small handout describing the forum and what you are trying to accomplish with it. Instead of telling people about it and having them try to remember give them one of the handouts. Include it with the other training materials during classes and then ask them to post reviews of training if they would like. I don't believe anyone other than Ringo and I in CCL III knew about the forum. Include it in the bags with purchases or boxes with shipments.
Chat is probably harder. I've only really seen them used on sites where somebody has some information they want to share but they don't want everyone having access to it, Scout.com forums do this. Even then, it was something set up ahead of time. Arrange for some chats centering on certain topics like what should be in a IFAK or Robb discussing how to handle carrying when you get pulled over and then advertise that ahead of time. Topics that are quite big enough for a whole class but people would be interested in enough to join the forum to participate. Or maybe get an hours worth of time from people we would be interested in asking questions.
I don't believe Twitter and Facebook are that effective. Too much stuff in the feeds and sometimes not much information. Like this Twitter post:
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I can't tell that it actually for an active contest on the forum where I have to post to win it. If a lot of people are like me then they just look at the pictures and move on.
Chat is probably harder. I've only really seen them used on sites where somebody has some information they want to share but they don't want everyone having access to it, Scout.com forums do this. Even then, it was something set up ahead of time. Arrange for some chats centering on certain topics like what should be in a IFAK or Robb discussing how to handle carrying when you get pulled over and then advertise that ahead of time. Topics that are quite big enough for a whole class but people would be interested in enough to join the forum to participate. Or maybe get an hours worth of time from people we would be interested in asking questions.
I don't believe Twitter and Facebook are that effective. Too much stuff in the feeds and sometimes not much information. Like this Twitter post:
I can't tell that it actually for an active contest on the forum where I have to post to win it. If a lot of people are like me then they just look at the pictures and move on.
Chat is probably harder. I've only really seen them used on sites where somebody has some information they want to share but they don't want everyone having access to it, Scout.com forums do this. Even then, it was something set up ahead of time. Arrange for some chats centering on certain topics like what should be in a IFAK or Robb discussing how to handle carrying when you get pulled over and then advertise that ahead of time. Topics that are quite big enough for a whole class but people would be interested in enough to join the forum to participate. Or maybe get an hours worth of time from people we would be interested in asking questions.
I don't believe Twitter and Facebook are that effective. Too much stuff in the feeds and sometimes not much information. Like this Twitter post:
I can't tell that it actually for an active contest on the forum where I have to post to win it. If a lot of people are like me then they just look at the pictures and move on.