Minerama¶
Minerama is Missouri S&T’s annual Involvement Fair hosted by the Department of Student Involvement. Interested students walk around the Puck (Fall) or Havener (Spring) looking for student organizations they would potentially be interested in and talk to them (a lot like a student organization career fair).
General Preperation¶
2 Months Before¶
- Evaluate Promotional Materials - In order to increase ACM’s exposure and brand recognition, ACM should develop various informational, promotional, and branding materials to give out during Minerama. Previous years promotional materials can always be utilized, but some effort should be put into looking into new and interesting ideas.
- Create Pamphlet / Handout - Develop something for students to easily digest / take from the table containing information about ACM potentially including things like major event dates, committees, and general description. Minimize size and amount to read while maximizing engagement.
1 Month Before¶
- Register to Attend - Visit Student Involvement’s Orgsync events, click on Minerama for the semester you are registering for, and then register. Be sure to specifically ask for multiple tables (usually 3) as we are a large organization with many different committees.
- Order Promotional Materials - To ensure all the materials are on time and to account for potential mistakes, order the finalized promotional materials from external sources (waterbottles, business cards, etc.) as early as possible.
2 Weeks Before¶
- Develop Staffing Schedule - At least one person from the organization must be at the table during the event; however, ACM should try to have at least one representative from every committee and ACM General (overlap included). The event usually runs from 10 am - 2:30 pm, but please check the official event for more information.
- Talking Points - Each person there will represent their specific committee; however, they will probably need to talk about all committees to avoid bouncing people around to different representatives. Develop some general talking points / statistics about each of the committees and give these to all of the people staffing the table.
Schedule¶
- 9:45 am - Send someone to the Puck / Havener to register for a table. Then, have them reserve the table(s) with a designator such as branding materials or table cloth. Try to get a spot by a main pathway or with high visibility to students. NOTE: make sure you grab a table for both ACM and ACM-W if they only allow 1 table for RSO.
- 10:10 am (2+ people) - Collect the promotional materials, retractable banner, tablecloth, and other advertising / branding items. Take them to where Minerama is being hosted.
- 10:30 am - Begin setting up the table.
- 11:00 am - Minerama (usually) starts.
- 2:00 pm - Minerama (usually) ends / Clean-up begins.
- 2:15 pm - Finish cleanup and take all items back to the ACM office.