(01-19-2012 03:25 PM)EMUAARON Wrote: Clyde! i was going to send you a pm like you suggested, but i think brainstorming works better in a group.
the #1 thing your group can do is keep getting students to turn out. it's been great so far. maybe special giveaways for the students? do you know Bilal and Tim from Pakmode? if not, let me introduce you. if anyone is in a position to set up student-only promotions, i think it would be them.
i saw a lot of greeks at the game yesterday. great to see. is there any way to reach out to other student groups? one that comes to mind immediately is the international students. my friends who were international students did a lot of activities as a big group. plus, basketball is popular internationally. i'm sure there are millions of other student groups as well. the key is introducing people to the idea of attending a game, since so few even consider it as an option.
as for cheers, it always seems like certain players on our team respond more to cheering. i'd pick an emu player and be extra loud for them during breaks in play. someone that you notice responding well to it. Travis Lewis was great for this. he ate it up. same with Danny Mac.
that's my 2 cents.
Yes, I am well acquainted with both Bilal and Tim. Bilal has been helping us with a ton of operations stuff and Tim helped me set up our online store for students to purchase Eagle Nation Fan Section membership tshirts.
International students have not been discussed at our meetings so far. That is a great idea. We can look into it a little further.
What we have found so far this year is exactly this. "the key is introducing people to the idea of attending a game, since so few even consider it as an option." I think this is why we've had good attendance is because people show up for the first time, enjoy it, and come back.
As far as student promotions, I believe this is one of Athletics weaker points. Since any old Joe who walks in off the streets can win the MacBook, its not really geared to just students. Our org has been looking into this a little further because we would like to do a student only promotion.
SPOILER ALERT - Well not to give the full details away, but we are doing a special Eagle Nation Fan Section promotion at the Alumni Appreciation Day games Jan 28th. For more news, stay tuned to our Facebook page (
http://www.facebook.com/EagleNationFanSection) as it will be announced within the next couple of days.
This is a great topic. We look forward to any input you guys can bring us. This thing is starting to take flight.