Seminars Introduction At some time, a local group may consider running a seminar as a way of generating extra revenue or attracting new members. But organizing a seminar can be a lot of work, and may not bring in the anticipated rewards. For this issue we asked two groups, who have a history of running seminars, to share with us what they have learned. One is the Greater Boston (featured in the July 1994 issue). The other is the local SIG in Northern Utah (NU CHI) who we feature in this issue. bookHistprice. (W~ typicallysell the books on consignment, sending back any we donk sell.) The GreaterBostonA CM organization puts on six seminars a year, all with volunteer support. Vet have nopaid staff. All the aspects of the seminar are dealt with by a team of 20 volunteers. This includesspeakermcruitment and selection, brochureproduction, mailing; registration, treasury A/V, books,printing of notes,J~cilities and crowd control. ~lunteers are rewarded byJ~eeattendance to the seminars, though many of us end up working through most of them. I estimate that3~r each seminar we put on, there is about 100 hours of volunteer work. Not all of our seminars have been a success. Some of
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Seminars
Ehrlich, Kate
Follow ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
, Volume 27 (3)
Association for Computing Machinery – Jul 1, 1995
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