Shameless Advertising for DigiCiv

As the title of this posts suggests, I did lots of shameless advertising to try to get people to come to our event. I made announcements in my honors classes and education classes because I thought they would be interested in how the digital revolution has affected education and research. I also made specific, personal invites to the following:

1. Professor Goldberg and his brother are both extremely interested in changes in our digital world, specifically regarding research. (Professor Goldberg is the previously mentioned professor, who was interviewed for some social proof of my idea).
2. Professor Earl was interested in how the digital world has impacted education, government, research, and other areas.
3. Mark Poret previously taught a computer class at BYU and showed extreme interest new digital tools and how they are reshaping education. He was also extremely interested in how they have affected government. He was not able to come due to a scheduling conflict, but he will most likely look up information about the event and talk to me about it sometime next week. 
4. Mike Poret is Mark Poret's son and a student at BYU. He is extremely interested in technology and how different areas have affected the digital world.
5. Amy Shiflet is a student who is concerned about our inadequate educational system and how we can change it to adapt to modern times.
6. Kylie Smith is also a student who is concerned about our inadequate educational system and how we can change it to adapt to modern times.
7. Mikayla Boren  is also a student who is concerned about our inadequate educational system and how we can change it to adapt to modern times.
8. Professor Ray teaches a class on using drama in the classroom. She is very concerned with our educational system leaving various types of learners behind and wanted to know what we could do to adapt schools to our modern times.
9. Julius Adebayo is a student who was very interested to know new research methods to save time and make his research more meaningful.
10. Nick Jones is a student who is extremely interested in business and economics. He showed interest in learning how the business world is affected by new digital tools.
11. Brian Jackson is a coordinator for the First Year Writing department and is extremely interested in using digital tools in his teaching. Our group wanted to talk to him specifically about using Library 2.0 techniques in First Year Writing courses. I thought this event would be a perfect opportunity to introduce him to Library 2.0 along with other areas of the digital revolution, so I called and left him a message. He never replied, but I hope to get a hold of him soon to present him with a lesson plan that can be implemented in the First Year Writing program.

In spite of my efforts, Julius was the only invite I specifically saw at the event, although others may have been there without my knowledge. In addition to my efforts in inviting people, I was also active on the stream during the event until my computer died (a little more than half way through) and stayed for a relatively long time afterwards to answer questions.