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* Get better stats and testimonials from people we benefit for outreach/grantwriting/fundraising materials
 
* Get better stats and testimonials from people we benefit for outreach/grantwriting/fundraising materials
 
* Work with the bookkeeping department to create a good system for acquiring annual report data
 
* Work with the bookkeeping department to create a good system for acquiring annual report data
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* Potentially, continue to work with state legislature to market our model to state government as a way to save money and deal with the problem of ewaste
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* Along the way, involve volunteers as much as possible in every facet.  They'll be usable in an ongoing way in maintaining the website and writing press releases.
  
 
While good outreach materials and a good plan to get the word out will help Free Geek saturate more of the public with our meme and help us get ahead after the ewaste legislation goes into effect, we still want to maintain our hip, laid-back, no-nonsense style.  We don't want to media slickster yes men running any sort of show here, kids.  Word.
 
While good outreach materials and a good plan to get the word out will help Free Geek saturate more of the public with our meme and help us get ahead after the ewaste legislation goes into effect, we still want to maintain our hip, laid-back, no-nonsense style.  We don't want to media slickster yes men running any sort of show here, kids.  Word.
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==== Strengths ====
 
==== Strengths ====
 
''Strengths are advantages we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Good things we do.)''
 
''Strengths are advantages we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Good things we do.)''
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* We have a strong community of volunteers.
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* We have the bases and desire to do many of these items
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* We have a good name in the community.
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* The staff available to do this kind of work has grown in number recently
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* We have a lot of people interested in the ways the technology changes and how it is used.
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* We've gotten much better at responding to media requests
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* We have chosen to work with old technology, meaning we can see technological changes in advance of their arriving at Free Geek.
 
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* integrated systems would lead to less reusable stuff (specialized volunteers)
 
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** we have the advantage to see this coming as we deal with used stuff
 
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* make recycling more educational (what is this, where would it go if not recycled, etc?)
 
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** this would be very good for schoolkids (geeklets) to learn
 
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* We are already experts in reuse
 
  
 
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==== Weaknesses ====
 
==== Weaknesses ====
 
''Weaknesses are problems we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Things we do poorly or not at all.)''
 
''Weaknesses are problems we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Things we do poorly or not at all.)''
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* It is difficult for us to make business decisions quickly.
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* There's not enough time to do everything we wanna do
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* We have a hard time doing things that volunteers don't find interesting in a timely manner.
 
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* Our culture in a bit insular
 
 
* We are bad at following through on certain kinds of things
 
* We are bad at following through on certain kinds of things
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* No one on staff is super-awesome at graphic design.  Many of us want to learn, though.
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* Geek volunteers aren't generally very interested in helping out with PR-related stuff, so we often lack for volunteer help in this area.
  
 
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==== Opportunities ====
 
==== Opportunities ====
 
''Opportunities are advantages we have that are external to Free Geek. (Good things that will or could happen to us.)''
 
''Opportunities are advantages we have that are external to Free Geek. (Good things that will or could happen to us.)''
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* We can take over more space and use it to grow our services.  
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* There are lots of opportunities to learn new things like graphic design, media relations, etc.
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* There will "always" be more unused electronics in the market.
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* We haven't saturated the Portland Metro area with our robot army
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* There will be "always" a ready supply of people wanting free and cheap stuff.
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* The legislature likes us
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* move towards communication in miniature form, teaching people to use these forms of media and communication (i.e. cell phone and ipod esque technology)
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* The public, in general likes us
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* We could team up with other recyclers, skimming off the good stuff for reuse
 
  
 
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==== Threats ====
 
==== Threats ====
 
''Threats are problems we have that are external to Free Geek. (Bad things that will or could happen to us.)''
 
''Threats are problems we have that are external to Free Geek. (Bad things that will or could happen to us.)''
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* eWaste legislation will create competition in the recycling industry and take away a core area of our business.
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* eWaste legislation may create competition in the recycling industry and take away a core area of our business.
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* As computers become more integrated learning to build them will be less interesting to potential volunteers.
 
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* The changing nature of the technology and the way it is used could leave us unable to give people what they want.
 
 
* EWaste legislation, if passed, might lead to consumer convenience of e-recycling (i.e. curbside pickup which leads to less donations for us)
 
* EWaste legislation, if passed, might lead to consumer convenience of e-recycling (i.e. curbside pickup which leads to less donations for us)
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* integrated systems would lead to less reusable stuff (specialized volunteers)
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* The end of oil could come, and our PR efforts will be moot.
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** we have the advantage to see this coming as we deal with used stuff
 
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* More and more crap comes our way, and we do more and more recycling instead of reuse
 
  
 
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Revision as of 17:46, 14 August 2007

How should Free Geek grow its PR efforts in the next 3 years?

Some goals:

  • Do more outreach to corporations
    • This includes acquiring a vehicle
  • More outreach to media outlets and sources of volunteers
    • We'd be using a spiffy printed and online media kit for this.
    • The media kit would need to be maintained, too.
  • Dedicate staff time to create regular press releases
  • Create more regular email (and possibly printed!) newsletters
  • Re-do brochure
    • Bigger, groovier-looking, more eye-catching
    • Possibly create 2 or 3 new brochures targeted at volunteers, donors, ewaste education, etc.
  • Gather, take, work with a volunteer to take, and/or pay someone to take a nice set of file photos for outreach materials
  • Create a website that's easier to maintain and contains more information
  • Pursue info on ewaste legislation and how it would affect us from DEQ
    • Integrate new procedures and stats caused by ewaste legislation into outreach materials
  • Get better stats and testimonials from people we benefit for outreach/grantwriting/fundraising materials
  • Work with the bookkeeping department to create a good system for acquiring annual report data
  • Potentially, continue to work with state legislature to market our model to state government as a way to save money and deal with the problem of ewaste
  • Along the way, involve volunteers as much as possible in every facet. They'll be usable in an ongoing way in maintaining the website and writing press releases.

While good outreach materials and a good plan to get the word out will help Free Geek saturate more of the public with our meme and help us get ahead after the ewaste legislation goes into effect, we still want to maintain our hip, laid-back, no-nonsense style. We don't want to media slickster yes men running any sort of show here, kids. Word.


Good (for Free Geek) Bad (for Free Geek)
Internal
(to Free Geek)

Strengths

Strengths are advantages we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Good things we do.)

  • We have the bases and desire to do many of these items
  • The staff available to do this kind of work has grown in number recently
  • We've gotten much better at responding to media requests

Weaknesses

Weaknesses are problems we have that are internal to Free Geek. (Things we do poorly or not at all.)

  • There's not enough time to do everything we wanna do
  • We are bad at following through on certain kinds of things
  • No one on staff is super-awesome at graphic design. Many of us want to learn, though.
  • Geek volunteers aren't generally very interested in helping out with PR-related stuff, so we often lack for volunteer help in this area.
External
(to Free Geek)

Opportunities

Opportunities are advantages we have that are external to Free Geek. (Good things that will or could happen to us.)

  • There are lots of opportunities to learn new things like graphic design, media relations, etc.
  • We haven't saturated the Portland Metro area with our robot army
  • The legislature likes us
  • The public, in general likes us

Threats

Threats are problems we have that are external to Free Geek. (Bad things that will or could happen to us.)

  • eWaste legislation may create competition in the recycling industry and take away a core area of our business.
  • EWaste legislation, if passed, might lead to consumer convenience of e-recycling (i.e. curbside pickup which leads to less donations for us)
  • The end of oil could come, and our PR efforts will be moot.
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