Re: Iris Awards Announcement Postmortem?

[Wayne Messer <6d200f2f1@rewrite.aisboard.org>]

Kathleen, My apologies, I should have included the Irises Bulletin in my
comments.  I was so focused on the speed aspect since that was what our
concern had been.

Are there any changes in how we prepare the announcement that would help
with the Irises Bulletin publication workflow?  Or any changes in the
awards release schedule or the Irises Bulletin publication schedule that
would improve things for you?

Regards,

Wayne Messer



On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Robert Pries <101p@rewrite.aisboard.org>
wrote:

> Kathleen, it is important to have the winners announced in the Bulletin
> also because 30% of our membership does not choose to have their e-mail
> addresses listed with our membership secretary. Actually the percent may
> not be that high since perhaps only one member of a family needs to have an
> e-mail address for both to see News and Notes. But Print media and
> electronic media are very different and often are good to have as a
> redundancy because they are used in different ways. Actually there is a
> great synergism that can be developed with the duplication of effort in
> both. Ideally they will bring people back and forth between the two
> medias.--Bob Pries
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kath" <1014@rewrite.aisboard.org>
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 8:38:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Iris Awards Announcement Postmortem?
>
> I assume the whole announcement will be officially documented in the fall
> issue of  IRISES with photos?
> I can download the PDF
>
> Kathleen
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> "A good head and a good heart are a formidable combination."
> Nelson Mandela
>
> > On Aug 14, 2014, at 2:01 PM, Wayne Messer <
> 6d200f2f1@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
> >
> > My compliments as well to Gerry Snyder, John Jones, and Robert Pries for
> > making these announcements rapidly available.  I think they have done a
> > great job under conditions that have markedly changed in the last few
> years.
> >
> > With the changes in how Awards are announced and the information shared,
> is
> > it time to review what we do and what we want to accomplish?  Do we have
> > postmortems on happenings like this to prepare for the next time?  I'm
> not
> > sure where we might do this; so, here are my comments.
> >
> > I assume everyone has seen the notice and the PDF list on the AIS
> website,
> > the notice and the Iris Encyclopedia page, and the News & Notes Special
> > Edition.  If not, here is the AIS Awards page:
> > http://www.irises.org/About_Irises/Awards_Surveys/AIS_Awards.html
> > the 2014 PDF list:
> > http://www.irises.org/pdf/2014%20AIS%20Awards.pdf
> > the Iris Encyclopedia main page:
> > http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view
> > the Iris Wiki 2014 Awards page:
> > http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoAwards2014
> >
> > My understanding is we are attempting to release the information in the
> > following order:
> >
> > 1. Notify the winners
> > 2. Announce it to AIS members
> > 3. Spread it on social media to potential members
> > 4. Make the general public aware to increase their interest in irises
> >
> > With the speed of social media, following this order is becoming more
> > challenging.  Does this mean we need to change the order or how we do
> > things?
> >
> > Are there other categories I am missing on this list?  Would garden
> writers
> > or other news sources be something to consider?
> >
> > Some general and specific comments:
> >
> > News & Notes: Unfortunately, I do my best thinking after the fact, and I
> > don't think they warrant a remailing, so am recording suggestions here,
> > hopefully to be considered next time :)  The excitement of award time may
> > be a good time to interest people in membership or becoming a judge.  I
> > would not do a hard sell; but having a link to becoming a member and
> > becoming a judge could encourage people.  We could do something like this
> > in the future, either just links in the Quick Links in the left-hand
> column
> > or an expanded mention of the judging and membership benefit.
> >
> > Similarly links to judging and membership could be incorporated near the
> > award notices on the AIS website and the Iris wiki.  Are there other
> topics
> > that would naturally go with the awards?
> >
> > Pictures are one of the major draws.  Should we be selecting favored
> > pictures early from the Iris Encyclopedia for all the Medal nominees so
> we
> > are prepared?  (Maybe we are already doing this.)  Would a color PDF,
> > offered as an option, on the AIS website be useful?  I do like the
> > incorporation of an iris logo in this year's PDF.
> >
> > Cross-referencing and cross-posting:  Having it on World of Irises and
> the
> > AIS Facebook page is good.  Thank you Andi for getting this up so
> rapidly.
> > And I liked the expanded posts on each winner that the World of Irises
> had
> > last year.  Are there other social media we should include?  Are there
> > links between the AIS website notices and the Iris Encyclopedia pages
> that
> > should be added?
> >
> > Visibility:  Having the News Flash on the main Iris Encyclopedia page is
> > good for raising awareness of the awards.  And having the News entry on
> the
> > AIS website telling about it is also good.  Is there some way we could
> have
> > a News Flash or something on the homepage?  Are there other announcements
> > that should/could go out?
> >
> > Follow-ups?  Not sure what I would suggest here.  The World of Irises
> > series is very good for extending the interest and something we can point
> > to with subsequent News & Notes issues.  And which is cross-posted to
> > Facebook as they occur.  Are there any other events or news releases
> based
> > on the awards?
> >
> > Again, my overall conclusion is we are doing a good job under
> increasingly
> > shortening timescales.  And I would like to learn where we might improve,
> > obtain additional benefits, and apply lessons to other areas.
> >
> > Thank you for your suggestions and comments.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Wayne Messer
> > wrmesser@gmail.com
> > News & Notes
> >
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