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team meeting

10/21/20

Fundraising Team

  • On hold

  • How we we track who donates? Need addresses to send them merchandise

Social Media Team

  •  More outreach to ballerinas, dancers

  • Create more engagement with followers

On/Offline Promotional Events​

  • Waiting for date and space confirmation--will know by Sunday

  • Any $$$ made from livestream goes to World Vision (using Gino's PayPal) 

  • Twitch & Youtube major platforms

Visual Merchandising Team

  •  $300-$400 budget for staging

  • Showed 2 options for Virtual Dance Party posters

Merchandising Team 

  • Merchandise goes to people who donated

  • Use grant money to purchase more merchandise?

  • Plan B is set

  • Waiting on Angeles' sister to receive $$$ & machine to proceed

Blogging Team

  •  We have $$$ for advertisements now!

  • Contact media--newspapers, magazines, bloggers, etc!

team meeting

10/14/20

Fundraising Team

  •  Setting up 'Giving Page' via school

  • Cannot use PayPal etc.

Social Media Team

  •  Up posts to 3 times a day rather than one

  • Brainstorm more content

On/Offline Promotional Events​

  • Instead of or in addition to viewing party (Dancing with the Stars) we will have a dance-a-thon on October 29th where yah member of the team performs a 30 second dance! Donations encouraged

Visual Merchandising Team

  •  If we use Tony Williams Studio, we only need to cover one wall

    • Discuss further the visual for show​

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Merchandising Team 

  •  Printing machine delayed--what is our backup plan?

Blogging Team

  •  Added all bios (minus Ruth) and photos

  • Once we finalize date & time we can reach out to MetroWest Daily and The Gatepost again

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team meeting

10/05/20

Fundraising Team

  •  Waiting on info from FSU--can we sell merchandise? can we raise money?

Social Media Team

  •  Post more often

On/Offline Promotional Events​

  • Talked with ACDG & they have agreed to do the first dance!

  • Setting up a time to meet virtually to

    • pick the song that will hopefully go viral​

    • choreography

    • incentive: they could go viral and win!

  • Contest running from: October 29- December 1

  • Help the visual team create posters for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

Visual Merchandising Team

  •  Where will we film? Tony Williams Studio, Dance Complex, etc?

Merchandising Team 

  • Working w/ Anelsie Creations to get merchandise samples that can be used to shoot the lookbook

Blogging Team

  • Reach out to Gianni, Ruth, & dancers for bios

  • Link Facebook to site

  • Fixed mobile platform

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team meeting

09/30/20

Fundraising Team

  • Revised the Indiegogo info blurb for when/if we launch site-- need to add date of show

  • John updated the virtual happy hour & bingo cards for Instagram-- can we take donations digitally? How?

  • Cannot use PayPal-- School doesn't have one & we cannot create our own

  • Fundraising goal is still $1000

  • Finalized the email blast-- we can send out!

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Social Media Team

  • Instagram

    • Posting Schedule:

    • M-F: 10:30am

    • Sat: 8pm

    • Sun: 8pm

  • Twitter

    • Updated

  • Facebook

    • Updated

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On/Offline Promotional Events​

       Events

  • Silent dance party

    • October 22, 2020 @ 7pm

    • Incentives: entry fee- enters raffle & win either: free merchandise, $20 gift card, free Zoom ballet class(es) with Gianni

  • Viewing Party (via Zoom)​

    • Charge small entrance fee, proceeds will be donated​

  • Dance contest

    • Main platform: TikTok​

  • Merchandise contest

    • Give followers a theme to post around (example- wearing a mask) & contestants will post within that theme

    • John mocked up merchandise samples

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Visual Merchandising Team

  • Looked into Marley flooring- $80-$200

    • Very important to set up correctly​

    • We need exact measurements if we decide to use the FSU auditorium

    • There are mats available, plus flooring which we need to connect w/ tape

    • On advice, it will be cheaper to use existing dance studio.

  • Print the lookbook physically to hand out, as well as publishing it digitally

  • Helping Katie with social media content

  • Schedule:

    • M​- Katies

    • T- Kianna

    • W- Katie

    • Th- Katie

    • F- Jennifer

    • Sa- Katie

    • Su- Angeles

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Merchandising Team  

  • Need all images send with transparent background

  • Anelsie Creation will start with water bottles

Blogging Team​

  • Add bios for Dancers, Gianni, and Ruth

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team meeting

09/23/20

Fundraising Team

 

  • Indiegogo- crowdsourcing/fundraising

  • Goal of $1,000 = each team member getting 10 people to donate $10

  • Paypal.me donations go straight into account. Look into the difference between PayPal payment standard or PayPal checkout

  • Social media- Bingo boards and virtual happy hour on instagram

  • Selling merchandise

  • Dining for a Cause- Bertucci's, Blaze Pizza, Boston Market, Chick-fil-a, California Pizza kitchen, Chipotle, Panera, Margarita's, The Ninety-Nine, Uno's

  • Make template for email blasts

  • Reach out to Alumni House

  • Potentially get money from FSU, potentially get grant

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Social Media Team

  • Instagram

    • Merchandise contest-- post photos of styled merch​

    • Post virtual fliers for the event

    • Add indiegogo and website link to bio

  • Twitter

    • Use hashtags (ie: #ImDiscombobulated)​

    • Post updates of the show

  • TikTok

    • Virtual dance contest​

    • Use hashtags (ie: #FYP)

  • Facebook

    • Use as a homepage for all event information​

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On/Offline Promotional Events

  • Livestreaming

    • Twitch- don't need an account to watch​

    • Can connect Twitch to PayPal

    • Twitch auto-archives streams so we could add it to YouTube later

       Events

  • Silent dance party

    • Use Apple music, Spotify, or app (Mixlr, Lysn, Speakerfy, MoSiDi) to create playlist​

    • Include the dance groups on campus

  • Dance contest

    • Submit video, win merchandise, and help out a charity​

  • Lookbook

    • Use dancers as models​

    • Collaborate with FSU design students and local designers, maybe other schools?

    • Can use it as promotion for the show and for the school

      • Create a moodboard​

      • Contact Design dept.

      • Contact local designers

      • Contact Gianni/ present idea to Gianni

  • Merchandise contest

    • Send us a picture of your 'Discombobulated' merchandise styled in your own way and win a prize​

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Visual Merchandising Team

  • Add moodboard to the website inspiration page

  • Add posters to the website

  • Streaming options & location ideas

    • Find out if we can use FSU auditorium​

    • Do we need special flooring?

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Merchandising Team  

  • Pre-order

    • Society6​

    • Big Cartel

    • Etsy

    • Redbubble

  • Add slogans and phrases-- art is uncertainty, there is beauty in uncertainty

  • Possible merchandise assortment:

    • T-shirts

    • Canvas tots

    • Stickers

    • Water bottles

    • Bracelets

    • Face masks

    • Hats

    • Headband

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Blogging Team​

  • Get photos and bios from everyone to add to the 'About Me' section of website

  • Get contact information for Gianni and Ruth for interviews

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