Purbeck in Trust - Issue 64

And finally
Some of our recent talks had unexpectedly large audiences, and we think that
this is because we have gained extra publicity. In some cases we’ve contacted
local interest groups, and in one case a local group had put the talk on their
Facebook page.
This all helps our fundraising. In effect every non-member who attends a talk
gives us an extra £3, and this mounts up quickly. All this leads up to me asking
for members’ help in two ways.
Firstly, could you look through our forthcoming talks, on page 19. If you know
of a group that might be interested in a particular talk, then please let me know.
Secondly, does anyone out there know much about
Facebook? My wife and I have our own page, but we really
only use it to track the activities of the children and
grandchildren of our family and friends overseas. Would it
be worth starting a PANT page? Are there places we could
post our talks? If you know anything about this, then please contact me – I’d
welcome some advice.
Our current publicity for talks is via posters, and listings in the Spotlight section
of The Purbeck Gazette. We’re always looking for new sites for posters.
Swanage is particularly difficult, so if you spot somewhere that we could put a
poster, please let me know. It doesn’t have to be a shop window - perhaps you
have a window in your house that can be seen from the street, or somewhere
in you front garden. It needn’t even be your own house, it could just be that of
a friend or neighbour.
Les Wright – Publicity Secretary
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