Posters: 
1 or 2 large posters are all that are needed but smaller like a 11x17 work
well and easier to mail/ship and find places to post with this size
They use clear labels or write in their info 
In our experience, communities always LOVE the posters, always want
something to hang up around their community
 
Post Cards:
Post cards were very popular, we ran out of them
Communities used these as mailers for events or in classroom projects
No need to print that on the back, as we/communities already print their own
stuff
Good number
 
THANKS!
 
Sarah Smith Warren
Program Officer
North Dakota Humanities Council
418 E Broadway Suite 8
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-255-3360
Fax: 701-223-8724
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From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Harsh, Carol
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:10 PM
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Subject: question about MoMS posters and postcards
 
Hi all,
 
Hope you are having a wonderful summer and have enjoyed some time of
relaxation.
 
We are in the early stages of designing and printing the posters and
postcards for The Way We Worked and we want to get some quick feedback about
posters and postcards.
 
We are considering a horizontal poster for The Way We Worked that may be
about 15" tall x 22" wide.  As you know we design them in such a way as to
leave space for the  host communities to  overprint their names and
exhibition dates on the poster.  Council names and logos are on the posters,
too.
*         Is this size about right, or should the posters be smaller?  
*         Do your host towns use clear labels to put their info on the
posters or do they go to a printer and have them done?
*         Is 50 posters per town about right? Or is that too many?
*         Do you think your venues find the posters useful? Or should we
change them in some way?
 
For the postcards, we are considering changing things up a bit and making
them a little larger, 5" x 7" rather than 4" x 6"-and using 6 images rather
than 10 images. This will give the host communities more space to print
their program schedule or other info that they want to put on the postcards.

*         How popular are the postcards?
*         How are the postcards used in your states?
*         Currently we print enough for each town to get  500 postcards.  Is
that a good number? 
*         On the back of each postcard, we currently include a statement
like, "Brought to you by the XXX Humanities Council." It would save MoMS a
ton of money if we didn't customize the postcards.  How important is it to
keep that phrase on them?
 
We would appreciate your responses to these questions.  It will help us plan
appropriately and spend MoMS money wisely.
 
All the best,
 
Carol
 
Carol G. Harsh
Director, Museum on Main Street
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 941
Washington, DC  20013-7012
202-633-5333
202-465-5267 (cell)