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 Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] We have ways of making you think. _____ From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Harsh, Carol Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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)