Hi Carol, <div><br></div><div>It is the consensus in our office that 50 posters are not needed:  30 smaller sized posters that are easily tacked onto bulletin boards or placed in windows would be plenty for each of our sites, with1-2 large posters thrown into the mix. During our last exhibit, host sites requested a banner that could be hung out of doors, which we then gave them monies to fabricate.  Others thought square vinyl banners that could be placed over a sawhorse and be visible from the road or parking lot would be the most useful.  We will be keeping these suggestions in mind for our upcoming exhibit but I thought I&#39;d pass that along in case it ever becomes possible for MOMS to provide these kinds of promotional pieces.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The postcards were not heavily used by Hawaii sites.  One site did offer them for sale with mixed results, while the others used some of the postcards for exhibit-related programming promotion. I like the idea of the 5 x 7 postcard, and limiting the images.  Six images would work fine--- even 4 seems like a good number in terms of offering adequate diversity.  As for the statement &quot;Brought to you by . . . &quot;  we like having that printed on the postcard but understand if you need to save the money---we can work around it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Aloha,</div><div>Kim</div><div>----</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>  </div><div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Harsh, Carol <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3D1008%26L%3DMOMS%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D118042%26B%3D--0003255753568fe202048df773f3%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope you are having a wonderful summer and have enjoyed some
time of relaxation.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">We are in the early stages of designing and printing the posters
and postcards for <i>The Way We Worked</i> and we want to get some quick
feedback about posters and postcards.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">We are considering a horizontal poster for <i>The Way We
Worked</i> 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.</p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>Is this size about right, or should the posters be
smaller?  </p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>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?</p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>Is 50 posters per town about right? Or is that
too many?</p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>Do you think your venues find the posters
useful? Or should we change them in some way?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">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.  </p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>How popular are the postcards?</p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>How are the postcards used in your states?</p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>Currently we print enough for each town to get  500
postcards.  Is that a good number? </p>

<p><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
</span></span></span>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?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">We would appreciate your responses to these questions. 
It will help us plan appropriately and spend MoMS money wisely.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">All the best,</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Carol</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Carol
G. Harsh</span></p>

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Museum on Main Street</span></p>

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