Call to Join the World Maker Faire Street Team

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Call to Join the World Maker Faire Street Team

UPDATE: The CALL to Join the Street Team is currently extended until September 7th!

Our amazing Maker Faire team has been hard at work on the upcoming World Maker Faire in NYC and they just sent me this memo with details on how to become part of the Street Team. Whether you’re attending an event or passing by a shop in your neighborhood, please help spread the good word in and around the five boroughs of New York City and earn some tickets to the faire!

Post flyers and place postcards in your local community and earn two Adult World Maker Faire Day passes worth $60.

It’s easy! We will send you 25 flyers, 75 postcards, stickers and buttons. Throw them in your car, purse, backpack, or bicycle basket and take them with you to all the places you already go (and maybe a few more). Pin or tape them to the bulletin board, window, or even leave them in a small stack on the counter or table where other items may be on display (please ask permission first). While you are posting, don’t forget to snap a few pictures so we can see all the great work you have done!

When you’re finished, send us an e-mail along with three or more pictures by September 18th and we will send you two Adult day tickets to World Maker Faire. You won’t have to wait in line for your tickets, you’ll save a little cash, and you will have helped us spread the word about this great event within your community.

Here are some great locations/examples of places to post flyers and place postcards:

Bookstores, Cafes & Coffee Shops, Toy Stores, Hobby Shops, Boutique Shops, Craft Stores, Restaurants, Community Centers, Hackerspaces, Tech Spaces, After School Programs, Community Gardens, and more.

Simple requirements:

To join, send your info to: Streetteam@makerfaire.com
1) Your name & address.
2) Send us three pics of locations you have placed World Maker Faire flyers and/or postcards. Ideally getting these Maker Faire materials and word out as soon as possible — we will need your pictures no later than September 18th.
3) Please don’t post flyers/postcards at any location w/o asking permission or if not permissible.
4) Please don’t post flyers/postcards all in one place. We are trusting that you will be a good street team member and will spread these materials throughout your community.
5) We would love to have you join our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter.
6) If you have a website that you like/run/own and would like to post Maker Faire web banners here is the link to our 2012 banners.
7) We’re looking specifically to cover the following neighborhoods & locations. Have another place in mind? Email us!

• Park Slope
• Gowanus
• Red Hook
• Carroll Gardens
• Sunset Park
• Flushing
• Ditmas Park
• Kensington
• Williamsburg
• Bushwick
• Greenpoint
• NYU
• Parsons/New School
• Hunter College
• SVA
• Columbia University
• Pratt
• Woodside
• Forest Hills
• East Village/Lower East Side
• Long Island City
• Sunnyside
• Jackson Heights
• Astoria
• Ridgewood
• Ft. Greene
• Clinton Hill
• Navy Yard
• Jersey City
• Hoboken
• other (please email us)

Thank you,
The Maker Faire Team

We would especially appreciate some outreach in the Bronx and on Staten Island, also.

Additional:
Call for Makers is open – deadline is August 24th.
Early Bird Tickets are now on sale!

14 thoughts on “Call to Join the World Maker Faire Street Team

  1. Terence Stupple says:

    This is this the “world” makers fair like “world” series? No one less but America?

    1. Nick Normal says:

      hi Terence, I think I understand your question. And my answer is that it’s called the World Maker Faire because it takes place at the site of the former 1939/40 and 1964/65 World’s Fairs in Queens, NYC.

  2. MAKE | Counting Down to World Maker Faire! says:

    […] the Street Team There’s still time to join the World Maker Faire Street Team. Whether you’re attending an event or passing by a shop in your neighborhood, please help spread […]

  3. 2012 World Maker Faire says:

    […] you could score free tickets. The deadline has been extended to September 7 (was August 31): http://blog.makezine.com/2012/07/23/call-to-join-the-world-maker-faire-street-team/ Share this:EmailFacebookSharePrintDiggRedditStumbleUpon < A Book […]

  4. Rich Bremer says:

    How do people that satisfied the street team requirements check on their ticket status. I’ve submitted my photos and completed the online form 10 days ago but haven’t heard anything.

    1. Rich Bremer says:

      I recieved my tickets via email not even a day after posting this…

      1. Nick Normal says:

        Hi Rich, Great! I was about to follow up with the team, but glad you got your tickets in hand. Enjoy the event!

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I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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