Archive for February, 2012
Inviting People for Community Sporting Events
A sporting event can be a great way to get to know the people in your neighborhood and foster solidarity with the people you share space with. It can also unite everyone in good, friendly competition, but in order for a community sporting event to foster community, there must be enough people in attendance. Part of coordinating such an event is getting the word out and developing a committee to share the responsibility, and in this day and age there are a number of ways you can take the news to the streets.
You might consider flyers that can be handed out door-to-door urging anyone interested to join in and participate, but sometimes not even that is enough. Another approach is creating a website and coordinating email communication. If you get your internet through places like clearwirelessinternet.com and your network can handle it you might even consider making an announcement on Facebook. One other approach is simply spreading the word verbally, but usually a combination of these approaches work best.
As stated before, a community sporting event can only be as big and effective as the community that attends. Coordinating the event, organizing the proceedings and scheduling everything is cake compared to motivating people to attend.