International Adult Learners Week
in Europe

Network of Learning festivals

General Promotional Material

Here you will find some innovative ways of designing or producing promotional materials. While promotional tools are also indicated under section I “Events and Activities”, the materials listed here are not directly linked to certain activities, but are more generic and can be used in general for the overall marketing of learning festivals. The list also includes suggested strategies for dissemination and the possible target groups.

Material

Dissemination Strategy

Target Group

E-card for information and promotion

To be sent via e-mail as a standardised (possibly self-made) e-card, using different elements of the “corporate” learning festival, yet adapted to promote particular festival events. (see also: http://llw.acs.si/ecard/)

No special target group, all contact addresses

Calendar for the next year illustrated with photos, quotations, thoughts, paintings and drawings from the events of ALW

To be distributed throughout the country to the regional and local coordinators and beyond.

ALW participants

Three hundred kg of special ALW sweets

To be distributed throughout the country to the regional and local coordinators and beyond.

ALW participants

Magnets with the ALW-logo

To be forwarded to the regional/local coordinators

ALW participants

The book “The pleasure of learning“

To be distributed to the local adult education centres and other providers as a means to showcase the benefits of learning and promote the learning festival at the same time.

Teachers and learners in adult education centres

A daily electronic newsletter

To be sent out to a mailing list by e-mail.

All contacts registered on the mailing list

A printed programme

To be distributed and sent out before and during the festival

All contacts, festival partners, passers-by

Bus advertisement campaign, or painted tram

To be organized with the public transport company within the city or country and to be used as a public moving type of advertisement

General public

A series of four different postcards with miniature versions of the ALW poster, including the telephone number of the free helpline and the ALW website address

To be included in and distributed with the print newsletter, which at the same time would give more details of the free helpline and the ALW website.

Learners via practitioners

A leaflet and CD on “What is Adult Learners’ Week?“, containing case studies, useful hints and tips about ALW and why people should be involved

To be advertised at meetings and in the newsletter.

Existing and potential stakeholders

Little box of chocolates (with ALW logo on the box)

To be given to the people during ALW who were passing by (in public places)

General public

Key-holder with ALW logo

To be issued to learners who finish a course: they then become “ambassadors of learning“, and, when other people notice the key holder, can talk about their learning experience.

Potential new learners via learners who finish a course and

Glass mat with funny learning slogans printed on the mats

To be given for free to pubs and bistros.

General public

Set of small but useful learning/writing materials: eraser, stress ball, glass mats

To be distributed to learning and training centres and non-conventional places.

Potential new learners

Information tent visibly set up at the biggest transport junction, possibly with a computer connected to the internet

To be set up in cooperation with the local municipality (possibly rented from the municipality).

General public