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Useful Tips for successful Dissemination & Marketing of Educational Projects and Products given by DissMark II Conference participants:

1. Dissemination Channels & Activities:

  • Ministries of Education and Culture
  • Government Agencies
  • Local Authorities and Municipality Educational Experts
  • National Agencies
  • Professional Associations (e.g. Teachers’ Associations)
  • Hobby Clubs (e.g. swimming clubs, pet owners clubs)
  • Press (e.g. press releases)
  • Presentations at Seminars & Conferences
  • Presentations for Teachers and Students at Schools
  • Presentations at Public Events (e.g. European Day celebrations, European Label Award Ceremony)
  • Round-Table Discussions (Forums)
  • Discussion Groups / Working Groups that include representatives of different projects (e.g. to share among themselves resources and examples of dissemination activities and the results of their implementation)
  • Printed Materials (e.g. booklets, brochures, newsletters, posters, flyers, bookmarks, stickers)
  • Newspaper Articles & Articles in (specialist) Journals
  • Publishers & Materials Writers
  • Employers
  • Web: web 2.0 tools (e.g. blogs, wikis), e-mails, mailing lists, newsletters, (project) websites
  • Networking / twinning among different projects (e.g. use of already existing project platforms to disseminate new projects)
  • Participants’ Organizations (e.g. universities, language centres)
  • Managers and Directors of Participants’ Institutions (e.g. seeking support for continuation of finished projects for expanding the application and for further dissemination and valorisation of language products)
  • Personal Contacts (e.g. colleagues, professional networks, contacts from former projects)
  • DVD-s, CD-ROMs
  • TV, Radio
  • Buses, Trolleybuses, Trams, Trains, Airplanes
  • Hotels, Tourism Offices 
  • Traditional & On-line Bookshops
  • Libraries

2. Suggestions for future Conferences on Dissemination and Valorization of Project Results:

Set up the tradition of conferences and project fairs for dissemination and exploitation of project results.

  • Longer conferences to enable participants get to know all the exhibited projects (2 days were considered too short a time for both substantial plenary input and networking and discussion activities);
  • During the conference allocate long time slots for discussions and work in small groups; allow long coffee breaks to facilitate networking;
  • Invite / attract as many publishing houses, decision-makers, people in charge of curriculum implementation and development from different countries as possible;
  • Invite / attract as many language teaching specialists (not directly involved in projects) as possible;
  • Greater involvement of NAs;
  • Educational community could benefit from professionals coming from the 'outside', e.g. marketing  & dissemination training delivered by business people.

 

Dissemination, marketing and networking - keys to maximising the impact of European cooperation in the field of education.

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