Ideas for making coworkpress a little more friendly :)

ideas.md

Activity	Why	Details
Inform the venue clearly	Let’s people arriving know they’re in the right place, and get pointed the right way.	Tell the venue, and ask them to spread the word. Give them one of the stickers / cards / signs.
Name stickers.	Show who’s there for coworkpress and who’s not.	A sticker. With your name on it.
Status indicators	Show who wants to chat and who doesn’t.	“Talk to me!” / “please don’t disturb” or “Ssh! In the zone…” / “Want help? Me too!”. Use a card or a sticker or have tables.
Introduction activity.	Help people get started talking to each other.	1. Start a new channel #coworkpress on the WP South Africa Slack and share there. 2. An activity: “Find someone you don’t know, who’s wearing a ‘talk to me’ sticker, and ask them: what are you working on? what’s your favourite thing about WordPress?”

My thoughts

1. Venue, not a bad idea. I don't know if we want to book a specific area in the venue, but perhaps just letting them know up front is a good idea. I know when I tried out Bootlegger Canal Walk I did mention it to them and they were keen. The only concern is, what if a venue says no?
2. Name stickers difficult to manage. Also, the day is meant to be pretty casual/come as you want to. However...
3. Status indicators. This one I like, I'm going to ask Hugh for some WP badges and then look at assigning two 'happiness deputies' for #coworkpress. Either myself or Hugh and one other, who's prepared to greet people and answer any questions about WordPress anyone would have. That way if someone new pitches up they can just look for the person wearing a WP badge.
4. Introduction activity. This is also a cool idea, I will set it up.