EGA Press Release - Feedback

[RonnySimulacrum]

How dose the EGA Press Release sound

PRESS

?

any suggested people or places to send it welcome, as that is the next question really.

Edited October 27, 2010 by RonnySimulacrum

[ThunderIdeal]

wow

i always thought it was spelled psychAdelic, but my virtual dictionary says your spelling of psychEdelic is correct

[Yeti101]

Sounds good to me. What outlets are you sending it to?

[watertrade]

I think it reads pretty well and comes from the right angle. With media releases it's a fine balance between giving the media something juicy to play with & actually saying what the thing is about. I think yours does this.

Edited October 27, 2010 by watertrade

[RonnySimulacrum]

Hey Yeti

that is the next question really

if anyone has suggested people or places to send it i welcome the feedback.

we need a list of people to target?

Sounds good to me. What outlets are you sending it to?

 

[faustus]

ronny, good work, it reads well. i recommend the following:

- drop the capitalisation of The in your reference to Univesrity of Melbourne and Council for Spiritual Practises... but this is more of a personal preference thing

- lose the square brackets [] e.g. around MAPS, and use () instead

but IMHO perhaps most importantly:

- regarding the contact e-mail, make in an @entheo.net address. i might be coming across as pedantic, but it makes the press release and EGA far more compelling and credible to the press if you do this. @gmail used in conjunction with a PO box contact address instead of something lik,e a melbourne CBD locked bag will affect perception about the stature of the event and EGA.

[faustus]

as for places to distribute:

- student paper of melbourne uni (paricular focus)

- student newspaper at unis in all of melbourne

- youth-oriented radio like FBI and JJJ (something like hack would be good)

- ABC radio

- approach individual media outlets individually (time consuming tho)

- street press e.g. drum media

- australian drug law reform league

also, consider paying an organisation to send the press release to media outlets on your behalf.

this one costs $275: http://www.seekingmedia.com.au/index.php?id=11 but i think it'd be $275 well spent

[RonnySimulacrum]

Thanks faustus - i will give this feedback to the team, not sure we can make all those changes but will see what others think.

thanks Bro

[RonnySimulacrum]

If we update the release it will keep the same link, so if anyone feel like print or email to psychology, psychiatry, Chemistry departments or other relevant networks around Australia and New Zealand it will be appreciated.

or maybe pinning it to any notice boards that our community has access to that might turn heads.

or you could print the web poster

http://www.entheo.net/images/EGA10A41pgv3.pdf

That would be much appreciated

[synchromesh]

It's great, Ronny. Did you write it yourself?

I agree with what faustus said, but I also recommend the following:

* Remove the space which exists in "an"

* Turn "therapeutic application" into "therapeutic applications"

* Turn "Rick Doblin PhD" into "Rick Doblin (PhD)"

* Remove the space which exists in "organisation" in the third paragraph

* If the poster has the blue MAPS link, then remove it (slack, aren't I )

* Turn "therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs" into something like "therapeutic effects of psychedelic substances"

* Perhaps turn "(3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as "Ecstasy")" into "(3,4-

methylenedioxymethamphetamine-also known as "Ecstasy")"

* Perhaps turn "harm reduction model" into "Harm Reduction Model"

* Turn "psychedelic drugs and plants" into something like "psychedelic plants and chemicals"

So yeah, just small changes really. Nevertheless, I still think they're worth doing. Especially when this sort of thing needs to be as professional as possible.

[RonnySimulacrum]

Thanks synchromesh, will pass these on

This document was a group effort of 3 EGA people including myself. It is funny as most things in EGA are group volunteers projects/experiments that are often hard to coordinate as EGA does not have an office or HQ so to speak, but rather different fragmented group and individuals crunching away around the country on their area of interest.

The Best example of this is the EGA journal.

Speaking of the EGA journal, from what I can understand this year’s addition is going to be an outstanding achievement, so look out for it.

EGA is a real group community project that appears to run more like a terrorist cell than an organisation, fitting really.

Edited October 28, 2010 by RonnySimulacrum

[synchromesh]

Cheers, Ronny. And I will definitely look out for the next journal from Project Mayhem.

[kindness]

Kudos for all the hard work man. The flyer looks great.

One more suggestion for places..

2ser in Sydney - http://www.2ser.com/home

[RonnySimulacrum]

Thanks for all the feedback, we have a new version after all your input, should go up around midnight.

Love this open community rallying together.

[The Dude]

Speaking of the EGA journal, from what I can understand this year’s addition is going to be an outstanding achievement, so look out for it.

 

Sweet! I doubt I'll be making it this year so I need to at least get the journal!

[RonnySimulacrum]

Link

http://www.entheo.net/DF_EGA_Press_Release_2010.pdf

Thanks everyone for helping get this up to speed, it has been a work in progress and a communal job under the hammer of many of you.

But I am much happy with this final incarnation

Now it is time for us to start targeting recipients

[Alchemica]

Nice work.

You could submit it to Campus Daily: http://www.campusdaily.com.au/uni_news.php

Consider sending promotional emails to:

[email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected] and most importantly [email protected] with a request to forward onwards as appropriate.