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== How to Create a New Maker Space<br/> ==
Follow these steps and see explanation under the headings below: [https://makerfaire.com/global/school/steps-to-make-a-school-maker-faire/ [1]]
=== Describe your Space and Pick a Location: ===
''Create a Showcase of Creative Work: ''Establish a core group dedicated to curating the event. Curators need to locate creative work in the community and find ways to showcase that at the Maker Faire. Make it a goal to make visible those ideas and projects people are doing in the community that often are not seen or heard. Find makers who are forward-thinking and are exploring new technologies.
[[File:Kombucha Dress.jpg|link=https://makezine.com/2018/01/09/edible-innovations-fermented-tea-dresses/]]
''Offer Engaging, Hands-on Interaction: ''Make the Maker Faire fun for everyone by providing interactive and educational displays. Make this event about participation and sharing and reward makers and onlookers for their sense of curiosity. Try new things, learn how things work, explore why they work, discuss the processes behind making things work, and make it a goal to inspire everyone at the Maker Faire by understanding that we can expand our capabilities.
2. Host Organization: Any scale Maker Faire will need a host or parnter organization. Examples that may bring value include marketing and promotion, payment processing, receiver of money from grants or scholarships, pool of volunteers, access to existing relationships in the community, or groups with relevant experience from hosting events. These organizations can all help the Maker Faire to prosper, but should still allow the event to remain inclusive.
[[File:Maker-faire-logo.jpg|link=https://makerfaire.com/]]
3. Location: As the frame of the event, location is important. Explore options such as indoor and outdoor space with accessible restrooms and sufficient parking. There may be permits required. Also look at convenient access for families and safe surroundings, load-in access for trucks, electricity and internet, and protection in case the weather does not permit.
Some risk factors to consider include weather. Carefully plan and estimate a budget. Devote a core team to tracking costs.
[[File:MakerFaire2014.png|link=https://makerfaire.com/new-york/]]
=== Choose the Activities:<br/> ===
''Events should continue to grow and develop maker culture.''
''[[File:Bay Area Maker Faire.png|link=https://makerfaire.com/bay-area/]]'' == Round up the Materials= Applying for a licence:<br/> === Before you can officially create a Maker Faire event, you need to apply for a license. The First step to applying is to fill out the online application on the Maker Faire website, which includes questions about yourself and your experience handling organization and events, as well as your intentions for the event. You also need to obtain "pledges of support" from 5 different makers within your community, as well as completing a budget worksheet for your event. Once you have filled out all the application documents, you can arrange an online meeting between your team and the Maker Faire team where they can approve your application and execute issuing a licensing agreement.
=== Select Management:<br/> ===
<span style="font-size:small">Every successful event needs a good managment management team to run smoothly and successfully. Because Maker Faire requires extensive preparation, you should select people to be in your managment management team who are passionate about maker faire, and will be driven by the success of the event.</span>
=== Promote and Launch:<br/> ===
<span style="font-size:small">What would a Maker Faire be without an audience, or even the makers themselves? The size of your event dictates the amount of promotion required, and how you promote depends on factors like its location. For example getting students interested and informed for a Maker Faire located near or in a University, advertising through facebookFacebook, posters, and the university webpage web page might be the best way to get the word around. Makers might be harder to come across, and may need to be sought out and contacted directly.</span>
== How to Run a Maker Space ==
=== Space Access and Purpose:<br/> ===
You need to make sure sure that you have access to enough space for the duration of the event. The amount of space your requires scales to how many makers you are hosting, and how large their productions are. Some makers might have additional requirements, such as a stage for performances, or access to additional secure storage, so ensure that you communicate to your makers to accommodate for them.
For some larger event, or ones that might last longer, you will need access to toilets facilities and eating facilities, and make sure you communicate to your audience if access to these things is limited.
=== Mentors and Liaisons:<br/> ===
=== Maintain Engagement:<br/> ===
=== Tips and Resources: ===
<span style="font-size:small"></span><span style="font-size:small">Interested? Visit Maker Corps at Maker Faire Training Program for more information: [http://makerfaire.com/bayarea-2013/bayarea-2013-makercorpsatmftraining/ http://makerfaire.com/bayarea-2013/bayarea-2013-makercorpsatmftraining/]</span> <span style="font-size:small">Click here to see what the Maker Faire can create for you:[https://youtu.be/5NFAk1JA6C4 https://youtu.be/5NFAk1JA6C4]</span>
== How to Promote a Maker Faire ==
=== Build your Audience:<br/> ===
<span style="font-size:largersmall;">Maker Faire is not all about the tech junkies who want to battle robots and create future technology. It is also about the people who want to attend the event. Focusing resources on attracting Makers is essential to the success of the event, but the Faire must also be marketable to all audiences. By advertising a wide variety of interest subjects (i.e. music, arts, sports, etc.), the Faire will attract a diverse variety of people and create an environment of interest for all.</span>
=== Build your Brand:<br/> ===
<span style="font-size:small;">Ask, “Why is this event going to help our community?” and use the answer to this question as a mission statement. Every successful event develops upon a beneficial idea for the community and its inhabitants. After the foundation is laid, then the brand of the event must be established. With the Maler Faire involving many advanced forms of technology, it would be best to design graphics that deal especially with futuristic applications of projects that will be presented in the Faire. Anything that stands out to the human eye is particularly important in getting people to notice the event. This is where creativity is the most important aspect of spreading awareness.</span> <span style="font-size:small;"> </span><span style= Communication "font-size: small;">Once the graphics are created in forms of posters, flyers, and emails, it is Key:time to spread. Take advantage of campus announcement boards and ask to hang up flyers for the event. Ask some of the media resources around campus to include the event in a newspaper or broadcast. Tell some friends about the event and have them share it with their friends and so on. Every University has a variety of ways to spread the news around campus. It is the job of the event hosts to understand that responsibility and use every resource available to spread awareness and peak interests.<br/span> ===
=== Bring People to your Event:<br/> ===
<span style=== Media Outreach"font-size:small;">Part of this task is bringing general audience members to the Faire, but the other part is bringing those who supported the event to it as well. Sponsors who have funded or provided something beneficial for the creation of the Faire should be invited as honorary guests, and some of them may even present themselves as a guest speaker if asked. These honorary guests are most likely going to be experts in the field, which would create incredible networking opportunities for students in attendance (This could also be used as a marketing strategy). This is the chance for students and makers alike to gain knowledge from professionals who have experience, so don’t be shy to ask anybody.<br/span> ===
== Spring 2018 UIF Biographies<br/> ==
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