== Generating Interest Around Campus ==
<span id="docs-internal-guid-ef76b2ae-71ae-0fce-e2b5-c4abaf98fdd4"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A vital part of getting students interested in your makerspace is making sure they </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">know</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about the makerspace. An easy way to lose participants and students users is by quietly creating a makerspace and expecting people to come to you. One tip is to use all available social media outlets. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are easy ways to get information to people fast and get them in the know. Emails and fliers can work just as well and can get information professors and advisors. Another way is by partnering with your college website to put up a page about your makespace and even adding virtual tours of the space. Hosting pop-up classes within the makerspace is another way to bring in new students and a good way to promote the efficient use of the space. Even by asking around at different student groups and club about what they would like to see within the space can generate interest in the makerspace before it is even completed. Letting students input what they’d like to see gets them excited and invested in the space, which can lead to more support for the makerspace.</span></span>
== Maintaining Interest ==