get ideas out in the virtual forum

Fri Apr 3 10:00:30 CDT 2009

Yes, it is clear that addictions folks still use psychodrama. but I  
also wondered where are all the people who graduated from St E's????   
Many of them are still my friends but they have let the method go.   
Why????? some of they do Playback.  but they do not do psychodrama  
even though they are practicing therapists?  I had not even thought  
to ask til this came up.  Why I have lived breathed and taken  
psychodrama around the world and they havent?  If the powers that  
were at St E's, ie Dale etc reached out we could bring in a huge  
legacy of folks.

there were to my knowing only about a handful of us old St eds folks  
at this conference...me, Dale, Martica. Karen...who else?????

Kate
On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:24 AM, HV Psychodrama wrote:

> Dear Karen et al,
> Thank you for your suggestions. I have suggested to members of the  
> council for the last couple of years that we offer a conference  
> with a strong focus on recovery. If you Google psychodrama, you  
> will find that it is mainly recovery programs that are still using  
> and promoting the method in agency/program settings. Philadelphia  
> is close to the home of the Caron foundation as well as other  
> established recovery centers.
>
> I just got a brochure from Santé, an addictions program in Texas.  
> The brochure had a whole article about psychodrama. We need to be  
> doing outreach to these programs, to get their folks to present and  
> to get their folks to our conferences.
>
> I loved this past conference...it was like a big family reunion and  
> I think there is a real need for that. But there is also a need to  
> reach out and bring new people in...
>
> One part of the problem is man power. I doubled the amount of ads  
> for the conference brochure when they were in Brooklyn that first  
> year simply by making hours of phone calls. It takes more people  
> power than the council can do alone. Karen, will you help me create  
> a PR plan for the Philadelphia conference that we can offer to the  
> council?
>
> Who among us knows what other conferences are coming up, where we  
> can present and "advertise" our conference? Especially in the Mid  
> Atlantic States.
>
> Rebecca
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Carnabucci"  
> <karenc at wi.rr.com>
> To: "'Adam Blatner'" <adam at blatner.com>; "grouptalk Listserv"  
> <list at grouptalkweb.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:50 PM
> Subject: RE: get ideas out in the virtual forum
>
>
> OK, Adam, you got me.
>
> I said I'd make suggestions, and here they are - 28 ideas that  
> might raise
> attendance at our conference. I am certain that there are more, and  
> I invite
> everyone on this list to add one, two, three or more ideas of their  
> own.
>
> Make the conference as affordable as reasonably possible.
>
> Have a well-thought-out conference theme that attracts people who are
> interested in the theme. No more vague theme titles or even "Meet  
> Me In St.
> Louis" - one that I myself suggested this year, mind you, as part  
> of the
> theme committee - but am now thinking quite differently. Instead  
> make the
> theme related to what a person will GET if he or she attends  
> whether he or
> she is a psychodramatist or not - or even interested in psychodrama -
> Innovative Healing For Trauma, Make Relationships Really Good,  
> Peace Not
> War, whatever. The conferences that really draw people - like the
> Psychotherapy Networker and Smart Marriages - appeal to many  
> disciplines,
> ages and people. The themes are important. Check to see how Smart  
> Marriages
> (www.smartmarriages.com) makes its conference so attractive and  
> appealing -
> even though the site is rather ordinary. It has a lot of great  
> ideas that we
> can use.
>
> Spend some time to write and rewrite what is so special about the  
> conference
> so the description is really appealing to people who haven't even  
> heard of
> psychodrama. Don't assume that the same people will be coming every  
> year,
> just because they love psychodrama and are loyal to it.
>
> Don't have the conference the same time as other major conferences  
> that
> might draw like-minded people. The conference of the Psychotherapy  
> Networker
> (www.psychotherapynetworker.com) took place March 26-29, 2009. Its  
> site has
> some interesting and appealing ways of promoting its conference,  
> including
> video previews and bring-a-friend discount.
>
> Update the ASGPP site IMMEDIATELY about the next conference place  
> and date.
> This information should be written up and ready to be uploaded on  
> the last
> day o the current conference. People need to see this information  
> right now.
>
> The National Wellness Conference (www.nationalwellness.org) offers  
> free
> webinars. This idea might be adapted to promote the conference and  
> give a
> free psychodrama credit.
>
> Put as much information online as possible for vendors, advertisers,
> attendees, presenters. This saves paper, time, postage and mailing  
> costs. In
> the catalog, let readers know that more is online.
>
> Have a prize for the lucky person picked out from the first 100
> registrations - a free ad in the conference catalog or a really  
> special gift
> basket. I sure would contribute one of my books and/or gift  
> certificates and
> I bet others would too.
>
> Help attendees, especially new attendees, learn the ins and outs of
> attending the conference easily - tips on finding roommates, sharing
> shuttles and other transportation, a map with extra food choices,  
> etc. Smart
> Marriages does a good job of this also.
>
> Make the conference catalog less expensive - use cheaper paper for  
> printing
> and therefore have more affordable ads, and forget the multiple on- 
> and-on
> credentials of the presenters. Many people would appreciate this  
> and more
> ads would be received. Support advertisers to write better and more  
> engaging
> ads. Smart Marriages does this and has a beautiful catalog and the  
> cheaper
> paper holds color well.
>
> Use the extra space in the catalog to mention the award winners and  
> why they
> are so wonderful - even just ½ page would be fine for this.
>
> Don't bother having a really big catalog during the conference.  
> Save paper
> and save money. Just tell us what rooms to go to on one sheet of  
> paper,
> using front and back.
>
> Solicit ads for the conference catalog from people and places other  
> than
> just psychodramatists and ASGPP members --  book publishers,  
> therapy supply
> businesses, educators, Web sites, treatment centers, colleges, therapy
> products, marketing and practice-building coaches, Psychotherapy  
> Networker,
> other conferences, etc. (I recognize this trend has been started  
> but it can
> be expanded significantly).
>
> Use the internet much, much more widely to publicize the  
> conference. So much
> is free, and all is needed is the time it take to post.
>
> Have spouse/partner discount rate if they are willing to share  
> materials.
>
> Offer attendees the opportunity to pick and choose. If they want to  
> attend
> Friday night and Saturday morning, make it easy to do so.
>
> Announce conference on discussion lists for all professionals who  
> would
> benefit, not just Grouptalk and Dramatherapy List and a couple of  
> others.
> There are zillions of lists.
>
> Create YouTube videos; send the public to the addresses of the  
> videos and
> always mention the time, date and place of the conference in the video
> description. Ask psychodramatists who already have YouTube videos  
> add or
> change this information if possible.
>
> Upload conference catalog on www.scribd.com.
>
> Have a conference flyer online at the ASGPP site to download and post.
>
> Ask every trainer, practitioner and creative arts therapist and  
> member to
> put the conference info on their Web sites and/or blogs and/or e-mail
> newsletters. Provide an electronic announcement to ease the
>
> Add ASGPP to Facebook with special Facebook page. Then "friend" the  
> page.
> Lots of people will be exposed to ASGPP.
>
> Put up a MySpace page about ASGPP. Mention the conference.
>
> Ask all LinkedIn members to mention conference their member page  
> "doings"
> and ask LinkedIn members to announce on the groups they belong to.  
> There are
> hundreds of therapy groups, attorney groups, geographic groups,  
> educator
> groups and training groups on LinkedIn.
>
> Provide a pre-written press release to all presenters - in  
> electronic format
> - for the presenters to send to their local newspapers, newsletters  
> and
> other media 1-2 months prior to the conference.
>
> Ask the conference city's Chamber of Commerce and/or visitor info  
> group to
> publicize the conference in the city's tourist literature, Web  
> site, etc.,
> starting NOW.
>
> Provide a CD with all the handouts of all the conference presenters  
> to all
> attendees. This would require presenters to create their handouts  
> early
> enough to be integrated into the CD but would a wonderful resource  
> because
> as we all know, there are so many good topics that are presented at  
> the same
> time. The Qualitative Research Consultants Organization  
> (www.qrca.org) does
> this. I presented there several years ago and still have my copy.
>
> Consider what would need to happen for YOU to make this a must- 
> attend event.
>
> Having written these, I am mindful that we are mostly volunteers  
> with lots
> of other things on our plates. However, the more people who attend our
> conference benefit all of us, members, practitioners, trainers, the
> organization and the public itself.
>
>
>
> Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP
>
> Lake House Health & Learning Center
> 932 Lake Ave.
> Racine, WI 53403
>
> (262) 633-2645
> karenc at wi.rr.com
>
> www.lakehousecenter.com
> http://midwestpsychodrama.blogspot.com
> http://lakehouseracine.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Blatner [mailto:ablatner at verizon.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:40 PM
> To: karenc at wi.rr.com; grouptalk Listserv
> Subject: get ideas out in the virtual forum
>
> Hi Karen, you said, in your interesting last email just now, " I  
> have a
> number of ideas
> regarding ways to create more interest in attending and updating the
> conference, and I
> would like to make these ideas available to whoever wishes to hear  
> them. A
> number of these
> ideas have to do with marketing the organization, using the  
> internet more
> creatively and
> languaging.
>     AB: Sure, let's get this stuff out in our community.
>                Some might be more relevant for the ASGPP in the  
> USA, but
> from what you
> said, I suspect some of your ideas might be useful to our  
> colleagues in Oz,
> UK, and
> elsewhere.
>
>
>    warmly, adam
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Kate Hudgins, Ph.D., TEP

Clinical Psychologist
Director of Training
Therapeutic Spiral International, LLC
ww.therapeuticspiral.org
drkatetsi at mac.com

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