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How to get players to join and STAY
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If you have people joining the fall, then you need to give them an activity that will get them to stay. Build something using wood, do basic competitions, get them into the spirit early, and not only will they stay, but you'll have a fruitfull FRC season.
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Originally Posted by kghaemi96
How to get companies to sponsor us. Not high companies (ie boeing, raytheon. Our district has a controversy with that long story)
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Local sponsorships are easier to get if you have a contact into the company (parents working at companies, friend of a parent, etc.). Additionally, you can look into local companies and stores and do cold approaches. You'll never know until you dig.
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Originally Posted by kghaemi96
Ways to raise money as a team
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You can literally google this for a million ideas. There's nothing but time that's stopping you from doing them all. Sell food, host fundraising events, microsponsorships, etc.
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Originally Posted by kghaemi96
Where and how to get frc experienced mentors. Problem with this is our school is unable to pay them. It would have to be volunteering.
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Quite a few FRC mentors are volunteers. You can blast a request onto social media (Chief Delphi, Facebook, Twitter, local newspaper, etc. If you get the word out to members of your community, who knows who will be willing to get involved or who is lurking out there.
Additionally, if you're really struggling to get mentors, perhaps consider moving meetings to accommodate mentors (6-9 PM). It'll prevent you from deterring new mentors.
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Originally Posted by kghaemi96
How to properly train inexperienced mentors in everything frc.
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So, you want to be careful on this note. It is my opinion, and the opinion of the team, that you want to play to a mentor's strengths. That is to say that if a mentor isn't technical, but he or she is strong in finances, see if they can handle your budget and work with the finance folks (raise money, etc.)
If you have mentors who want to be trained in FRC specific material, I'd say that they can use the same material that students use. I can't tell you how many times I've found myself using 358's or 1114's resources.
- Sunny G.