Community-Based Teams: How do you get your name out there?

[Jaci]

Much like 3132, we're also based at a University. We like to do outreach in the following ways:
- University Open Day / Special Events demonstrations
- Tour high schools with the previous years' robot and some team members to demo and talk about what we do
- Volunteer at other events (we hold an annual FLL competition, and also help with other science-based events at the university, like Curtin RoboFair)
- Some members also volunteer at other programs as mentors, such as the CoderDojo held on campus
- Social media outreach! Nothing is better at getting the word out than the mess of pipes that is the internet
- Local media (one of our teams recently did an interview on a national television program, just before worlds). In previous years we've also done newspaper articles and radio interviews.

Getting your name out there is really nothing more than finding ways for people to recognise you. Go out there, be bold, make an impression