How many team buttons needed for competition?

[itsjustmrb]

We make 3,000 buttons per season...bunny ears are a completely different story!

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by itsjustmrb

We make 3,000 buttons per season...bunny ears are a completely different story!

The bunny ears are a hot item.

[chapman1]

I've never seen many team buttons actually worn by anyone besides that team's members and supporters. Similarly, I haven't seen any other team buttons (other than memorable alliance partners and teams displaying true gracious professionalism) worn or displayed by our team.

I suspect most buttons collected at competitions end up as landfill within a very few months... So I wouldn't sweat it too much.

[dilley]

Buttons, oh yes. This my zone man.

So last year for the San Diego regional I believe we made at least one tote full. I mean FULL, that thing was heavy too. I believe we had 3 separate designs, which was challenging, this year we have like 7 so :/ that should be fun. If you don't already I really do recommend making your own buttons. It keeps freshman involved and its a solid way to honestly just have fun. But for numbers...I don't think there's ever too many. I typically shoot about 3000 for the season, we made 1500 for champs last year, it's a really great form of outreach not just at regionals but for school and community events too.. I think we had close to 1500 for champs.

~Good luck.

[anishde]

It all really depends on the size of the event you're attending. If you're attending a district competition (around 30 teams) I'd say roughly 600 buttons; if it's a larger regional (around 60 teams), go with around 1400.

[Ari423]

Another fun thing you can do for giveaways is bring your button maker to the competition. Next to our bowl of buttons, we put a clipboard where people could commission custom buttons. We had a few artists on our team last year who weren't a part of the drive or pit crew, so they sat in the stands drawing custom buttons. In the end, they probably made hundreds of them (10+ of them for me). It's a great way to keep team members busy at competitions and to give out cool personalized items to other teams.

[CMBrandon]

Originally Posted by chapman1

I've never seen many team buttons actually worn by anyone besides that team's members and supporters. Similarly, I haven't seen any other team buttons (other than memorable alliance partners and teams displaying true gracious professionalism) worn or displayed by our team.

I suspect most buttons collected at competitions end up as landfill within a very few months... So I wouldn't sweat it too much.

I keep all the ones teams give us on my desk.

[Aiden Jacobs]

Generally you will make less buttons then you need, but at least 1000 buttons.

[JuliaGreen]

We make a few thousand pairs of these:



At least 1 tote (the only time I like Recycle Rush) full of antennae are packed for each event which are produced by the Killer Bee sweatshop of parents, friends, NewBees and freshmen.

We give away 2000+ buttons each year. Making antennae is a team-building activity and it doesn't take long.

Julia

[JasdeepSadam]

Originally Posted by Deeshoo

I am a new marketing mentor for our Team. I am trying to find out how many Team buttons we need at a competition to give away. TIA.

IDK how popular your team buttons may be with the design. I know our team made 600-650 buttons and we had around 100-200 left after competition. So i would say at least 400-500 buttons

[Roger]

We make two designs, one for the season's game, the other a generic name button ("Walpole Robotics 1153" etc). We bring X number of buttons of the game, less of the generic, per competition, no more. Usually enough for (District event) load-in night, first day, and some for second day. We try to run out of the game buttons for the season, but we have several after season town events to give them away too. The generic name buttons can last for a year or more, but they don't become useless after the season is over. Plus, for the local events, kids don't really care what year the button is anyway.

I stopped collecting buttons, but still collect items to hang on my hats (if I'm able). This collection I keep in several FTC Cascade Effect rolling goals on a shelf at work.

I remember one competition the EMTs were near the field queue, and had a table full of team buttons.