Recruiting?

[hektormagee]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

How do other teams manage to get so many people?
How do they generate so much interest among normal High-School students?
What works for you guys?
How do you bring someone past the point of "just being interested"?
Are we doing something wrong?

......It also dosent help that we are in the middle of Northern Lake County and the only team for about 40 miles, although we helped found a team in Clermont(2797). Most of the students that I talk to just say something like "thats really cool..." and they seem intersted enough but they dont have the drive to actually join the team or investigate further.

I feel like the whole FIRST thing in my school has been delegated by students as to "just something to watch" or "its cool but idk.."
I dont feel enthusiasm any more from students outside of my team.
I wish I could just take my entire scool(and a few surrounding ones)to a Regional, or even better Atlanta! Then they might understand why we do what we do

Sorry about ranting, but this really concerns me


Adam Spears
1557-12voltbolt

Hey. Our team had recruitment problems for the first 6-8ish years of life. I HIGHLY recommend you check out Team 27 RUSH's Toolkit for success. (My Team) It is our complete 160-ish page playbook on recruiting, fundraising, and everything else we do. Im positive you can find good ideas in it. We recommend it to every rookie team we encounter, and any other team that asks for it. If we run into you at a competition, stop by and ask for a hardcopy! We have the entire file on our website,
http://teamrush27.net/resources/toolkit.html
It's last years, I don't think we've updated the files yet, and we will soon. It's still awesome! Tell me if it helps your team!