AUDITIONS for Terry Pratchett's CARPE JUGULUM

Just thought I'd also draw it to your attention that when you advertise an event on the "What's On" section list, you have the opportunity to categorise it as a 'production' or as an 'audition'.

'Production' events get listed in the What's On guide, along with everything else that day. (or that week, or month - in corresponding week/month view).


'Audition' events get listed in their own separate box, which stands out a lot clearer than the production events anyway.
The box shows all auditions that are happening that week, so you're not likely to miss it. It's right there on the home page, with plenty of notice, and well isolated from other information.


If you switch to the "What's On - This Week" view, all events are lumped in together, but auditions are isolated by the word "audition" in bold type preceding the entry. Again, very clear and easy to spot amongst the many events listings.


So really, it makes no sense whatsoever to advertise your audition as a production event, because you not only confuse the list of actual events, but you miss out on these two quite significant benefits to making sure your message stands out and is seen.



Maria, your notion that "Hopefully where auditionees missed out on seeing your notice in one place, they would have picked it up on another" makes sense if you're talking about spreading the word in different and disparate locations like a newsletter, a radio segment, a theatre notice board, etc...You would be obviously covering all bases where someone who gets the message via one medium might never come in contact with the same message via a different medium.

But people who come to this website are actively looking for information that interests them...they're not likely to miss seeing the notice unless you write it in an obscure and unclear way. The whole purpose of the home page and then the individual forums is to summarize and then categorise posts so you can find what you're looking for...all you have to do when you post a message is put it in its obvious place, and people will know how to find it.

If you follow your policy of "just post your stuff where-ever you damn well please and however many times you please", you're not covering all bases, you're just wasting your own time and effort to cover ONE base over and over.


I'm glad Grant resisted the obvious urge to post his response to you 'wherever he damn well pleased and however many times he pleased'.... we would be reading about your goatish tardy-gaited footlicking on every page of every forum for months to come.


Cheers,
Craig

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