To Steve Jost: This Is What You Can Learn From Guam
If American students had small financial incentives to design posters (or YouTube videos), then perhaps participation rates for the 2010 Census would be higher…let’s take some lessons from our South Pacific cousin, Guam:
The 2010 Guam Census is soliciting all Guam students to participate in a student poster competition to educate Guam residents about the upcoming Census. All public and private elementary and high schools are invited to participate from now through 5 p.m. March 12.
Students are encouraged to paint, draw and create a poster describing what the Census means to them and the community, according to a Census news release. The theme is “2010 Guam Census, It’s in Our Hands,” which must be incorporated in the 8-1/2 by 11-inch letter-size poster.
The first place winner will receive $250, second place $150, and third place $100, in each category. Winning entries will be used for advertising and promotional purposes, the release added.
Pick up entry forms at the local Census office, 770 East Sunset Blvd., Suite 280, Tiyan
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February 18th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Hat’s off to the folks in Guam, one of many similar competitions in support of 2010 Census that are being launched by civic minded groups all over. Stay tuned for news about how one winner may actually see their own ad appear as part of the U.S. Census Bureau’s paid advertising campaign.
February 18th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Details Steve, we want details – SRM
February 18th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Contests for posters and the like is not a new thing for the Census Bureau. Just ask these folks from the Cheyenne River Reservation who were winners during the 2006 Census Test:
Art Contest Winners
3rd Place
Wambli Ducheneaux
2nd grade, 7 yrs. Old
Tiospaye Topa School
“Everybody Counts”
Attended event
P.O. Box 300
Ridgeview, S.D. 57652
gray building on left, blue background
Keysha Guajardo
2nd grade, 7 yrs. Old
Tiospaye Topa School
“Everybody Counts”
Attended event
P.O. Box 300
Ridgeview, S.D. 57652
733.2641
blue across top and green across bottom with yellow sun
2nd Place
Amber Bowker
2nd grade, 9 yrs. Old
Tiospaye Topa School
“Everybody Counts”
Did not attend event
P.O. Box 300
Ridgeview, S.D. 57652
733.2489
green circle with people on top
Royce Bowker
2nd grade, 7 yrs. Old
Tiospaye Topa School
“Everybody Counts”
Did not attend event
P.O. Box 300
Ridgeview, S.D. 57652
733.2572
red teepee with blue clouds, brown across bottom
Grand-prize winners
Darwyn Standing Bear
3rd grade, 9 yrs. old
Tiospaye Topa School
“Everybody Counts”
Attended event
P.O. Box 225
Eagle Butte, SD 57625
464.6183
flag with people around it
Keshia Buffalo
7th grade, 12 yrs. old
Eagle Butte Junior High
“Respect Privacy”
Attended Event
P.O. Box 1428
Eagle Butte, SD 57625
964.3098
tribal chairmen with Census Test 2006
Surely, you will see, as Steve Jost said, “one of many similar competitions in support of 2010 Census that are being launched by civic minded groups all over.”
February 19th, 2010 at 2:43 am
Dave – Thanks for that info. I was aware of contests on the local level, but I am pushing for them to take place on the national level, with the Census Bureau taking the initiative rather than other organizations – Stephen
February 19th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Morse, come on man, you just blasted the bureau for every dollar they’re spending on this process, but you would rather see them take the initiative on national contests than other organizations? Where do you think that community/local organizations get their information on the census, their promotional materials, the support they need to encourage participation in the census? Would you like the bureau to go hire more people to run these national contests so that you can criticize them for getting paid?
February 19th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
JC – Compared to ad campaigns that hit people passively, actively encouraging people to participate by creating something of their own would be money much better spent…and this is also far less costly than other operations that are more complex.- SRM
April 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 am
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