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= Book Raffle tool=Kyle Bannerjee has a raffle tool here:http://raffle.alptown.com/
It would be nice to hit up some publishers for books to raffle off at the conference. =Lessons Learned=If you've got ideas add them below under the name of the publisher. Most tech publishers have user group coordinators that are too much stuff to give away, let winners select more than happy to make donations availableone prize.
== OIt'Reilly ==s useful to break up the giveaways into groups of three. This takes about 5-7 minutes, and still leaves time for other announcements at the podium.
== Manning ==At least two people should handle the raffle so that one person can call the names and the other person can handle prize distribution. Also, someone needs to note the names of the winners so they can be removed from the next raffle.
* [http://manningTiming is critical.com/passin/ Explorer's Guide Giveaways immediately after lunch go faster because most attendees come back to the Semantic Web] room for the next session. Slots after a poster session or between lightning talks and breakout sessions are much slower, as many people choose to take a break and not return to the room. It is therefore necessary to call lots of names before selecting someone present in the room. Giveaways on the final day are avoided since attendance is lower that day.
== APress ==If you have software codes or coupon codes as prizes, it can be helpful to print them onto individual certificates that can be handed out to winners.
== Pragmatic Programmers ==For fun, have a sound tech add a drum roll.
* [http://wwwIn 2020, several publishers gave an ebook license or discount code for all attendees.pragprog.com/titles/gsdgis/desktop-gis Desktop GIS: Mapping the Planet with Open Source Tools]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/fr_ltp/learn-It might be better to-program Learn to Program]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/pad/practices-request more of-an-agile-developer Practices those kinds of an Agile Developer]* [http://wwwrewards from publishers and do fewer individuals prizes.pragprog.com/titles/ajax/pragmatic-ajax Pragmatic Ajax]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/tsgit/pragmatic-version-control-using-git Pragmatic Version Control Using Git]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/svn2/pragmatic-version-control-using-subversion Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/jaerlang/programming-erlang Programming Erlang]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby Programming Ruby]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/vsscala/programming-scala Programming Scala]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/tpp/the-pragmatic-programmer The Pragmatic Programmer]* [http://www.pragprog.com/titles/pad/practices-of-an-agile-developer Practices of an Agile Developer]
=Publishing and software companies= Be sure to include companies in a "Giveaway Sponsors" section on the conference sponsorship page.  The following companies have contributed prizes:*ALA Publishing*APress*Balsamiq*CRC press*Manning*Morgan Kaufmann & Claypool*No Starch Press*Oxygen XML*Pragmatic Programmers*Rosenfeld Media =Boilerplate= A variation of the following was sent to each company:* [I am writing on behalf of the code4lib {year} conference Book Giveaway Committee to request a contribution to give away at our annual conference. All conference attendees are included in the drawing for prizes.  code4lib (http://www.elsevierdirectcode4lib.comorg/product) is a community of programmers and technologists who largely work for and with libraries.jsp?isbn=9780123735560 Semantic Web At our annual conference, we like to do multiple drawings for free books and software licenses. We would be grateful to have a few {books or licenses} to giveaway at the Working Ontologistconference, which will be in {location} on {date}. {In some cases, it is helpful to suggest titles: A range of our participants would be interested in titles such as x, y, and z.}  We will gladly include the {company} name in our acknowledgement of supporters for the giveaways; please let me know how you would like the name to be written.  If you have any questions or if you need more information, please don’t hesitate to contact me.  [[Category:Conferences]]

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