Audience Brainstorm Post

7 Possible Audiences:

1. Teens, young adults (ages 12-18?)
2. Parents, guardians of teens/young adults
3. Local government (the mayor, etc)
4. Teachers, schools
5. Local businesses who can donate facilities, services
6. People who can offer their own time as mentors or volunteers (working people, older people, college kids)
7. People in a position to donate money (business owners, local newspapers, etc.)

Top 3
1. Teens/young adults
     Pros: The program will be designed for them, they will be the ones benefitting and participating,                    they are who the social change is for
     Cons: Most won't want to participate, broad interests, large age group, how to present it to them (text, video, exposure)

2. People who can offer their own time as mentors or volunteers
     Pros: can offer guidance, can give kids advice and lead them in the right direction, can be paired up with kids of similar interests
     Cons: how can you screen good people from bad?, such a broad group, how do you go about finding these people?, how would the time be organized, what would be expected of these people, how formal the style?, how to target them (writing, speaking)

3. Local businesses who can donate facilities/services
     Pros: It will help them gain business and enhance their own ethos (win-win), easy to present (conversation, approach), less money spent on our end on space and services
     Cons: How much would be asked of them, what exactly to ask of them, what businesses?, what do we offer them

WINNER: 2. People who can offer their own time as mentors or volunteers
     Pros: can offer guidance, can give kids advice and lead them in the right direction, can be paired up with kids of similar interests
     Cons: how can you screen good people from bad?, such a broad group, how do you go about finding these people?, how would the time be organized, what would be expected of these people, how formal the style?, how to target them (writing, speaking)