Ways to Draw Students to Events
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Flyer campus
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Announce your event in classes
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Cosponsor events with other student groups – any peer health or psychology-related group will
probably welcome you with open arms! Also look at groups with some vested interest in these
topics, like minority populations, student athletes, etc.
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Offer free food/pizza
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Email/listserv postings are always a great way to contact members and other students about
events. It’s free, and the information can spread very rapidly. Though the fact sheets are
physical papers that are posted around campus, and advertisements for events can be posted
around campus too, don’t lose sight of the power (and lack-of-cost) of the internet!!
o Along those lines, a website is a GREAT asset to your organization. See what it takes to
set up a site on your school’s server – almost every college and university gives students
and student groups free access to developing a website.
o If you have trouble developing a website and/or finding someone who will design it for
you, contact Active Minds, Inc. for help.
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Set up a Facebook group and encourage members and friends to join it, and post meeting and
event details. Also, join the national Active Minds, Inc. Facebook group by searching “Active
Minds Inc.”
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See if professors will offer credit to their students for attending an Active Minds event.
Abnormal psychology, nursing, or social work professors may be particularly apt to do so.