Discussion @ Health Promo Board

Hi all,

today we went down to meet up with Wesley and Aurelia on our project and I'd like to thank the following for turning up :)

• Safwan
• Sam
• Adora
• Husni
• Noorendi
• Kwok Chye

Here's a summary of our discussion:

What they'd provide:

1. Rap competition details & prizes
2. Jack Magic -- the roving magician
3. Smoke-Free Ambassador
4. Pledge Banner
5. Exhibition panels
6. Goodie bags

What we're do on our end:

1. Banner design competition -- competition details, banners & paints
2. CCA performances for the Event -- with Smoke-Free message included
3. 5 min/ Short educational video/presentation clip for classroom use -- to include successful smoking cessation programme graduates, if possible

Here's the line-up of the event:

13 April Mon: Classes will be shown the educational clip

14 April Tue: Exhibition begins + Banner Design Competition

15 April Wed: Banner Display around campus

16 April Thu: Event!!

17 April Fri: Exhibition ends

Here's the initial plan for the event:

• Smoke-Free Ambassador -- Pravin
• Rap competition -- Top 3 will perform at World No Tobacco Day
• CCA performances
• Banner competition -- results of the top 3
• Quizzes with prizes
• Performances -- Dance/ Band/ Singing

Some of the CCAs we are hoping to get to perform because it fulfills 2 objectives:

a. It promotes Healthy Lifestyle as an alternative to smoking and as a benefit of not smoking

b. It allows students to get an idea of the various CCAs we have in school

The CCAs are:

• Soul Percussion
• Modern Dance
• Wushu
• Karate
• Lion Dance
• Silat?
• Cheerleading?

So, here's what you'd be doing:

• Plan the details for the Banner Design Competition
• I'd try to send you a sample, once I get the soft-copy... till then, think of the various kinds of information you would want to include for the participants!

See you soon!! :)

Update on Meeting 20 Feb 2009

Hi people,

great to see you all today and am happy with the ideas raised...
People who attended are:

• Sam
• Safwan
• Husni
• Noorendi
• Adora
• Kwok Chye
• Firdaus
• Buvee
• Dongwei
• Teresa

Recap of Meeting Discussion:
1. Target audience -- smokers & non-smokers
2. Messages -- highlight facts and to debunk myths & wrong beliefs
3. Publicity --

• before & after photos of various organs of smokers
• short, catchy messages to be printed on calendars/ posters
• lanyard with name of school and "smoke-free campus" message
• wristbands
• handphone strap with "i'm smoke-free" message
• pledge cards
• cigarette exchange booth

4. Event programme

Things to do:

1. Think of how to present the messages
2. Think of the 2hr event programme

Questions:

1. Should we have Smoke-Free Ambassadors? Who should these be?
2. Should we get sponsors? Who are these sponsors? What do we want from them?

Ok, go think and generate ideas!

If you have good sites to share, write to me with the link and I'd post it here! :)

Newbies to the group, please drop me an email... so that you'd be in the loop!

smiles,

Miss Felicia

Anti-Smoking/ Anti-Tobacco

Hi everyone,

we're working on this project to bring across the anti-smoking/ anti-tobacco message, so I've devised this blog for us as a platform to:

• disseminate information -- links to good sites for info will be posted on the side
• post questions for thought -- welcome comments
• develop ideas for our project

So, let's get started!!

Read the links on the side...

Think it's always good before we start a campaign, to see what has been done before...

No need to "reinvent" the wheel, as they say... so I've done a search on the following:

1. advertisements that are on anti-smoking
2. ways to quit that have been suggested
3. data on harmful effects of smoking

I think what we could do is to assess what advertisements are interesting and thought-provoking, and see how we can modify them and use them for our own event.

Do you remember S C A M P E R? It's one of the ways to brainstorm -- showed you all a sample of how it works with the "Snow White" cartoon? ;)

S -- Substitute

C -- Combine

A -- Alter

M -- Modify -- maximise/ minimise

P -- Put to another use

E -- Eliminate

R -- Reverse the order

Ok, take a look at the links and we'd discuss on Friday! :)

See ya!