RE: slow days

["Hatton-Montoya, Sharon" <hatton@uscolo.edu>]

Kate, I apologize for the typo I made in your name.  Half the time I come 
out as Sahron;-)  Sharon
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From: owner-wcenter
To: wcenter
Cc: owner-wcenter
Subject: RE: slow days
Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 5:17PM

Kate, I think it's for you.

Latisha (also known as katie)

On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 katem@imap1.asu.edu wrote:

> Sharon--
>
> I'm not sure if this is for Katie Fischer or for me (I haven't been a 
Katie
> for awhile!) but I'll respond anyway.  But before I do, a hearty thanks to
> everyone who sent in marketing tips.  Such great ideas!  Now I'm rich.
>
> > Katie, Do you have support from the instructors at your institution?  I
have
>
> Absolutely--but not all of them, of course.  It seems that those who steer
> their students to us do so regularly and often have us in their syllabi,
while
> the vast majority of instructors either forget about us or choose not to
> utilize us for various reasons.  I know that some instructors simply
distrust
> the WC, too (hey, I used to be one of them before the Great Conversion). 
 I
> just received back a whole bunch of instructor evaluations and plan to do 
as
> you suggested: talk to the instructors who expressed dissatisfaction.
>
> And yet another marketing idea from my own brain: write out a personalized
> phone memo for individual instructors ( "To: Professor Smith/ From: 
tutor's
> name) asking the instructor to "please call Jenny in the Writing Center or
> stop by to discuss a classroom presentation").  Those little phone memo
slips
> are eye-catching in the first place (ooo! a real person actually called 
me;
> this must be important) and the instructor wouldn't want to appear rude by
not
> returning the "call" (at least in theory).  Prep the tutors to sell the
> workshop or presentation when the instructor responds.  Sneaky, eh?
>
> Best,
> Kate
>
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