We’ve made good progress, and learned some things since our last update!

Leonard reached out to decided upon contacts mostly in the tourism/parenting sphere, and got responses from everyone BUT they either said they would not post our project OR wanted a minimum of $500 to do so. Leonard is now brainstorming how to leverage the social media influencer world to see if our project can get some traction in the public sphere that way.

Julissa received our promotional bookmarks and has created a solid social media schedule of her tracker. She has started posting has plans to create “buzz” around our project launch with a countdown+fun facts. She has a goal of 3 posts per week up to the project launch. Julissa and Leonard are in conversation on how to reach out to influencers via Instagram, and considering tagging carousels in our posts for a hopeful re-post!

Carla made great strides with the map. All pins are included and the map is successfully embedded on our site with help from The Center for Teaching and Learning staff. We modified the StoryMap and the embed so it “fit” more nicely on the page. Carla has also been hard at work modifying our project presentation slides.

I made some aesthetic updates to the website, mainly solidifying our header’s logo/color scheme, and a little bit of page formatting. Leonard is going to use his amazing WordPress/CSS skills to further enhances the aesthetic, and to make sure things look good on desktops, tablets, and phones.

We asked permission to use AI to help with our tagline- this is the sort of thing it can be really helpful for. We decided on a melange of responses to land on:

Round and Round: NYC Carousels and the Stories They Spin