Resources & Support
Many resources are available to help you plan and put on an informative and successful GIS Day event.
Information and materials including name badges, signs, posters, PowerPoint presentations, videos, banners, and other materials for use during, and prior to, your event are available on the Materials page. There is also a screen saver as well as the GIS Day logo for use on T-shirts and/or buttons or other promotional items you may choose to make for your event.
Also available online are documents containing information to help you design your event and activities. Activities for school children are broken down by grade level, so the planning is all done for you.
Additionally, there are templates for use in announcing your event to the press, in creating a GIS Day Web site, and in inviting guests to your event.
Materials provided for your GIS Day events allow you the flexibility to host a wide variety of event types—from events with relatively no cost to events subsidized by your company or organization. Please visit the GIS Day Materials page often to view new ideas or interactive demos for use free of charge in your GIS Day events.
It also helps to get ideas from what others did in previous years.
- Listen to Deane Maynard, Project Manager at McMaster University GIS Lab, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, talk about her experience with hosting a GIS Day at the university. [14:33]
- Read last year's success stories, see the T-shirt photos and cake photos.