2.2 KiB
2.2 KiB
Theme Capitalize on excitement and collect community sentiment to help shape
Pokemon Club
- ATL first discussed
- Program put to a halt bc of pandemic
- revamped the program
- program officially launched 20 days ago
- broad access for young fans to experience pokemon
- Launch and run at scale
- schools, libraries, comm centers, afterschool
- Access
- when there is a club kids dont need to bring anything
- free
- clubs dont need to be near leagues
- develop cognitive academic and social skills get through play
- Value prop of Pokemon Club
- External studies done by Columbia Uni 2011
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- Experience:
- younger players
- minimal competition, maximum learning
- place to play without needing cards or anything to bring to it
- Pokemon supplies clubs so they have all the tools
- No purchasing cards
- No purchases
- No scalpers
- People running the clubs are not professors and may not know Pokemon really
- Included in kit
- 6 battle academies
- 27 demo decks
- 2 raid battles kits
- None of the above is taken home its used in the club
- Givaways (stickers, some promo cards, etc)
- refresh of materials every 6 months
- Setting up for success
- Curated resources
- Pokemon club resource toolbox
- 30+ links and docs
- Poke Club kit unboxing demo for kit owners
- Pokemon club resource toolbox
- Only ALA member employees can be club coordinators
- Can have helpers
- Pokemon Prof
- Community help
- No background checks (ALA is already doing them)
- Orgs that Pokemon Club partners with will be conducting these checks
- Can have helpers
- Curated resources
- Questions
- How do you ensure consistency across club members
- How do we plan on tackling Community Centers as they are fairly decentralized
- Usually managed by parks and rec (National Parks and Recreation Association NPARA)
- Clubs are labour intensive. Incentives for volunteers?
- Not there yet
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Partnering with Play! Stores
- determine how to engage the hobby retail channel to support pokemon clubs
- pressure free pathways
- pursue lighthouse examples
- learn from stores
- identify how to connect
- How would you want to support a local pokemon club?
- determine how to engage the hobby retail channel to support pokemon clubs
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