Items in this section:
Forthcoming:
| Kumori Con | |
| Date | January of each year |
| Location | Portland, Or |
| Background | A fun, friendly, accessible convention. |
| Involvement | MPS usually performs two live panel presentations with mech development updates, new concept animations, live demo of the mech structure and an in-depth audience Q and A session. |
| Booth Infos | TBD |
| Notices | Panel times are listed in MPS fliers, and event publications. |
| Career Fair at CSUN | |
| Date | 08 NOV 2007 |
| Location | California State University, Northridge (18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA - room TBD) |
| Background | In cooperation with the CSU Northridge Alumni Association. |
| Involvement | Project Coordinator and CEO Earle Bishop, Communications Engineer Vernon Jettlund, and PR/HR Officer Ryan Marlow are scheduled to attend, with possible appearances by other staff members as well. MPS will host a booth presentation with content and demonstrations focused on the attendees, discussing the development and applications of the proprietary electronics and software of the Mark Series bipedal vehicles. |
| Booth Infos | N/A |
| Notices | N/A |
| SakuraCon 2009 | |
| Date | April of each year |
| Location | Washington State Convention and Trade Center |
| Background | Sakura-Con is the oldest and most well attended anime convention in the Pacific Northwest. All the excellent programming you've come to expect will be back in abundance. Anime theaters, gaming, cosplay, cultural panels, dances, concerts, art contests, AMVs, industry guests, over 100,000 square feet of exhibits hall, guests of honor and more! |
| Involvement | TBD |
| Booth Infos | TBD |
| Notices | MPS generally runs one or two panels per convention. |
| UC Davis Spring Internship and Career Fair 2009 | |
| Date | April/May of each year |
| Location | UC Davis, Pavilion at the ARC |
| Background | UC Davis hosts its annual, all-majors Spring Internship and Career Fair. With 160+ companies and 1,800+ students expected to attend, the ARC Pavilion will be bustling with career opportunities in the making. Bring your resume or CV and your business attire. |
| Involvement | MPS will be accepting applications, resumes, and contact info at our booth. |
| Booth Infos | Booth number and location TBD; check your program guide at the event to find MPS. |
| Notices | Event only runs a few hours on one day, so be ready to go and don't miss the show. |
| UC Davis Fall Internship and Career Fair | |
| Date | October of each year |
| Location | University of California, Davis at the Pavilion at the ARC |
| Background | This event provides an excellent opportunity for companies to become acquainted with UCD students, while providing students a forum to discuss summer internships, co-ops and career positions with corporate representatives. Over 1,800 enthusiastic students are expected to attend. |
| Involvement | Public Relations and HR Coordinator Ryan Marlow, PR/HR staff Alex Horowitz, and others to appear. MPS will operate a booth at this event, providing information to students about the company, collecting resumes, and offering internship applications. |
| Booth Infos | Our company information and booth number will be listed in the event program on the day of the fair. |
| Notices | Event runs for only a few hours on one day. |
| Anime Expo | |
| Date | 4th of July Weekend |
| Location | Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center |
| Background | The world's largest anime convention. |
| Involvement | Public Relations and HR Coordinator Ryan Marlow, PR/HR staff Alex Horowitz, and most engineering staff to appear. MPS will operate a booth at this event, providing information to attendees about the company, collecting contacts, and offering internship applications. |
| Booth Infos | Our company information, panel information, and booth number will be listed in the event program on the day of the fair. |
| Notices | MPS generally runs one or two panels per convention. |
| Contact our Public Relations Department to schedule an event. Check the Event list above for times and places where MPS is presenting near by you. |
| Presentation Procedure |
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Mechanized Propulsion Systems offers a professional, in-person panel of representatives, including recorded content from our team abroad. On average, MPS panels run from 90 minutes to 2 hours, and consist of mecha-tech demonstrations with verbal explanation and heavy visual reinforcement with both physical props and computer animations. After about 45 minutes of speech, we open up to questions from the audience. This generally lasts until we stop for personal contacts and panel closing. During personal contact, audience members can meet and greet the team individually, as well as handle material samples, cockpit hardware, models, and mech parts that are on hand. Depending on convention size and availability, we may distribute MPS merchandise such as t-shirts or stickers. |
| Presentation Content |
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Presentations are done in sequence by each member of the panel. Speech content is generally pre-arranged, but is not scripted. In addition to the spoken word, presentations can include props ranging from digital images and animations to live demonstrations of materials used on the machine, or potential technologies for future models, such as metal artificial muscles. |
| Presentation Requirements |
| The presentation room must have a video projector that is capable of displaying viewable content to all seated attendees. This video setup must accept VGA/SVGA or DVI output. Audio setups must allow for each speaker to have reasonable microphone access, seating space, and access to tablespace to hold presentation props. The ability to accept audio-out from a computer using standard plugs may be required. Seating for an audience of 200 to 800 people is desired. Given the great expenditure that each team member puts forth not only composing their presentation, but supplying transportation for themselves and their equipment, it is generally courteous to not run our panel against larger draw events that are convention staples. It is also appreciated if conflicting mech-related content is not cross-scheduled. Depending on distance and travel arrangements, MPS may require compensation for lodging, or transportation. Typically, MPS self-advertises at an event, handing out fliers and communicating with attendees individually before (and after) our panel(s). Cross promotion involving advertisement in convention guidebooks, or posted bills is normally paired with an MPS staffed booth. Depending on circumstances, a convention is expected to make booth space available, and run printed guide content provided by MPS. Both booth and presentation room must provide at least one power drop for distributable use. |
| Publishing Requirements |
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Please review the following requirements for third party published material relating to MPS. - You must contact the MPS Team prior to publishing material that relates to our project, even if you are not performing an interview. - You must provide at least one copy of the finished product or publication to the MPS Team. MPS will make provisions for reasonable shipping costs. - For printed material, you must include at least once in the article, the address of the MPS Website: http://www.MechaPS.com. - For audio material, you must clearly mention the website, and that more information about the project can be found there. You must both speak and spell the name of the site. - For video material with an audio dialog, you must clearly mention the website address, and that more information about the project can be found there. You are also required to display the address of the MPS Website: http://www.MechaPS.com for no less than five (5) seconds. - Video material with no audio dialog is treated as printed media. - Please exercise particular care in spelling names and titles correctly. This helps avoid any embarrassment on part of the publisher or the MPS Team. - To assist you in creating your publication, any necessary information including technical errata, image or line art files, etc, can be acquired from our Public Relations staff. Contact Ryan or Heidi using this form. - You can get our Press Pack in the section below. |
| Interview Requirements |
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Please contact our Public Relations staff if you would like to set up an interview, using this form. - You will need to schedule a date and time for your interview. - We appreciate having a list of questions prepared beforehand. Questions do not need to be exact, general guidelines are fine. This helps us be prepared and versed in the type of information you are interested in asking during the interview. - Depending on the nature of the interview, different Team members will be appropriate for your interview. Please suggest the person(s) and/or department(s) you would like to speak with. - Have the interviewer request our official glossary for jargon. This greatly reduces the risk of miscommunication during the interview. |
| Propaganda Sticker Green text on black vinyl, featuring a greyscale print of Michael Kingery's Mark-III concept art and the MPS logo. This sticker is sized at 3 inches by 2 inches. |
| Bumpersticker Green text on black vinyl, featuring a greyscale print of Michael Kingery's Mark-III concept art and MPS logo. 4mil vinyl using water and UV resistant inks - means no fading in the sun or bleeding in the rain. Sticker text reads "Drive Defensively: Pilot a Mech!" OTHER BUMPERSTICKERS ARE AVAILABLE!! |
| Embroidered Twill Hat The official MPS hat, worn by Team and fans alike. This item sports an embroidered MPS logo, and the words MECHANIZED PROPULSION SYSTEMS. |
| Embroidered vinyl Bag Official MPS totebag. Suitable for secreting away your missle launch codes or homework. This item sports an embroidered MPS logo, and the words MECHANIZED PROPULSION SYSTEMS. |
| Embroidered Leatherette Bag Official MPS laptopbag. Convenient for storing your world domination plans, or perhaps a laptop. This item sports an embroidered MPS logo, and the words MECHANIZED PROPULSION SYSTEMS. |
