The impact of Galway Science and Technology Festival to the Galway area has been enormous. Numbers of STEM courses have increased at our Galway 3rd level institutions, feeding into the development of Galway City and County as a technology and med-tech centre of excellence. These are the key messages that highlight the value of this annual event. At MorPR we recognise these important messages going out about Galway..

For the 20th Galway Science and Technology Festival, Mór PR was delighted to work with the Festival team to deliver a PR, communications and social media strategy.

Creating Impact Through Communications

Working on a 6 week turnaround we:

• created a roadmap PR, content and social media plan working with the Festival Board
• organised a press launch for the Festival
• collated and wrote releases for national and local media, TV, radio and newspaper
• advised on communication, branding and advertising
• liaised with service providers
• collaborated with key partners and sponsors to maximise their PR opportunity from the Festival
• worked with STEM providers to highlight key events and workshops
• engaged with stakeholders to contribute information to feed into content plan
• created high quality blog content for the GSTF website to increase awareness and engage the public
• created and implemented a social media content strategy to engage with stakeholders
• promoted the Festival Exhibition Day including visiting exhibitions such as University of Leicester’s Richard III Discovered with British Council Ireland
• coordinated photography for the Exhibition Day
• executed the social media campaign to maximise reach and engagement with attendees, sponsors and exhibitors

Highlight Outcomes of Project

• Major national media coverage gained including RTÉ TV News, RTÉ Drive Time, TG4, front page of Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner as well as extensive regional coverage.
• Significant digital coverage including Silicon Republic and Irish Tech News.
• Social media impact: 233% increase in reach with a 72% increase in engagement on Facebook along with 152% increase in reach and 305% increase in engagement on Twitter compared to 2016.
• Attendance of 22,000 to the Exhibition Day with event tickets selling out within 1 hour of going live.

If you’d like help with PR for your festival or event, here’s where to contact us, you can call us on 087 2407903 or email us. 

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