Ingredients of a successful Carnival edition

The ingredients of a successful Carnival of Open Records Edition are:

  • A welcome message, such as "Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Carnival of Open Records".
  • A note about who is hosting next week's edition.
  • The main content...i.e., links to that week's submissions with your own comments about those links.
  • A wrap-up of some kind, usually reminding people of who is hosting next week's edition and how to submit articles (blog post links) to that next edition.
Here's an example of the first two ingredients from an established Carnival:

Welcome to the midway of the 128th Carnival of Education!

Here's the very latest roundup of entries from around the EduSphere. Unless clearly labeled otherwise, all entries this week were submitted by the writers themselves.

Folks interested in hosting an edition of the C.O.E. should please let us know via this email address: owlshome at earthlink dot net.

Thanks to everyone who helped spread the word about last week's midway, which was hosted here at 'The Wonks. Visit the C.O.E.'s archives here and see our latest entries there.

Next Week's Carnival will be hosted by Mike over at Education In Texas. Contributors are invited to send their submissions to: mikea3_98 at yahoo dot com, or use this handy submission form. Entries should be received no later than 11:00 PM (Eastern) 8:00 PM (Pacific) Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Please include the title of your post, and its URL, if possible. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the midway should open next Wednesday morning.

Let the free exchange of thoughts and ideas begin!

Here is an example of a wrap-up:

And finally: This, like nearly all of our journeys around the EduSphere, has been both enjoyable and informative. We continue to thank all the contributors whose submissions make the midway's continuing success possible, the folks who give of their time to help spread the word, and the readers who continue to make it A Free Exchange of Thoughts and Ideas.
This midway is registered at TTLB's carnival roundup. See our latest EduPosts here, and the (somewhat) complete Carnival archives over there.

See also Thoughts on Hosting Carnivals from the Coyote, who has hosted many carnivals.


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