By Pete Hughes

Thanks to everyone who took part in Find Savanah Friday. Below you can see the surge in visitors to this website with about 3,500 page views on the day of the event. The Facebook group is rapidly approaching 10,000 members. Our sincere thanks for all your efforts.

Just because the day is over, doesn't mean we have to stop! All the activities mentioned on the Find Savanah Friday page can be done any time.

Lessons to learn
We all hope that Savanah is found soon, but if not, I will probably host a similar event in the future. There are some point to note from the first Find Savanah Friday which may help make the next one even more successful.

• Many people turned down invitations because they thought that they had to actually come to Sheffield. We must try even harder to stress that the event is online and that all is required is a bit of time and a few clicks.
• Many people on the day of the event invited friends to the event itself, rather than to the Facebook Group. Because a Facebook event expires the day after it is scheduled to take place, this meant that hundreds could not accept the invitation or attend the event.
• When you invite someone to a Facebook event or group, it is possible to write a short personal message on your invitation. I think that doing this would greatly help people to understand what they are being asked to do as well as making them more likely to join us. Personal recommendation from a friend always has a strong influence.

I hope that we do not have to hold another Find Savanah Friday, because she is found before then, but if we do, let's try to make it even bigger and better than the first by learning lessons from our first event.