This is just a few random ideas that got thrown about this year.

belmonte suggests that since we lose a lot of people along the way, it
might be better to have a central location with food and stories and
either lead people from there to various locations or have people come
and do their demos there.

jhawk suggests that we find a means of transportation other than
walking.  I tend to agree that this would help things along a lot.

I note that the majority of the people who came along were much more
interested in the media lab/ai lab end of things than in the server
rooms (it's very sad).  Advertising those more heavily is probably
therefore a plus.

In order to increase the amount of interaction between SIPB folk and
frosh, one idea is to have a stop where the frosh sit in one of the
NE43 playrooms and can ask upperclassmen questions (about SIPB, about
UROPs, about classes, whatever).

It might also be worth having food and stories in one of the NE43
playrooms (less travelling, comfy couches in some of them, and a less
formal atmosphere than a classroom).  This would have the
disadvantages that it would be hard for people to join the tour just
for stories (about 3 people did this year) and frosh might get lost
when they leave.