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Another person to contact is Hooley McCoughlin at the Ontario Science
Center. He had extensive community group involvement when he was
developing A Question of Truth.
Martin
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Martin Weiss
Science Interpretation Consultant
New York Hall of Science
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>Hey Shane,
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>I would suggest contacting Barry Aprison for documentation--it will
>be an extensive report--regarding the work the National AIDS exhibit
>consortium did in this area. We set up many different review groups
>both to the national group as well as locally.
>C
>On May 21, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Shane Pickett wrote:
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>>Hello, all. We've just started thinking about the pros and cons of
>>establishing one or both a Parent and/or Children's Advisory Committee,
>>to advise us on their perceptions, as end consumers, on everything we do
>>that they would be in a position to perceive, from marketing,
>>educational program choices, prices, exhibits, and more. Focus groups,
>>essentially.
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>>Who has tried running these? What staff attended those meetings? Were
>>the committees productive? Did the attendees appreciate the chance to
>>contribute, and was the feedback helpful? What was an appropriate
>>frequency? Were there incentives to these attendees beyond a sense of
>>contributing to their friendly neighborhood science center? And...did
>>the committees last a long time, or do they only go for a while? In
>>other words, what were the best practices, and did these committees
>>prove useful?
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>>Thank you for all comments!
>>
>>Shane Pickett
>>Science Central
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