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Re: Parent or Children's Advisory Committees: Successful programs?
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Charles Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 May 2008 10:53:10 -0700
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Hey Shane,

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:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology  
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> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related  
> institutions.
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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.
>
> 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?
>
> Thank you for all comments!
>
> Shane Pickett
> Science Central
>
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Charles Carlson
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