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Hi Beth:

I'm Bob Russell of Learning Experience Design (my own informal education
consulting business).  As a museum director, NSF program director in Informal
Science Education, and, most recently as an advisor, consultant and/or project
director of several projects involving multiple institutions, I'd be interested
in serving as a panelist for your proposed ASTC session.

I could present from several perspectives:

1.  What does it take -- organizationally, financially, and market-wise -- to
develop a program or resource that can be broadly disseminated, distributed
or sold?

Examples:
        Astronomical Society of the Pacific Family Astro (advisor)
        Pacific Science Center Science Carnival (NSF program officer)

2.  What are some successful examples of informal science programs that have
been successfully developed and disseminated by informal science organizations?

Examples:
        Hands-On Science Outreach (NSF program officer and advisor)
        Mad Science (consultant)
        Marsquest Online (consultant/advisor)

3.  How to organize a successful collaborative structure for
developing/disseminating programs?

        Celebra la Ciencia (project director)
        TEAMS, Exhibits Research Exhibit Collaboratives (consultant,
participant)

Let me know if you are interested.

Bob Russell
Principal, Learning Experience Design
Co-founder, Informal Learning Review (informallearning.com)
Science Advisor, Celebra la Ciencia (www.celebralaciencia.org)
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