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Erich Rose <[log in to unmask]>
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Jonah,

Outreach is great and certainly helps with the mission side of things. But do you folks charge an equivalent amount for outreach (I'm assuming here you are speaking of in school presentations?) to offset the earned income of field trips.  For some museums the income from field trips is what they are missing.

Erich Rose

Erich Rose Design
807 The Living End
Austin, TX 78746
512-626-9930; [log in to unmask]




On Oct 26, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Jonah Cohen wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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> 
> Pardon my provincialism, but...
> 
> One way to cope with many of the issues that lead  to declining school
> numbers: spend more resources pushing your outreach program.
> 
> Between bus costs, time spent booking the busses, time spent getting the
> field trip permission slips, time spent traveling on the busses, plus
> the cost per student of outreach vs in-house programs at the museum....
> outreach starts looking pretty good.
> 
> Not that I'm biased or anything.
> 
> Jonah Cohen
> Outreach & Public Programs Manager
> The Children's Museum
> Chair, National Education Outreach Network
> 
> "Burning garbage makes smoke, which floats up to the sky where it
> becomes stars."
> "That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about stars to
> dispute it."
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Hi all,
> 
> Last spring we did some focus group research with teachers (a
> combination of loyal and lapsed customers) to try to understand factors
> that may be contributing to declining attendance from this important
> stakeholder group.  Unfortunately, our findings showed that there were a
> number of things that contributed to teachers not getting out of the
> classroom as much (ie. no silver bullet - darn!), some
> of which are quite outside of our control (cost of buses). 
> 
> I know a general decline in attendance is being seen at other
> institutions, and maybe to science centres/museums as a whole.  I'm
> interested in hearing from others regarding attendance trends from this
> particular market.  Has anyone else done research to try to identify
> specific issues/reasons for the decline/potential opportunities? Has
> anyone introduced new programming or models of engagement
> that are seeing positive results re student numbers? 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your responses. 
> Catherine
> 
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> Catherine Paisley
> Vice-President, Science Education
> Ontario Science Centre
> 416-696-3295
> [log in to unmask]
> www.ontariosciencecentre.ca
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