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How To Start A Science Festival
• What is a Science Festival?
• Set Your Goals/Mission: – Broader impacts/ educate/inform?– General Public/Schools/Both?– One or Multiple Days?– One Science Discipline or STEAM?
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Types of Presentations
• Expo Activities• Seminars• Demonstrations• Tours• Open Houses• Guest Speakers
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Logistics
• Budget– Grants– Sponsorships– Donations
• Locations– Tables, Chairs, tech, food, etc.
• Presenters• Volunteers (recruiting, background checks)• Proposals system• Marketing• Evaluations
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Collaboration!
• Partner with an existing Science Festival– A rising tide lifts all boats! – Local and National networks and resources– Funders encourage partnerships– Benefits included established:• Infrastructure• Audience and Marketing strategies• Volunteer base
HAVE FUN! BE INSPIRED!
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Presenting at a Festival
• Plenty of volunteers, working in shifts• Big idea can be presented in <5 minutes
– Focus on the key message, why it’s exciting– Keep it simple, connect to relatable experience
• Offer opportunities to dig deeper– Poster (light on text), further reading, next steps– Handout with website– Materials targeting teachers, students, public?
• Hands-on, active• Accessible to all ages
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Outreach Alternatives
• Tours• Public/Invited talks (e.g. Science Cafe)• Open Houses• Camps (residential or commuter)• One-day teacher workshops• Partnerships
– Local events (science night, festival, sports)– Planetarium– Video game developer– Performing/Visual arts
• Each fills different objectives/varying investment