Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
4
Year:
2019
Type of Events Held:
- Exhibit
- Lecture/ Briefing
- Other
- School Program
Target Audiences:
- High School students(9-12)
- Other: pre professional medical (paramedic
- Other: emt
- Other: nursing
- Other: etc)
Approximate Number of People Reached:
600
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
poster session – students presented topics on brain structure and function with demonstrations. lecture- psych in high school: learning, memory, stress, and motivation video- produced by students to promote event brain olympics: binocular/monocular catch, taste/smell, – series of small demonstrations that explain components of sensation and perception in the brain
Event Planning & Publicity
Publicity Methods Used:
- Calendar Listings (newspapers, radio, television)
- Posters/Flyers
Which of These Publicity Methods Was The Most Successful?
word of mouth! - i am going, are you?
Resources
Of the Dana Foundation publications/resources distributed at your event(s), if any, please indicate the three most popular. Please choose up to three. If "other," please indicate below:
- Brain-shaped Erasers
What downloadable materials from the Foundation did you use for your events?
- Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Brain Research Fact Sheets
- Brain Briefs Fact Sheets
What other downloadable materials would you like the Foundation to provide?
- New Fact Sheets
- New Puzzles/Games
Which BAW graphic materials did you use in publicizing your events?
- BAW Logos
Feedback & Keys to Success
How do you feel BAW participation benefited your organization and the local community?
resources and materials I would not have had the time or money to produce on my own
Did/do you like our Facebook page?
Yes
