Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
3
Year:
2018
Type of Events Held:
- Conference/Forum
- Lab Tour
Target Audiences:
- General Public
- Professionals
- University students
Approximate Number of People Reached:
500
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
Brain Awareness Week 2018 Lima, Perú was an excellent event to reach many people interested in brain evolution, care, research and application in biomedical and social sciences. This was the opportunity to give basics, middle and advanced knowlegdes about human brain in our society. The conferences were excellent and reached the goals in the assistant people because the speakers was neuroscientist of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. The Labtour gave the opportunity to general public to visit the Neuroscience and Behavior Laboratory of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia to know the work made about neuroscience research in Perú.
Event Planning & Publicity
Publicity Methods Used:
- Advertisements
- Posters/Flyers
- Press Release/Media Advisory
- Website
- Social Media
Which of These Publicity Methods Was The Most Successful?
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:
- Q&A: Answering Your Questions About The Brain
What downloadable materials from the Foundation did you use for your events?
- Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Brain Research Fact Sheets
What other downloadable materials would you like the Foundation to provide?
- Activities/Experiments
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?
BAW bring the community the opportunity to get in the neuroscience world. We see more interesting in the event, but we think major results could be see in middle and long term.
Please share any suggestions or lessons learned that may help others plan future events:
We think that material support will be ideal for promotion and diffusion of the event. Also, videos in spanish, 3d animation and Live Streaming could be a ideal way to attract people to science.
Did/do you like our Facebook page?
Yes
Was the information provided on Facebook useful?
Yes, we need more support of videos in spanish language.
