Event(s) Summary
Number of Events Organized During Brain Awareness Week:
5
Year:
2018
Type of Events Held:
- Lecture/ Briefing
- School Program
- Workshop
Target Audiences:
- General Public
- Middle school students(6-8)
- Other
- Other: educators
Approximate Number of People Reached:
3000
Details of Major Brain Awareness Week Events/Activities:
Three public lectures reaching 1,500 people at a prominent theater in downtown Portland. One Saturday workshop for educators of all levels to bring neuroscience concepts into the classroom. One Saturday open house at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry for families to interact with numerous neuroscience booths and science experiments. The objective of all of the events is to bring neuroscience to the general public in available terms and concepts. Given the turnout and popularity of the events, we are satisfied that we reached our goal.
Event Planning & Publicity
Publicity Methods Used:
- Advertisements
- Calendar Listings (newspapers, radio, television)
- Emails
- Mailings
- 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
- It’s Mindboggling!
- Staying Sharp: Successful Aging and the Brain
What other downloadable materials would you like the Foundation to provide?
- New Fact Sheets
- Activities/Experiments
Feedback & Keys to Success
How do you feel BAW participation benefited your organization and the local community?
BAW has become a staple of our outreach activities. The public is remembers our events and inquires about dates before they are planned. This benefits our organization in that we are now a leader in neuroscience education in the community. One immediate outcome from our lecture series is that our nationally-invited speakers have been introduced to our institution and will take that information back.
Did/do you like our Facebook page?
Yes
