Dos and Don´ts
Here are some ideas science café practitioners have collected to save yourself from committing the same mistakes again.
Do …
- Make sure you have enough time (talks, activities, and discussion
- Include interesting topics
- Prioritise quality over quantity
- Include interactive methods/practical activities
- Involve the audience
- Include a tour of the botanic garden
- Use other media to stimulate discussion
- Offer food and drinks
- Record the discussion to help with your evaluation
- Ask questions about participants’ previous knowledge on the topic
- Embrace modern technology (e.g. beamer and sound)
- Test the acoustics in your room
- Be flexible
- Ensure you are handling any data collected ethically
Don’t …
- Make presentations too long
- Stick to just one way of collecting answers/data
- Just consider professional scientists
- Try and pack too much in
- Have seat rows – it makes the atmosphere too formal
- Forget to advertise your event
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This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 710780.