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Hi Richard Many thanks for the response, and apologies for the confusion. The lack of interaction that I was interested in was amongst the community that was attending. The makers were all very happy talking to people, as well as each other but I felt that there was a lack of conversation between the groups of people that were coming (in this case a large Spanish group, middle class, families visiting the grandparents etc). Best wishes Claire From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Ellam Sent: 16 October 2017 10:32 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Social integration at events HI Claire Did you design the event to allow for or facilitate interactions between the various groups of presenters you involved? I ask because I used to take science shows to events like the British Science Festival as part of their schools programme. I found that it was almost impossible to get a chance to meet up with other people presenting in the schools programme because I was busy doing my own stuff all day, every day at the festival. The organisers did not think it worth their while to facilitate any kind of interaction between schools programme providers by for example organising any kind of evening social event for us, having a 'green room' where providers could chill at lunch or whenever, or ensuring that presenters had programmed gaps in their timetables so that they could go and see other activities. It was even hard to find out who else was going in advance to try and set up an informal get together. If you have planned a successful event then all the providers you've invited should be busy interacting with the public pretty much all the time. So they won't have time to interact much with each other - and if they have scheduled breaks they'll probably be too busy recovering from the last hectic bout of work (running workshops/doing shows is intense hard work if you're doing it right) to want to have much to do with other presenters at the event. And if the other presenters are working with the public they won't want to be having the very different conversations that come with interacting with fellow professionals. Depending on your event there are lots of things you could to to promote 'professional' interactions: have an after-party and invite everyone to it, organise a preview hour before the event opens so that presenters can see what each other are doing, have a pre-event session where presenters are encouraged to come along and showcase what they're doing to each other, circulate all the presenters with a list of who else is coming and what they're doing, with contact details, set up a "green room" and encourage people to use it, and so on. Good professional interactions don't just happen: they have to be prepared for, just like good interactions with your target audiences. Hope this helps All the best Richard. Richard Ellam L M Interactive Science Shows and Hands-On Stuff [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.lminteractive.co.uk <http://www.lminteractive.co.uk> On 15 Oct 2017, at 17:54, Claire Adler <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote: Hi Abira In answer to your questions the purpose of the events is to bring the local community together, to have fun together but also to appreciate everyone's skills whether they work in science or the arts or are just willing to share their enthusiasm for making and leavening. Although it was not a museum event we invited and had makers from the local art gallery, Kettle's Yard and the Cambridge Science Centre. However despite everyone having a lovely time the only interaction I saw was between the 'makers' and the 'audience'. What I felt was missing was interaction between the different groups of people who attended. I should also say that I have also organised street parties and AntiUniversity events and have always come away with the feeling that they are great , people have had fun and come together but little interaction has occurred between different groups of people. Therefore I am interested in any other community cohesion events that people have successfully delivered that use the arts, science and/ or heritage to bring people together that successfully results on people interacting with new people. Many thanks Claire Claire Adler Heritage Consultant: Learning, Community, Development. 07970671965 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.claireadler.co.uk <http://www.claireadler.co.uk/> On 15 Oct 2017, at 12:07, Abira Hussein <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote: Hi Claire, What do you mean by social integration? What does that look like and what are the purpose of these events? Thanks Abira On Sunday, October 15, 2017, Claire Adler <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote: Hi all A group of us ran a FunPalace in a park in Cambridge last weekend. We had a wonderful time. 500 people came from across the community. But... despite all the activity leaders working with everyone, chatting with everyone, and lots of events ranging from make your own hopscotch to painting the art palace I am not convinced there was much social integration between the different 'types' of our community. Therefore has anyone run any events which particularly encouraged people to talk and work together or know of any research undertaken that addresses this issue? 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