Sharron: Have you heard about this? It sounds interesting – at least worth investigating if it’s new to you. Warm regards, Ani Simmons Education & Public Programs Coordinator The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 411 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75202-3308 Phone: 214.747.6660 ext 5520 Fax: 214.747.6662 Website: www.jfk.org Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color. – President John F. Kennedy From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cherie Cook Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 10:42 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Last Call for Teacher Survey this School Year Please share with your colleagues in education, marketing, visitor services, and other areas: The 2012 Visitors Count!<http://aaslh.org/documents/AASLHVisitorsCountProgramOverview2012.pdf> education program offered by AASLH begins August 15 for museums and sites that want to survey teachers who bring classes for an onsite program during the upcoming school year. Visitors Count!<http://aaslh.org/documents/AASLHVisitorsCountProgramOverview2012.pdf> is the most comprehensive visitor research tool available to mid- and large-sized history organizations. You receive use of a proven survey instrument plus custom questions that ask about issues specific to your institution. Your confidential survey report will help your museum strengthen marketing and fundraising, include teachers’ perspectives in strategic planning, and focus improvement efforts on what matters most to teachers and their students. Discover these results with Visitors Count!<http://aaslh.org/documents/AASLHVisitorsCountProgramOverview2012.pdf>: * Better understanding of teachers’ wants and needs * Benchmarks that show how your survey ratings compare with organizations of similar type, budget size, geographic location, and more. Only Visitors Count! offers this valuable benefit! * More credibility with funders and other stakeholders * Stronger strategic planning * Better allocation of precious resources, like money and time, to have the greatest positive impact * Targeted marketing that focuses on strengths identified by teachers The program fee is $4,200 ($3,500 for AASLH institutional members) payable in two installments over twelve months. Click here<http://aaslh.org/documents/AASLHVisitorsCountProgramOverview2012.pdf> for the Visitors Count! program overview (http://aaslh.org/documents/AASLHVisitorsCountProgramOverview2012.pdf). To discuss using Visitors Count! at your museum, contact Cherie Cook at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 573.893.5164. Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager American Association for State and Local History 573.893.5164 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> --------------------------------------------------------- Take the right steps with StEPs! The only national standards program designed specifically for history organizations. www.aaslh.org/steps<http://www.aaslh.org/steps> ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 Confidentiality Notice: This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disclose, forward, distribute, use or copy this email or its contents. If you are not the named addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return email that you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).