Most museums I have worked at did programming off site. When I was an education coordinator I would do programming in nursing homes, classrooms, and even some church events just because we knew a crowd would be there. Attendance would always be tracked and it helped to get our name out into the community. Best, Maxwell On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Stuckle, Danielle L. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Off-site events and programs absolutely do count--it counts as marketing > (exposure), and outreach, and face time. You could assign different > significance to off-site contacts, but I would still count it. > > > --To identify, preserve, interpret, and promote the heritage of North > Dakota and its people. > > Danielle “Dani” Stuckle > Educational Programs and Outreach Coordinator > State Historical Society of North Dakota > North Dakota Heritage Center > 612 East Boulevard Avenue > Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0830 > (701) 328-2794 (P) > (701) 328-3710 (F) > www.history.nd.gov > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Andrew Kirkland > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 5:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Museum events > > Hello, > The museum I work at is entering its second year. Now, we are working on > programming for next year to ensure that we are even more successful than > the first. In addition to trying to bring in school groups we are wanting > to have more events at the museum. Last year we had about 3 with decent > turnout. This year we are trying to expand it to 6. I would like to try > for several other events in addition to this. One of the concerns is, > having one or two off premise. The issue being, if we don't have it > elsewhere then it doesn't "count" since people aren't coming through our > doors for the event. So I have a few questions. How does your museum > handle things? Do you have all your events on site or do you have one or > two elsewhere? What kinds of events and how many do you have? If you > could, could you please state the name of your organization if you answer. > Any help is appreciated, thanks. > > ========================================================= > 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). > > ========================================================= > 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). > ========================================================= 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).