Science café 101

Science Café 101Join Team Science Café Arizona

What is a Science Café?

“Science cafés are live—and lively—events that take place in casual settings such as pubs and coffeehouses, are open to everyone, and feature an engaging conversation with a scientist about a particular topic.” Encourages conversation, debate, and interaction. Reaches out to all audiences.

Science on Tap, Science Pub, Ask a Scientist, café Sci.

http://www.cafescientifique.org/http://www.scicafe.eu/

Sipping Science with a Science caféhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/http://www.sigmaxi.org/index.shtml

Science Cafes & Arizona SciTech Festival

Science Cafes networked throughout Arizona support the Arizona SciTech Festival as a year-round theme.

Festival: February -March 2014;Monthly;Recur same day of the month;Local venue.

Materials

VolunteersCoordinatorModerator

VenueSpeakersAudience

What?!Topic?Social!

Volunteers

CoordinatorRegister with ScienceCafes.org“Point person” keeps in touch with AZ SciTech Fest (Eileen)Venue contact

Moderator“Talk show host”JargonAudience advocateSpeakers contact

PRSocial MediaTraditional MediaFestival, venue, speakers streams

Venue

Not on campus!AccessibilityPublic TransitAudienceMonthly availability

Speakers

AzSciTech Fest contactsLocal institutional sponsorCity Economic Development OfficeChambers of CommerceIndustry

Audience

What?!Topic?Social!

PRYour social media

streamsSponsors’, Venues’ &

Speakers’ streamsCharlotte Hodel &

Eileen KaneMeetup.com

PR

Facebook,Google+,Twitter, orMeetup

oh, my!@sciencearizona

Follow Uphttp://azscitechfest.asu.edu/collaborator-portal

[email protected]://sciencearizona.org/

Upcoming Science CafesChandler Science Café

at Gangplank Hack Night, first WednesdaySTEM Student Science Café

at Bookmans, Mesa, first TuesdayBooks & Beakers

Lawn Gnome Publishingrestarts Fall 2013, 2nd Tuesday

Scottsdale Science Caféon hiatus, looking for venue