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Program Draws
By: grabitsdm | August 25, 2008
At the Martin County Historical Society, our programming consists of PowerPoint presentations during the summmer months on various topics and school tours. We are now looking to expand on our current programming to potentially year round adult and youth programming. Our PowerPoints usually bring in a dozen or more people on the average. I'm thinking that the idea of "if you build it, they will come" could fit well into developing programming. In a strategic planning questionnaire, we asked our members to tell us what they'd like to see at our facility. The list included how-to workshops, guest speakers, summer youth/adult programs, holiday/festivel celebrations, and other.
My question is: what types of programming do other organizations offer? Are they well attended? Do you offer these programs (youth or adult) year round or just seasonally? What ideas have you tried in the past that did not pan out?
Dustin Heckman
My question is: what types of programming do other organizations offer? Are they well attended? Do you offer these programs (youth or adult) year round or just seasonally? What ideas have you tried in the past that did not pan out?
Dustin Heckman