Hi Emily,
What you have done sounds great! With the University and (Sigma Xi?) supporting you, you should have plenty of potential speakers and if the restaurant works out ... you are ready to go.
As far as costs -
Our hard costs are about $25/month…
It's been a while, Katey. We've had a few blips, and we've had to regroup. We have an official name and logo (SciCafe St. Petersburg) and I'm going back to writing proposal/white paper to document what we're doing and hoping to accomplish. The good…
I started reading Kishore's forum...my mind is like mush. Busy week...I printed out a bunch of stuff. Like the idea of two different restaurants. We might have to start on a quarterly basis.
We started our series in October '06 and since then have hosted cafes monthly January through November.
We try to hold them on the third Tuesday night of the month. We alternate between two different restaurants.
You should also check out the list o…
Hi Katey,
Great info, thanks. Need to share with our group (I've asked them to join the network). I printed out your blog info and Web site info, so forgive me if I'm asking questions that can be answered by a closer reading. (I also can't remember…
That is exciting that you are just starting up. To answer your questions… Here in Raleigh, we get about 70- 100++ audience members per café – it seems to depend on the topic. My guess is that we have 40-50 regulars. I am guessing that number because…
We (at The Pier Aquarium) are in the process of creating a Science Cafe in St. Petersburg, FL so this information (questions we need to ask as we formulate the concept to work for us) is very useful. We haven't selected a name yet but Science Cafe S…
We hold our Sci-Café on the second Wednesday of each month at the Pizza Gallery and Grill, The Avenue Viera, 2250 Town Center Ave, Suite 113, Viera, FL 32940. (http://www.pizzagalleryandgrill.com/)
The whole network is moving with baby steps right now, so no big rush. I am planning to do a big announcement in the first week of January to get folks signed up...