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Erin Perkins posted a reply on Re: Transition Signs to support a young audience
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 at 12:46 PM
Said: Hi Fotini,When we conduct school tours at our Children's Museum, we give the students about 20 minutes in each room, 3 rooms total for an hours worth of visit time. Our staff makes the same announcement before entering the museu...
Fotini Fokidis posted a new Topic
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:19 AM
Transition Signs to support a young audience
Hi everyone,
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. I wanted to reach out to this amazing group for some insight around best practices in helping young visitors transition from your spaces when their time slot is up. We are currently offering 45 minute time slots to families in our children's area. Once those 45 minute time slots are up, our Host staff walk around and remind visitors that their playtime is over and that they can play in the rest of the building (we have a c...
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. I wanted to reach out to this amazing group for some insight around best practices in helping young visitors transition from your spaces when their time slot is up. We are currently offering 45 minute time slots to families in our children's area. Once those 45 minute time slots are up, our Host staff walk around and remind visitors that their playtime is over and that they can play in the rest of the building (we have a c...
Nina Salzman posted a reply on Re: Playlists for general spaces
Thursday, Dec 16, 2021 at 4:00 PM
Said: We were thinking of Spotify, but not sure our AV team is aware of these licenses. What is ASCAP or BMI? Who is checking? Are there any specific children's music streaming platforms? Are are they even worth considering, or is Spotify the...
Cassandra Henry posted a reply on Re: Playlists for general spaces
Thursday, Dec 16, 2021 at 10:20 AM
Said: Thank you. Not clear from others whom I have asked. Seems to be the problem, different responses and experiences.
Cathy DeBellis posted a reply on Re: Playlists for general spaces
Thursday, Dec 16, 2021 at 10:10 AM
Said: We were informed that even if we are using Spotify, we need to make sure that each piece on our play list is under our ASCAP agreement. Spotify does not eliminate the need for ASCAP or BMI.
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