In this conversation corner session, we’ll focus on some of the most common challenges encountered when facilitating tinkering activities. These issues can include how to work with parents in a drop-in session, ways of training staff and volunteers as well as ways of reflecting on our practice as educators.

This year at the Ecsite Conference’s MakerSpace we are opening a series of informal dialogues on topics that are important to the maker community. When we think back and remember times when we received unexpected tips on how to operate our space, found a great collaborator or discovered new practices we remember that an informal conversation between sessions led to these new ideas. Whether you are a MakerSpace pro or a complete newcomer, join these active discussion sessions and get new perspectives on making and tinkering in museums.