Beyond the website: the role of the internet at the Science Museum (plus bubbles, icebergs, and some challenges for your museum)
A presentation at 'Social Media, Broadcasting & The Web', London
http://www.museum-id.com/museum_conferencedetails.asp?newsID=6
16. Show your audiences all the good stuff that happens behind the scenes You can only fit so many people on a storeroom tour, but the web has unlimited capacity It’s a natural fit for social media Now is a good time for transparency – turn visitors into supporters, and supporters into advocates
39. A challenge Has the web fundamentally changed your museum? Why not? It’s changed the rest of the world
40.
Notas do Editor
You seem like interesting people. I’d like to have conversations with you. IMHO – in my humble opinion. So now you know where I’m coming from.The best way to email me is via the form on http://miaridge.com
If you don’t believe me, look at lolcats or b3ta
Peer’s already talked about this (and blimey is it impressive)
If you don’t have good answers to these questions, why are you proposing this project?
What are the real benefits for your org of using social media? Find the rewards
Most of our content, research, staff, collections, objects, work, investment is hidden. Visitors only see the tiny tip of the iceberg.
Museums face challenges in funding, competition for audiences with other content providers – transparency helps turns visitors into supporters and supporters into advocates
An example
They’re not complicated, really, geeks just like to make them sound hard so they look smart. Trufax.
Now you know URL hacking! Try it at home.[This is a user-friendly explanation rather than a scientific truth]
Make sure you pop the bubbles still so that people don’t regroup around departmental or team lines
Make sure you pop the bubbles still so that people don’t regroup around departmental or team lines
Make sure you pop the bubbles still so that people don’t regroup around departmental or team lines
Make sure you pop the bubbles still so that people don’t regroup around departmental or team lines
Make sure you pop the bubbles still so that people don’t regroup around departmental or team lines