Lately I’ve been busy talking at conferences about social media and running workshops on the same. Why? Because I think many places have now started to realize giving marketing departments or people full time control over social media wasn’t, in many cases, the best move. The most important aspect of …
Surprisingly I recent hear that the Museum of Cambridge (UK) was going from a supported museum to a volunteer led museum (and all staff were let go right before Christmas…). Having seen this for years in the library sector, and reading yet another article on Museum of Cambridge I decided …
Thank you to Sue Hillman from It’s Your London for writing this Guest Blog for our DrinksThing evening! DrinksThing outings are famous for being in top places combining fun networking with a great experience. I’ve been to Twitter HQ and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy with them to …
At the end of October I ran a poll on twitter (but shared publicly on my Facebook page also asking a simple (so I thought) question: If you had a choice which would you rather do on a day off: (assuming money no object) The options on the poll (which …
As Hull is City of Culture for UK, Linda Spurdle, Mark Macleod and I decided a few days there was needed. We arrived on Monday and left Thursday and took in so much culture! When we first arrived in the train station the first thing you notice is all the …
Recently I was able to attend #SharingisCaring in Hamburg to run a workshop on using social media and being social about it. I had a great time and challenge people to create social media content from random items I placed on their table. The brilliant thing about the timing of the …
Re-sharing from MuseumCamp.org: Welcome to Museumcamp – the home of the museums unconference. With a passion for cake! If you’ve previously attended one of our Museumcamp unconferences you’ll be pleased to know we’re planning more. And if you haven’t – good timing, you will get the chance soon. We haven’t had a …
For #2017 I’m going to be more social. Every day I will try to chat to at least 3 people on my timeline.#BringSocialBacktoSocialMedia pic.twitter.com/WfzPVh2hiD — Mar Dixon 🍰 (@MarDixon) January 1, 2017 For the past few months (cough 2016 cough) I’ve been observing the lack of conversations and rise of …
#LoveTheatreDay is Back November 16th 2016! –>>>SIGN UP FORM IS HERE<<– Please know although this is #LoveTheatreDay we’re asking Museums, art galleries, national trust and ALL cultural venues to get involved and share your theatre collection with us! For more information on how it worked last couple of years, …
Something I’ve been thinking about lately is stories. No not intellectual novels (although I do love a good book!) but stories on Snapchat and Instagram. I’m the first to admit I’m not a strong Snapchat user but Instagram I get. However, since Instagram brought out Stories I’ve been trying to …
