Hi, my name’s Chris and I am a Pokémon addict. If you’ve been out in any major city over the past week or so you will no doubt have noticed gangs of 20-30 year olds huddled round monuments, churches and landmarks, madly swiping at smartphones. No, gang culture isn’t on …
Ok, I’m sure everyone at this point saw the sign with the article ”No sketching’: V&A signs betray everything the museum stands for‘ by Oliver Wainwright I was with Mark Macleod (from The Infirmary Museum) and Silvia Filippini Fantoni (from the IMA) when Silvia first saw the picture but held off on …
Full disclosure: I’m working on the social media for the ILoveMuseums.com campaign. The concept behind the campaign is to get enough signatures on a petitions to show government that we care about museums and can’t afford any more cuts to funding and budgets and still survive. I Love Museums is …
Ok, I admit. I was mad/angry about the elections. Mad because I spent over a year trying to encourage people, young/old and everything in between to vote. Saying how important their vote was. Saying how valuable their opinion was. Then the Tories got in and it was like collectively we …
#MuseumWeek March 23-29 2015 7 days of 7 daily Hashtags – But what do each of them mean? Monday – #secretsMW Tuesday – #souvenirsMW Wednesday – #architectureMW Thursday – #inspirationMW Friday – #FamilyMW Saturday – #FavMW Sunday – #PoseMW Friday – #FamilyMW ‘View the museum through young people’s eyes.’ This hashtag is …
Prelude: I started planning this event, well last year, but really in the past 3 months. I still worry no one will take part at first or get bored. Than closer to the event, I get all giddy with excitement like it’s Christmas! This year is no different. But here …
Straight after MuseumNext, I had to fly to Lisbon for a project. By the time I got home from travelling for 10 days, all the Takeway and items I was going to talk about have been covered (and much more eloquently than I would have done!): Oonagh Murphy Museum Next …
My last post mentioned outreach in the community which led to discussions on Twitter from community groups themselves, and the cultural sector, including an insightful comment by Ian Jenkinson. This also led to discussions on advocacy and the role advocates play in today’s word-of-mouth marketing. This is not a new …
**Click here for Survey** Last August 2011, I ran a simple survey called Does Social media work for Cultural Sector. At the time, I had no idea that Cultural 24 was working on their large scale research Let’s Get Real. Nor did I know what difference it was going to …
Just back from an amazing week in Barcelona where not only did I get to do a bunch of museum visits and culture things, I managed to attend the 2-day MuseumNext conference. MuseumNext was held at CCCB and MACBA and had 2-3 session going at any given time. The advantage …
