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 …
Recently, I seen a post about Murder at the Mütter® from Gillian Ladley Media & Marketing Manager @CollegeofPhys, home of @MutterMuseum pointing to an Instagram Story. As someone who loves Mütter Museum I was really intrigued. How could an Instagram Story be integrated in a fun, unique way, participatory way? I clicked on the …
Thank you to everyone who took part, followed, liked, and got involved with @52Museums on Instagram and Twitter in 2017. It grew bigger than anyone could have expected. The report for 2017 can be found here. You can find more information about what it is and how it works here. The …
80 Museums – 21 different countries – 52 weeks Our second 52 Museums Instagram project has wrapped up for this 2017 and overall it has been another huge success! At the end of each week all participants are asked to complete a survey, give us their thoughts on how it …
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 …
Recently, I went to Edinburgh with a few friends (Mark and Linda) as our friend Silvia was in the city with her mom. Silvia lives in the states so we don’t get to see her often (I’m giving the reason why we gate-crashed her time with her mom…). We had …
Lately I noticed something on social media that I didn’t really like seeing. I had hoped I was wrong but decided to ask others their thoughts: Thing I’m finding is the more ‘popular’ museums get on social media less effort they are with the ‘SOCIAL’ part. It’s become… #musesocial …
It’s something we’re all too used to – funding cuts & threats in the culture sector. Whether it’s museums, libraries, art galleries or theatres (and everything in between), culture seems to have been the easy hit for most of the people with the purse strings. It’s been happening globally for …
Our first 52 Museums Instagram project has wrapped up for this year and overall it has been a huge success, far better than even expected. At the end of each we ask all participants to complete a survey, give us their thoughts on how it went; what went well and …
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 …
