Overview Of Current Museum Presence In Social Media

Overview of current museum presence in social media Gabriela Avram “ Get Connected”, IMA & IDC The Hunt Museum 13th November 2009

Outline
Museums and Social Media
Photos – using Flickr
Having a conversation – Twitter
Sharing videos- YouTube
People, organisations, events and groups- the Facebook way
Costs & benefits

The name of the game: participation
People feel happy when they have:
Satisfying work to do
The experience of being good at something
Time spent with people they like
The chance to be part of something bigger
( Gaming the Future of Museums - a lecture by Jane McGonigal)
How can museums make people happy?!

Museums and Social Media
Institutions need to enter these spaces with a strategy. Try first to answer to the following questions:
What audience(s) are you trying to reach, and why?
What information do you want to convey to these people?
What actions do you want them to take?
Demographically, where do these constituents congregate online?
Do these virtual spaces provide the tools that will allow you to circulate your message?
Do the sites then provide ways for users to circulate their message without too much further effort from us?
( Leslie Madsen-Brooks, Percolations: Museums and Social Networking Sites )

Photos- using Flickr Flickr is a popular website for people to share photographs and video. It has a strong community of users who use Flickr to share their own photos and videos, and to explore and discuss other peoples’.

Asking the public to contribute

Involving the public in taking pictures

Documenting events

Surreptitious use of images

Visitors want to participate

Having a conversation - Twitter Twitter is a service that allows you to send messages of 140 characters in length to a set of people (“followers”) who self-elect to receive your messages (“tweets”).

Talk about what’s going on…

and listen to the public References: TED talks ; TEDx ; TEDxDublin

Pretending to be an exhibit

Or someone famous!

Why Twitter?!
Twitter may be a better choice than blogging.
There is no dividing line between producers and consumers.
The limits on expression level the playing field.
You are broadcasting to a network, not an audience.
You get immediate feedback.
You can spend as much time as you like.
(Nina K Simon – Cocktail party participation –revisiting Twitter - on Museum 2.0 )

Sharing videos- YouTube YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload and share videos. The user-generated content on this site includes movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos.

MOMA uses it for sharing exhibits

… and for finding new works

Others use it for advertising Do you know the way to the American Museum?

… or showcasing A visit at the Howth Transport Museum

Visitor’s video from Castlebar Museum

Capturing events Performance and projection by Digital Slaves during the tweak Festival

People, organisations, events and groups- the Facebook way Facebook is a free social networking site that allows users to create a profile page or a page to communicate with others. Facebook allows users to share information via text and upload of videos and pictures from a PC or mobile device.

People, organisations, events and groups- the Facebook way
How could a museum have a Facebook presence?
You can start a group dedicated to your institution. Groups built around institutions allow you to provide news updates. The public can join your group.
Alternatively, you can create a page. People can become fans.
But…a much more effective way to put your institution in front of its constituents is to create an account for an especially wired and charismatic member of your staff (someone who would appeal to your target demographic) who will befriend users and keep them updated on your museum’s activities. Every time she updates her profile, all of her “friends” receive the update on their Facebook home pages.
The news feed makes people want to interact.

Museum Groups

Museum Pages

Individual profile

But also: connecting to peers

What is the social web about?
expressing identity. It allows people to reveal a tangible sense of who they are and what they’re interested in.
relationships and trust . The social web makes it easy to find and start talking with others who share your interests.
user-driven websites . The social web makes the ordinary person on the street important — anyone can post videos to YouTube, engage in back-and-forth with the authors of widely read blogs, or help write and monitor wikipedia. The social web allows users to be active, empowered participants in the production and distribution of media.
(Ian Wilker- Social Web 101 for Nonprofits – on roots.lab)

What are the costs?
All these applications are free.
The devices to be used are already in your possession: PC, laptop, digital camera, mobile phone.
The real costs are:
(a lot of) time
a change of mentality
good will
dedication.

And the benefits?!
“ free” PR
a lot of friends (real people, not numbers!)
becoming part of a community
worldwide reach!

Thank you!
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