CUSTOMER
CURIOSITY
HTTP://BIT.LY/RCURIOUS

@NINAKSIMON
NINA@MUSEUMTWO.COM
where i live
what i do




this is your
what i did
balboa park online collaborative
boston children’s museum
calgary science center
chabot space science center
chicago history museum
denver art museum
experience music project
girls math and science partnership
international spy museum
monterey bay aquarium
museu picasso
oakland museum
queensland state library
SFMOMA
smithsonian museum of natural history
statens museum for kunst
what i focus on




Authority is content provider   Authority is platform provider
what makes you curious?
                         AGENDA
personalize
  asking the right questions
  creating meaningful profiles
socialize
  designing social experiences
what makes you curious?
                         AGENDA
personalize
  asking the right questions
  creating meaningful profiles
socialize
  designing social experiences
WHAT MAKES
YOU CURIOUS?
what makes you curious?
                         AGENDA
personalize
  asking the right questions
  creating meaningful profiles
socialize
  designing social experiences
LET’S GET
PERSONAL
less like this                         more like this




        Photo by cybertoad on Flickr
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HOW DO YOU DESIGN THIS?
WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?
PHOTO BY NATHANINSANDIEGO, FLICKR (HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/NATHANINSANDIEGO/3455796359/)
WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY?
LESSON 1:
MAKE SURE YOU CARE ABOUT
THE ANSWER. TO YOUR QUESTION.
Write down a question for which
 you have a genuine interest in
knowing other peoples’ answers.

            Really.
LESSON 2:
MAKE THE QUESTION PERSONAL.
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
From “Accessing and Incorporating Visitors’ Entrance Narratives in Guided Museum Tours,” Curator 52
First three minutes spent
                               discussing visitors’ previous
                               experiences with trees.
                               Discussion lightly woven into
                               tour.




                               First three minutes spent
                               chatting in a friendly way before
                               the tour begins.



From “Accessing and Incorporating Visitors’ Entrance Narratives in Guided Museum Tours,” Curator 52
From “Accessing and Incorporating Visitors’ Entrance Narratives in Guided Museum Tours,” Curator 52
higher engagement
                                             better experience
                                             more content retention




From “Accessing and Incorporating Visitors’ Entrance Narratives in Guided Museum Tours,” Curator 52
higher engagement
                                             better experience
                                             more content retention




                                             similar to control group




From “Accessing and Incorporating Visitors’ Entrance Narratives in Guided Museum Tours,” Curator 52
LESSON 3:
ASK SPECULATIVE QUESTIONS.
FRAMES EXPERIENCE

SPECULATIVE


  WOULD YOU GO TO MARS?
          PERSONAL
What do you really want to know
   about your customers?

What one piece of information
would allow you to better ignite
        their curiosity?
Photo by Jessie Cutts on Flickr
constrained profiles
aspirational profiles




                       Ro ck
             Pu nk
Build a profile for your customers.
Create a functional prototype.
Consider:
     How will you motivate people to
     participate?
     What will you do with their profile
     information?
     What can people do with their
     profiles?
what makes you curious?
                                 BREAK
personalize
  asking the right questions
  creating meaningful profiles
socialize
  designing social experiences
GOING
SOCIAL
what’s a social object?




                  “social networks consist
                  of people who are
                  connected by a shared
                  object”
                          - Jyri Engeström, 2005




                                 flickr
photo by DG Jones on Flickr
Science Museum of Minnesota
   Photo by Terry Gydesen
photo by mattwi1s0n on Flickr
I’ve never had a gay friend. It was unbelievably
exciting to find myself facing him with his body,
opinions and identity. It seems he was not very
different from me and especially he was not an
alien. From now on, I will not disrupt my
communication with the gays, I will enhance it.
                    - Reader in Istanbul, 2007
what are the social objects in
        your world?
assignment: social object hunt

Find an object or place that can serve as a
   connector among different people.
how can we make our spaces more social?
selecting




            Smithsonian American Art Museum
being creative




         Powerhouse Museum
sharing memories




          Denver Art Museum
sharing memories
sharing memories
sharing experiences




            Chicago Children’s Museum
make it sociable
Find an object, place, or experience
that can serve as a connector among
different people. Develop strategies for
how people can share that experience.
KEEP IN
      TOUCH

NINA@MUSEUMTWO.COM
       @NINAKSIMON

Igniting Customer Curiosity through Participatory Design