This is one of a regular series of Twitter Tips taken from our latest book: Twitter for Museums: Strategies and Tactics for Success. We’re making available part of the chapter on Using Twitter for Research, in which author Beck Tench explains how you can archive your tweets to use them for research later on. Download/view the extract [...]
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Innovation in Cultural Organisations
In most industries, innovation is key to gaining competitive advantage and enhancing growth prospects in difficult times. But for cultural institutions, the meaning of concepts such as competitive advantage, product development or business models – which are so familiar in the business world – need a fresh interpretation. An recent Interim Research Report from NESTA (The [...]
Social Inclusion and Long-Term Impact
We’re really pleased to be able to make available a study written by Lucie Fitton, Inclusion Officer at the Museum of London, examining the long-term impact of museum social inclusion initiatives. As Lucie says in her study, it’s relatively easy to monitor the immediate impact of this kind of work, but much more difficult to [...]
Mobile Technology & Learning
This seminar will both present the results of a range of recent fascinating research studies in this field, and examine in depth how the technology is being used in practice in museums. MOBILE TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING IN MUSEUMS One-day Seminar | London | Monday 8 June The day will consist of two related parts. Our [...]
Museums as Social Enterprise
Improving people’s lives through an entrepreneurial approach is essentially what Social Enterprise is all about. And in launching initiatives for the unemployed, offenders, people with disabilities, or sustainability, more and more museums are adopting this approach. Initiatives such as these can both have a positive impact on the community – and generate extra income for [...]
Museums and Happiness
How museums are consciously aiming to make their communities happier, featuring cutting-edge research and case studies. UK and international experience will highlight the programmes being implemented and the results being achieved in this pioneering field, which may have huge implications for museums’ futures. Both UK and international experience will drawn upon. We’re bringing together some [...]