Dear MCGers,
I promise I'll shut up about our event on Friday, Museums Get Mobile, soon!
But first - as always, MCG Committee, speakers and locals are meeting for a
casual pre-conference drink and meal open to anyone interested in museums
or the impact of new technologies on heritage and culture.
We'd love to see you at
#drinkingaboutmuseums<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23drinkingaboutmuseums&src=typd>
Bristol
on May 15th. Look for the table reserved for the 'Museums Computer Group'
from 6:30pm at the Watershed Café/Bar, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol
BS1 5TX http://www.watershed.co.uk/food-drink/cafe-bar/.
(Did I mention that #MGM14 ticket sales close tomorrow? Don't dilly-dally
or you'll miss out! http://museumsgetmobile.eventbrite.com/)
Cheers, Mia
(as Chair, Museums Computer Group)
On 7 May 2014 12:55, Mia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear MCG,
>
> a quick note to announce our final speaker for Museums Get Mobile! Dan
> Goodwin from the agency fffunction, will talk about 'Commissioning a big
> web project when you're not sure what you want' (sound familiar?).
>
> Ticket sales close on Tuesday, so don't delay!
> http://museumsgetmobile.eventbrite.com/
>
> We're always looking for ways to help you connect with other attendees,
> and we know that a lot of you will have your own hard-won experience with
> commissioning web projects, prioritising content from different
> departments, balancing accessibility with design, etc, so we've organised
> 'birds of a feather' tables for lunch and the afternoon session. They're
> based around helping you connect with peers in similar situations, whether
> that's a local authority museum, small, medium or large museum, or some
> other kind of institution. These smaller groups create an informal
> opportunity to discuss what you've heard in the morning sessions, and
> reality check it for your museum. As a table you can write down the issues
> you struggle with when commissioning or doing digital work in museums - you
> can put these questions to speakers in the afternoon session (and we'll
> later anonymise and document them as feedback to funders and agencies).
> This is a chance to have your voice heard!
>
> Cheers, Mia
> (as Chair, Museums Computer Group)
>
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> daily
>
>
> On 1 May 2014 16:37, Mia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear MCGers,
>>
>> there are only two weeks until we'll gather at Bristol's M Shed for MCG's
>> Spring meeting, Museums Get Mobile - so don't miss out! May 16 will be here
>> before you know it, so get your ticket today at
>> http://museumsgetmobile.eventbrite.co.uk.
>>
>>
>> Why? Your visitors increasingly expect to do everything on their devices,
>> whether your site is ready for them or not. Traffic to museum websites from
>> mobile and tablet devices has been increasing year on year, and shows no
>> sign of slowing. Meanwhile, consumer technologies are changing equally
>> rapidly, as a glimpse at the #mtogo hashtag on twitter shows (
>> https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mtogo ) Can your websites respond to
>> your audience’s needs, devices and contexts? We've brought together experts
>> in building responsive websites, designing on-site and online mobile
>> experiences, visitor research and audience engagement to help you find your
>> way through the mobile maze.
>>
>> Our opening keynote is Andy Budd of award-winning design agency Clearleft.
>> Bringing his years of experience to explain how easy responsive design can
>> be, Andy is a brilliantly provocative speaker who can help museums deal
>> with the challenges of changing technologies. In our closing keynote the British
>> Museum's Shelley Mannion will reflect on mobile, museum development and
>> audience engagement. You'll also hear what museums like the V&A and Natural
>> History Museum have learnt about understanding and meeting changing visitor
>> needs for mobile and tablet devices, understand how accessibility issues
>> affect your audiences, explore real world case studies and find out what
>> leading agencies know about designing experiences for heritage audiences.
>>
>> This event is for you if:
>>
>> * you know you need to do something for mobile and tablet visitors but
>> don't know where to start
>>
>> * you need to catch up with best practices for responsive and accessible
>> design
>>
>> * you need to convince multiple departments to agree on user-focused
>> mobile content
>>
>> * you need evidence to support a case to refresh your websites
>>
>> * you don't want need technical detail, you just need to know enough to
>> make development work happen
>>
>> * you want access to the latest audience research and expert consultants
>>
>> * you want to learn from the experience of world-leading agencies and
>> museums
>>
>> * you want to connect with peers who are facing similar challenges
>>
>> Book your ticket today at http://museumsgetmobile.eventbrite.co.uk.
>>
>> Why should you book your ticket today? Because the best conversations
>> happen in the room. We've built in lots of time for you to ask our experts
>> speakers the questions that matter to you. We've also included time for you
>> to reality check what you've learnt with peers from organisations like
>> yours, whether smaller museums, regional agencies or London's big national
>> museums. You might even be able to fit in a tour of M Shed!
>>
>> You'll return to the office refreshed, inspired and just a little bit
>> wiser about the next steps your organisation can take to give your visitors
>> a better experience.
>>
>> We're looking forward to seeing colleagues from across the UK on May 16.
>> Get your ticket today so you can join people from the commercial and
>> education sectors, from local, national and specialist museums, including
>> the Science Museum, the Museum of Liverpool, National Museum Wales, the
>> British Museum - and more.
>>
>> Museums Get Mobile! tickets: http://museumsgetmobile.eventbrite.co.uk
>>
>> Museums Get Mobile! event page: http://bit.ly/1ly5sqB
>>
>> Cheers, Mia
>>
>> (as Chair, Museums Computer Group)
>>
>>
>
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