Hi Nick,
Thanks for this interesting reply - it's good to be reminded how valuable
perspectives can be from outside the sector and it's certainly something
we should think about for the session.
All best
Simon
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On 04/06/2014 14:39, "Nick Poole" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi Simon,
>
>It sounds like a really interesting session. I'm not responding to
>suggest a speaker, but more to raise a perspective.
>
>I've recently been working with an artists and illustrator who was tasked
>with identifying a set of iconic objects from the websites of a number of
>museums and drawing pictures of them.
>
>Watching their mounting frustration was a real education in terms of the
>difference between how collections are presented on museum websites and
>how different types of user might expect to interact with them.
>
>Put simply, the websites weren't designed to support the use my artist
>friend was trying to put them to.
>
>All of which is my way of asking whether it might be a useful addition to
>the session to find people who habitually use museum websites for
>different purposes (planning a visit, entertaining the kids, doing some
>personal research, finding pictures for their homework etc) and getting
>them to talk about their perspective on the perfect site?
>
>All best,
>
>Nick
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>Subject: [MCG] Museums Association conference digital session
>
>Hi MCGers,
>
>I am putting together a digital session at this year¹s Museums
>Association conference in Cardiff. The session takes place in the
>afternoon on Thursday 9 October. It has the title of ³What Makes the
>Perfect Museum Website?² and the aim is to give delegates a chance to
>think about how their own websites work and what could be changed and
>improved.
>
>As part of this, we are hoping to get two speakers at the start to give a
>10-minute presentation each. We were hoping that one person would speak
>about the importance of using museum websites from a marketing point of
>view, with a primary focus of driving visitors through the door of the
>museum, while the other speaker would look at sites from a curatorial or
>educational side - i.e talking more about online content and community.
>We'd be interested in hearing about the ways these approaches differ, how
>they can work together, and the various challenges each raises.
>
>If any MCGers are interested in speaking at the session or have
>suggestions for speakers please get in touch.
>
>Cheers
>
>Simon
>
>Simon Stephens
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