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It was an idea of one of the young people involved as a volunteer during our excavation last year. It's continued into this year and has been a great success - along with our young people involved in the project uploading their photos, film and information, they've also encouraged other young (and older) visitors to the site to join as friends and post as well.

I think this is a superb way of increasing access to the the site and collection, especially for younger audiences.

Lisa Kerley.

Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:52:03 +0100
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Subject: Re: Museums on Twitter
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The ‘Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments’ by Neil Williams is a handy tool for getting started on Twitter. Even if not all of it is relevant to you, it addresses some of the concerns people have about Twitter and comes up with solutions, as well as containing a whole other lot of useful tips:

The direct link to the PDF is: http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digitalengagement/file.axd?file=2009%2f7%2f20090724twitter.pdf

Or if that doesn’t work, it is linked to from this blog: http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digitalengagement/post/2009/07/21/Template-Twitter-strategy-for-Government-Departments.aspx

Jenni Fuchs
Visitor Studies Officer

National Museums of Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh EH1 1JF
Tel: +44 (0) 131 247 4396
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http://www.nms.ac.uk

(As of 12 August I will be working on secondment with the Digital Media Team one day per week, usually Wednesdays, so may not be able to respond to non digital media related issues right away on those days)

From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dowding, Josephine
Sent: 26 August 2009 13:51
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Subject: Museums on Twitter

A quickie...

I’m just thinking of adding our Museums onto Twitter. Is it worthwhile? What do you use it to promote?

Comments for/against are more than welcome.

Thanks!

Access and Learning Manager

Guernsey Museums and Galleries

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