Month: May 2017

#MCN50 Voices: Peter Samis & Loic Tallon

This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. Peter Samis, Associate Curator of Interpretation at SFMOMA, has been working in digital within the cultural sector since 1985; Loic Tallon, Chief Digital Officer at…

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#MCN50 Voices: Laura Hoffman & Jeffrey Inscho

This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far.  This conversation between Laura Hoffman, Manager of K-12 Digital and Educator Initiatives at the Phillips Collection, and Jeffrey Inscho, Director of the Studio at Carnegie…

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#MCN50 Voices: Interview with Howard Besser

Post by Marla Misunas This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Howard Besser, who has been working in musetech since the late 1970s and is…

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#MCN50 Voices: Jessica Warchall

Post by Rachel Allen. Rachel Allen was the MCN President from 1992-3 and served on the board from 1991-96. She is the Deputy Director at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.   This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together,…

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#MCN2016 Sessions: Partnering with Content Distributors to Reach New Audiences

Partnering with Content Distributors to Reach New Audiences Friday, November 4, 2016 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Speaker : Courtney O’Callaghan, Chief Digital Officer, Freer and Sackler Galleries Speaker : Lucy Schwartz, Program Manager, Google UK Limited Do outside content distributors help museums and cultural institutions reach audiences outside of their usual fields? What are…

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Double #MCN50 BASH!

On May 18th, you can celebrate #MCN50 in Denver AND Minneapolis!   #MCN50 Denver – Thursday, May 18 at 6 PM – 8 PM MDT Clyfford Still Museum 1250 Bannock St, Denver, Colorado 80204 Get in touch with Sarah Wambold for details   #MCN50 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Thursday May 18th from 5pm  Head over to Minneapolis…

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#MCN50 Voices: Rachel Allen

Post by Jessica Warchall, a digital communications consultant This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. In this interview, Jessica Warchall profiles Rachel Allen, Deputy Director at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and former…

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#MCN50 Voices: Dan Dennehy & Charles Zange

This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. Charles Zange, Digital Imaging Technician at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and Dan Dennehy, Head of Visual Resources at the Minneapolis Institute of…

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May 22 – Small Museum SIG Twitter Chat

  Storify of the Chat is HERE May 22, 8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. EST   Tools for Small Museums In partnership with Techsoup, join your Small Museum SIG Co-Chairs in a Twitter chat as we share ideas on tools for Small Museums.  Want to hear about what others are doing in terms of solutions…

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#MCN50 Voices: Rachel Ropeik & Charlotte Sexton

        A spin of the wheel, a roll of the dice, a timely conversation. When you spend time deconstructing your working life and reflecting on those pivotal moments that have pushed you forward (or knocked you back), it doesn’t take long to realize that in the game of career ‘Chutes and Ladders,’…

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