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Christina DePaolo Vice-President, President-Elect [email protected] s New?New WebsiteOnline Tools for ParticipationBe More TransparentMCN Community SurveyWhy a Community Survey?To find out: How are we doing Who is the MCN community Is MCN is serving the needs of it s community What services or programs can we develop to meet these needsCommunity Survey Working on a Request For Proposal (RFP) Hire an evaluator Implement the survey in 2011 Report and share
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Christina DePaoloVice-President, [email protected]
What’s New?
New Website
Online Tools for Participation
Be More Transparent
MCN Community Survey
Why a Community Survey?
To find out:• How are we doing• Who is the MCN community• Is MCN is serving the needs of it’s community• What services or programs can we develop to
meet these needs
Community Survey
• Working on a Request For Proposal (RFP)• Hire an evaluator• Implement the survey in 2011• Report and share findings
38th Annual MCN ConferenceAtlanta, Georgia USANovember 16 – 19, 2011
MCN 2011 Conference Theme
Making Museums Work, Together: Innovation, Agility, and Collaboration
Photo: Alan Levine
Making Museums Work, Together: Innovation, Agility, and Collaboration
• Demonstrate agility of response and process• Interdisciplinary solutions• Cross-departmental collaboration• Use of technology to cross boundaries and
unite staff
Call for Proposals due April 15, 2011
MCN 2011 Unconference
• An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid aspects of a conventional conference such as high fees, sponsored presentations and top-down organization.
Conference Trend
• Inaugurated at MCN Atlanta 2010 • Implementing at MCN2011 with better
understanding of goals
THATCamp Partnership
MCN 2011 THATcamp
• Informal, small and intimate discussions• Cross section of humanities and technology• Attract new audience for MCN
Marketing & Social Networking
Marketing & Social Networking
• Increase awareness of MCN conference and activities
• Further the MCN mission by connecting and increasing engagement among members of the museum technology community
Archiving MCN Proceedings
Video Ideas
• Asking participants to video-tape and edit popular sessions
• Engaging students from local video program• Taking informal video to capture spirit of
conference
39th Annual MCN ConferenceSeattle, Washington USANovember 7 – 10, 2012
MCN & Taiwan Chapter
Ideas for Collaboration
