Pass It Down is an award-winning digital storytelling platform licensed to cities, libraries, and museums to create a way to collect, preserve, and showcase their stories and archives. It’s an all-in-one platform giving clients the ability to showcase their stories across any phone, tablet, computer, or kiosk to create interactive exhibits and experiences for their…
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April Kirk, Executive Director, Historic Stranahan House Museum
Interviewing April Kirk was an interesting experience. April Kirk is the Executive Director at the Historic Stranahan House Museum but that’s not the only hat she wears. The Historic Stranahan House Museum is a non-profit that employs 7 employees, three of which are full time and four of which are part time. The employees range…
Rebecca Aloisi, Vice President for Marketing, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
I interviewed Rebecca Aloisi, Vice President for Marketing at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Rebecca recently received recognition for five years of service to Mount Vernon. Rebecca earned her Bachelor degree in Spanish and Linguistics before achieving her Master’s in Marketing. While she recognizes and stated that her undergrad did not have anything to do with…
Jenn Lyon, Community Manager, Colonial Williamsburg
Jenn Lyon is the current Community Manager for the social media team at Colonial Williamsburg. She describes her background as different than most in social media since she had a PhD in American History from the University of Florida. She has previous experience working in the museum field through internships at Monticello and the National…
Kerry Burns & Marcie Gordon, Social Media & Marketing Managers at North Carolina Museum of History
In this interview, I spoke with Marcie Gordon and Kerry Burns from the North Carolina Museum of History (NCMOH) in Raleigh, NC. NCMOH is a Smithsonian Affiliate and non-profit museum run by the State of North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. It is dedicated to preserving North Carolina’s history and telling the story…
Jon Voss, Strategic Partnerships Director, Historypin
Jon Voss is the Strategic Partnerships Director at Shift Design, mainly working on the project, Historypin. He is responsible for U.S. fundraising initiatives, and client/community development, as well as managing the U.S. based Historypin projects and community officers. He is also co-founder of the International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museum Summit, which…
John Stack, Head of Digital Transformation, and Elena Villaespesa, Digital Analyst, Tate
John Stack is Head of Digital Transformation and Elena Villaespesa is Digital Analyst at the Tate. John and Elena spoke with us about digital strategy and evaluation in museums. During this conversation we focused on the TATE Digital Strategy 2013-2015 and measuring tools used to ensure that the Strategy is accomplishing the established goals….