Places & Stories, Visitors as Creators: Fisher presents at AAM’09

• By Michelle Ghadfa
• March 9, 2009

• The Places and Stories that Matter – Chaired by Joan Saverino, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Assistant Director of Education, Matthew will discuss the technological challenges and innovative solutions involved in designing the PhilaPlace website. He’ll be joined by Minda Borun, Director of Research and Evaluation for The Franklin and Marci Reaven, the Managing Director of City Lore.

Thursday, Apr 30
3:45 PM-5:00 PM

• Museum as Platform: Envisioning Visitors as Creators and Contributors – Matthew will discuss best practices for producing participatory online projects. He’ll open up a discussion on how museums can create a sustainable, ongoing dialogue with their audiences using Web 2.0 tools. Danielle Rice, Executive Director of the Delaware Art Museum will chair the panel discussion. Additional panelists will include Effie Kapsalis, Senior Digital Producer at the Smithsonian Photography Initiative and Bill Adair, Director of the Heritage Philadelphia Program for The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Saturday, May 02
10:45 AM-12:00 PM

The 2009 AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo will take place April 30 – May 4 in Night Kitchen Interactive’s hometown of Philadelphia. Registration is now open.

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