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MW2013 ignite!

NancyProctor — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:18:27 +0000

Thanks so much for all the great ideas. We are able to implement most of these in at least a pilot form in MW2013 - except the cruise ship! Stay tuned – and we'll be tapping many of you for further input!

Suggesting research directions and challenges

tsvikak — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:12:55 +0000

MW conferences may be a great place for putting together a list of research challenges, to try and direct academic research in areas of web and mobile technologies and novel intelligent user interfaces (large, situated displays, tabletops etc) for better supporting the museum visit experience online and onsite.

Livestreaming and ideas from other sectors

kajsahartig — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:25:33 +0000

Some ideas for MW2013:

1) MW would benefit from livestreaming at least the keynotes, the main sessions and the Best of the Web Awards, and keep it in a Web-TV section on the conference site. Why not open up for crowdsourcing livestreaming of all sessions/demonstrations, i.e. encourage people to livestream themselves when there's no official livestreaming?

2) It'd be excellent to invite one or two speakers from ex. educational sector and from the communications sector, to inspire and exchange ideas. Maybe as keynotes. I think it's essential to look at what others are doing.

3) The Unconference sessions: Why not put up a grid with rooms and time slots where people from the very first day of the conference can add their suggestions, and where people can add their interest in participation? Then everything is set on the day of the un conference sessions.

Program Booklet & Active Notetakers

zachszukala — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:03:21 +0000

This may be a rather non-academic suggestion, but one that would aid in the experience and in following up on inspiration and actionables later on: A program that has notes sections in line with session descriptions. A nice takeaway for those who like to keep organized and have a cohesive conference archive always at the ready!

Engaging with non-English speaker audiences

Matthew Heenan — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:10:27 +0000

This is an increasingly important issue for almost all museums - I'd be happy to help put a session like this together

Staff exchanges

Ed Rodley — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:55:00 +0000

As Nancy hinted on Twitter, I have done a bit of research into staff exchanges and would be happy to share some initial ideas on how a peer-organized scheme might work. If there's interest, I'll put up a Google doc people can add to.

UPDATE: Here's a draft.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RPzUxG3_agpV7CSeomYoNM-b3Co9qwT4hqbo...

Comments welcomed. Please leave a name and email address if you make any edits.

International locations & tech for dummies

psully — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:46:53 +0000

There's been some talk throughout the conference re: future locations. One idea I heard was Hawaii, and another idea was Mexico City.

I'd also love to see a track dedicated toward "0-60" - how to start projects. How do you get started in linked open data, creating a TAP tour, etc. We talk about projects a lot, but how can we actively implement some of these ideas?