How social are you?

You may have noticed that we now have a sign in the 'Rock Chicks' exhibition to let people know they can leave a comment on the Arts Centre's Facebook page. While we are not exactly being deluged with comments I think it's a good first step to improving our social networking presence. All we have to do now is start engaging!

Social networking in a museum context has come a long way since 2008 when many of the bigger institutions in Australia starting developing their social media policies and in April next year we'll have a chance to hear from some of the pioneers of  'the first wave' at the Transformations in Cultural Communications Conference. The focus of the conference is on developing and supporting culturally diverse audiences and will feature speakers from the Smithsonian, Powerhouse, RMIT, MOV, ACMI and Australian Museum.

If you feel like you've missed the first wave entirely don't worry it's not that hard to catch up. A few people have asked me to re-post the details of the Licence 2 Test Drive site I mentioned way back in January. You may recall that it's an easy self-guided, six lesson course that will have you up to speed in no time. If you'd like any help getting started or you think it might be fun to do a few lessons as a group just let me know and I'll see what I can organise.