If anyone is using Twitter for listening, I have a tip sheet here http://socialmedia-listening.wikispaces.com/Project+1
B On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Beck Tench <beck.tench at ncmls.org> wrote: > We're using Twitter at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. > I'm trying to make it a "what it's like to be at the museum everyday" > snack bite of information. We've got about 70 followers in a little > over two months. > > I've tweeted with a visitor while he was here and we ran a #hanna > tweet experiment, asking folks to tweet their weather conditions using > the Beaufort scale (which is something we have an exhibit on). We've > also had a retweet of a particularly funny animal dept. blog post and > I have tracked traffic on our site relative to tweet days/times and > we're seeing small spikes. > > http://twitter.com/lifeandscience > > Small successes, but they've all been "feel good" ones. > > Beck Tench > Director of Web Experience > Museum of Life + Science > http://lifeandscience.org > (919) 475-3421 > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chuck Patch <chuck.patch at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Perian, > > > > One potential use of Twitter that may only be relevant to folks living in > > disaster-prone areas is for post -disaster communications. I wish we had > > this following Katrina a few years ago when the cell network was on its > > knees for weeks. Here's a video that describes its use for that purpose: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2< > https://204.213.35.27/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2> > > > > Chuck Patch > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Smith, Koven <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org > >wrote: > > > >> The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art > >> (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their > >> audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really > >> interesting stuff over the past year. > >> > >> Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, > >> which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's stream: > >> http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php Twitter > >> Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, aggregates > >> them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are posting > >> about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to see what > >> was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a relative > >> paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late August, > >> then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in postings > >> when our new director was named. > >> > >> I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. > >> > >> Koven J. Smith > >> Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology > >> The Metropolitan Museum of Art > >> 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 > >> (212) 396-5063 > >> koven.smith at metmuseum.org > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf > >> Of > >> Anna Holloway > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM > >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > >> > >> We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but only as > >> a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. We're > >> hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far we've > >> only used it internally. > >> > >> That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members > >> engaged! > >> > >> > >> > >> Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' > >> Museum 757-591-7740 > >> 757-591-7312 (fax) > >> > >> The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! > >> An Ironclad Promise of Adventure > >> visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf > >> Of > >> Perian Sully > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM > >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > >> Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? > >> > >> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions > >> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it > >> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. > >> > >> > >> > >> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and > >> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How > >> have you found this to be effective? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! > >> > >> > >> > >> Perian Sully > >> > >> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > >> > >> Judah L. Magnes Museum > >> > >> 2911 Russell St. > >> > >> Berkeley, CA 94705 > >> > >> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > >> > >> Fax: 510-849-3673 > >> > >> http://www.magnes.org > >> > >> http://www.musematic.org > >> > >> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >> > >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >> > >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >> > >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >> > >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >> > >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >> > >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > -- Beth's Blog: http://beth.typepad.com Nonprofits and Social Media
