Dear MCN-L, Sebastian Chan, who is an international leader in digital, social and emerging technologies, working at the Powerhouse museum in Australia, will be presenting at Balboa Park in San Diego, CA at the end of this month. In collaboration with Balboa Park Online Collaborative and the Balboa Park Learning Institute, Seb is leading a series of presentations and workshops on Wednesday, March 30 and Thursday March 31 (descriptions below). We'd like to extend the invitation for participation to our MCN colleagues. .
You can RSVP via www.bpcp.org/program/bpli<http://www.bpcp.org/events/whos-using-your-website-how>. Please direct any questions to learning at bpcp.org<mailto:learning at bpcp.org> or Christina DePaolo at cdepaolo at bpoc.org<mailto:cdepaolo at bpoc.org>. Who's Using Your Website & How? Wednesday, March 30, 9:00-10:30 a.m. San Diego Hall of Champions? Sports Theater Seb Chan of the Powerhouse Museum in Australia returns to San Diego to lead this introductory presentation on how institutions can more efficiently analyze their website traffic and marketing effectiveness. Participants will explore various methods to measure the success of online content, including the use of quantitative approaches. BPOC Member Bonus: A limited number of individualized consultations with Seb Chan are available to BPOC members at an additional charge. Register by March 28 at www.bpcp.org/program/bpli<http://www.bpcp.org/events/whos-using-your-website-how>. Open Museums: Creating a Digital Commons with Seb Chan Thursday, March 31, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon San Diego Hall of Champions? Sports Theater Seb Chan, a social media guru in web 2.0 applications and web analytics, leads this discussion on the benefits of sharing data across institutions. Seb will showcase various projects he has led at the Powerhouse Museum to make collections accessible to the public. Joining him is Jed Sundwall, local Internet marketing consultant, who will discuss how Open San Diego is working to make data more accessible and useful to the public. Plus, the Online Collaborative will share their initial plans for an online library for students and teachers to access the digitized collections of 12 Balboa Park institutions. Learn more atwww.bpcp.org/program/bpli<http://www.bpcp.org/events/open-museums-creating-digital-commons>. I hope you can join us. Christina DePaolo Director of New Media Balboa Park Online Collaborative A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation 2131 Pan American Plaza San Diego, CA 92101 Tel (619) 630-9600 Fax (619) 819-8230 Cell (206) 919-3013 http://www.balboapark.org<http://www.balboapark.org/>
