Sign up TODAY for our next MCN Pro Workshop to enjoy the low EARLY BIRD special: http://mcnpro.org/registrations/ Workshop 5: Digital Project Management ? Developing a Toolkit for Successful Project Delivery
*Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EDT<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=2013-09-10T11:30:00&p1=179&ah=1&am=30> * Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes Join Charlotte Sexton (VP MCN), Carolyn Royston and Simon Delafond (Imperial War Museums) for a 90 minute interactive workshop focusing on digital project management. All three are hugely experienced in digital project delivery and have actively led on digital initiatives in their institutions and beyond. The focus of the workshop is to provide practical advice on how best to plan, initiate and deliver a digital project. The approaches covered will be applicable to large and small-scale website development, multimedia and mobile projects. The session will give you a solid foundation to build on and will help you decide on the right approach and methodology to ensure successful delivery and future sustainability. Through active participation, this facilitated workshop will provide you with an invaluable toolkit for initiating a digital project in a cultural organization, ensuing you know the right questions to ask in order to get the answers you need. By the end of the workshop you will be armed with a guide to all the key questions you should be asking, some strategies to deal with common issues that arise, and confidence in your ability to keep your project on track to a successful delivery. Participants that would benefit from this workshop include: those that are new to managing a digital project, or are in organizations that do not have the backing of large digital teams. Topics to be covered include: - How to get a digital media project off the ground and get buy-in from your institution. - Show workflow process from conception to launch. - Setting priorities, assigning roles and responsibilities. - How to be agile in the non-agile world of our institutions. - Planning for post-launch to keep your project sustainable and relevant. - How to be a museum limited on resources but one that is resourceful. ----- Eric Longo Executive Director Museum Computer Network <http://www.mcn.edu/> O: +1-888-211-1477 x801 M: +1-917-740-6631 eric at mcn.edu
