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Has your museum been experimenting with different types of media  
outlets and devices to advance your promotional or educational goals?  
Do you know of someone who has? We'd like to know about it!

We're looking for short (five minutes maximum) media pieces that  
illustrate how museums are creatively utilizing the wide array of  
technologies and outlets available to produce high impact, high  
quality, low cost media presentations that engage and reach their  
intended audience(s). The pieces can be audio or video presentations,  
podcasts, PDA or cell phone tours, PowerPoints, iMovies, databases, or  
games that were developed for interpretation, PR, development,  
education, or outreach.

The collected pieces will be shown at companion sessions at the  
upcoming AAM and ACM conferences in Philadelphia: Five-Minute Media  
Matinee (Popcorn Included) at ACM – April 28, 2009, Tuesday, 3:00 pm;  
and Big Impact/ Low Budget at AAM – May 1, 2009, Friday, 9:00 am.

We’re writing to invite you to share an example from your own  
organization or to let us know about work done by colleagues. This is  
a survey of what's happening in the field not a competition. If you  
have a piece you think we should consider, please send us the  
following information in the body of an e-mail by January 9th to [log in to unmask]



Here are our steps:

1. Send us a brief description of a project you think should be shared  
with the museum community.

2. We’ll be reviewing suggestions from across the field.

3. We’ll be selecting examples that represent a cross-section of media  
and organizations and asking for a copy of the pieces in January 2009.

4. We intend to share as many examples as we can at the conferences.

Please note we are not gathering the actual media pieces at this time,  
just suggestions as to what we should consider. Once we have an idea  
of what's available we will start collecting examples in late January.

Thank you!

Sara



Sara DeAngelis (Consultant), Herminia Din (University of Alaska  
Anchorage), Liza Reich Rawson (Brooklyn Children's Museum), Gail  
Ringel (Boston Children's Museum), Sara Sarraf (National Gallery of Art)

Please limit your suggestion to one project per museum.

Museum:

Contact (name, e-mail and phone):

Title of piece:

Multimedia type:

Duration:

Audience:

Multimedia piece description (200 words maximum. Please include a  
brief description of the piece and its goals. If you’ve done any  
assessment, tell us what you learned about its impact.):

Budget for multimedia piece (Please specify development, production,  
and hardware/installation costs.):

1 to 3 sample images:

URL or other online references pertaining to the project:





  
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