On social, as in life, fortune favours the bold. Paul Goodman, Social Media Lead, Dewynters explores how their award-winning Social Team has been able to create meaningful connection between their clients and audiences online. Including how you too can propel projects from the niche to the mainstream and go viral many times over.

This case study is based on a session at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, when Chris Unitt talked to Sophie Heath, Director of the Museum of Royal Worcester about the positive impact digital has had on the museum over the past year during the Covid-19 pandemic and their participation in The Lab strand of ... Read more

This case study is based on a session at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, when Ranjit Atwal spoke to Emma Beck from St Mellitus Organ Restoration Project in Stroud Green, North London and Oonagh Gay, Chair of Islington Guided Walks, about a series of ‘podtours’ they have created. The ‘podtour’ is an audio walking ... Read more

During lockdown heritage organisations have expanded their learning offer to deliver programmes, resources and events online to continue to engage with their audiences. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Amy Todd and Liam Cunningham from Dig Yourself consider what elements of online learning can we use to support the in-person learning experience. From expanding audiences, increasing ... Read more

In this session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Annie Andoh shares her top tips for creating quick and cheap ‘do it yourself’ video content for your social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. She looks at easy to use online tools that can help you can create and edit videos, ... Read more

Sailortown Regeneration is a people-led redevelopment organisation based in the Belfast Docks.  In this case study Dr Ellie Pridgeon explains how Sailtortown successfully delivered a remote and popular St Patrick’s Day Live event in March 2021, despite Covid-19. The event was streamed around the world and provided Sailortown with the opportunity to develop its inhouse ... Read more

Kids in Museums supported 11 museums across the UK to trial new play ideas during October half term 2020 as part of their Play in Museums in a Socially Distanced World project with Charlotte Derry and PlayKX. Here Katie Brennan, Producer (Learning), shares how Collective in Edinburgh encouraged safe play with their family visitors.

What role does digital streaming have in the future asks Sharon Chou, South Bank Centre as part of her Fellowship at the Audience Diversity Academy

This webinar recording is one of four Digital Heritage Lab webinars that took place in April and May 2020 to provide free support to small and medium sized heritage organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar Chris Unitt give tips and tactics on how to develop your online engagement more broadly, and looks at ... Read more

One of a series of webinars by Cuseum in response to the changing landscape caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Due to the spread of coronavirus, museums and cultural organisations across the country are extending their expected lockdown periods and bracing for prolonged closures. As they remain physically closed to visitors, many museums are encountering new challenges around ... Read more

On the 25th March 2020 over 3,200 museum professionals across the USA and beyond joined Cuseum‘s Brendan Ciecko along with Susan Edwards (Associate Director, Digital Content @ Hammer Museum) and Koven Smith (Museum & Nonprofit Digital Strategy Consultant) to discuss steps cultural organisations can take to captivate, connect, and communicate with their remote “visitors” and audiences.

The Space knows building audiences online isn’t always easy. There are lots of options for platforms to host your content, tools to track it and metrics to measure it. From their work across the cultural sector, they know there’s a demand for guidance on effective online audience engagement. This Toolkit is a starting point – ... Read more