Get digital!

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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:24:03 +0100

Our blog has now been relocated to our url so can be seen at www.storeygallery.org.uk/blog

We would like to encourage conversations about contemporary art so please do leave comments to follow up any posts.

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Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:13:24 +0200

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Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:52:06 +0200

It's now 2 weeks since the Get Digital day and the one download I would find useful is still not available here.

Looking at the conference programme, I feel that the day let us down and failed to deliver what it promised. Philip Young and Stuart Bruce showed us their blogs and told us how great blogs are, how quickly information can be posted etc but did not relate this to how arts organisations can benefit in terms of reaching an audience that will then attend the venue or participate in events. As I pointed out before the coffee break - where was the evidence to show that this work encourages arts attenders? Didn't the figures suggest that the very people we would be aiming this technology at are the very ones who are staying at home in droves?

AAM did a common sense guide to email marketing which someone said was old hat now, which I find very worrying given that most arts organisations are still not doing it well.

The presentation by Chris Rushton was very interesting and I'd like to show it to our press team but what it had to do with Going Digital is beyond me, other than pointing out that we email press releases now instead of putting them in the post.

Whilst the Tenantspin and artinliverpool.com case studies could have been used to offer insights into how use of digital technology creates new audiences for the arts, neither did. They were simply presentations of what the projects are. Great projects without a doubt, but the content did not illuminate other organisations needs.

So, I didn't come away knowing how to get more people into our venue or events by using blogs or RSS. I came away with no evidence that these work for the purposes of arts organisations concerned with reaching audiences who will actually visit rather than stay at home and read about it, but I do look forward to that evidence. I'm not sure that I came away knowing "...how building and developing an online netwrk of peers, colleagues and audience members can increase traffic to your website, blog or podcast and create and develop new audiences."

In the meantime, I await the downloads - perhaps they are available on a website?

I'd be interested to know what other attenders thought.

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Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:25:25 +0200

Maybe an 'aphiliated music' blog / podcast that we could collaborate on, Niki? As a music programme that already extends itself beyond the bounds of your venue, 'aphiliated' might be ideal for this.

John Sprackland
Southport Arts Centre

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Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:34:53 +0200

Hi there

Yahoo Podcasts has loads of easy to follow info on making podcasts.

I would like to add my own thanks to all those who helped make it a cracking day.

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Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:20:34 +0200

I really enjoyed the conference and found the information very useful. I had been working on our blog for a week or so before the conference and I had several questions answered by the speakers, thanks guys this was a big help!

It is planned that the Storey Gallery will be refurbished later this year as part of a capital development supported by the Arts Council, a blog seemed the perfect way to represent ourselves on the web during the development.

Whilst the gallery is closed for refurbishment, Storey Gallery will essentially become a gallery organisation with out a gallery. During this period we will be developing our programme with offsite projects that include an artist in residency programme called INSIDE OUT and public talks by artists and arts professionals such as curators and consultants. All of these projects will be covered by our blog.

As well as the gallery being refurbished we are aware that our original website (can currently be found at www.storeygallery.org.uk but will soon be replaced by our blog at same url) needs improving. This will take place during the period we use our blog, the blog will follow the movements of Storey Gallery and will also up date our audience on the developments of our new website.

Please visit our blog, the url is http://web.mac.com/storeygallery/iWeb/Site/About.html

The blog will be relocated to www.storeygallery.org.uk when I contact our host next week. I would really appreciate any comments, this is my first blog and also a new departure for the Storey Gallery.

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Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:46:35 +0200

Thanks to the teams at Fact and the Arts Council. The day was very informative and I have learnt so much about blogging. What would be great is some pointers on podcasting. As we are a venue that is mainly music based, this is something we would like to introduce. Any ideas?
Would anyone out there be interested in having some sort of blog that would link our patrons to yours? It would be great to collaborate with another venue.

Niki Glenning
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall