What outcomes are you hoping to achieve with social media? Are your social media practices engaging online communities to their greatest potential? How do you know if you are achieving your goals? How can you take your social media initiatives to the next level? These four key questions were explored during the "Engaging Visitors with Social Media" workshop I...

This poster presentation was co-authored with Megan Yarmuth, Jennifer Wayman, Sarah Temple, Ann Taubenheim, Ph.D., for the Digital Health Communications (DHCX) conference in February 2012. Objective To educate women about heart disease and prompt action against key risk factors by empowering women to spread The Heart Truth® via social media tools. Background The National Heart, Lung, and Blood...

Learn what it takes to develop a great National History Day project from some museum staff members who have judged the national level in the past. National History Day is an annual competition that engages students in the past through their own well-researched projects. Listen to the podcast (Interview with Dana Allen-Greil about what...

Presentation for the Spotlight session, "What’s Happening at the National Museum of American History," at the American Association of Museums Technology, Interpretation, and Education 2010 online conference.