With the vastly expanding world of technology, museums must be intentional in how they interact in the digital realm. As much as museums would like to do it all, it’s just not practical (or possible!). A strong digital strategy can help guide museums and help them prioritize their efforts and use their limited time and resources on initiatives that serve them and their communities best.
In this webinar, digital media expert Corey Timpson will introduce participants to digital strategy – what it is, why you need one, and how to use it. Corey will be joined by Mary-Katherine Whelan, Curator at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum, to help us think about the practical aspects of digital strategy for small museums. Participants will leave the webinar with a checklist to help them get started on their own museum digital strategy.
This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a1uJp7pkRXqHpW_wimNHtQ
Corey Timpson, Corey Timpson Design Inc.
Corey Timpson is a recognized expert in multi-sensory experience design (UxD) and digital media within the museum and cultural industries. As Vice President, Exhibition, Research, and Design, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) Corey was responsible for the direction and oversight of all exhibition programs, research and curation, design and production across all media, digital platforms, and all collections-based initiatives. As the project director for the design-build of the CMHR, Corey’s focus was on interpreting difficult knowledge and presenting it through a multi-sensory, mixed, and transmedia storytelling approach. Corey also championed the creation of the museum’s internationally recognized inclusive design and accessibility practices and led the creation of the world’s most inclusively designed cultural institution. Emphasizing museological due diligence, Corey’s design leadership has accounted for over 30 international awards in the fields of environmental, exhibition, and graphic design, digital and interactive media, digital systems design, film and linear media, and universal design. Among his board and volunteer positions, Corey presently serves as the Chair of the American Alliance of Museum’s (AAM) Media & Technology Professional Network and is an Advisory Board member of Europe’s Best in Heritage (BiH).
Having worked with over 100 cultural organizations of varying shapes and sizes, Corey enjoys the privilege of working on large capital projects, small incubator projects, and everything in between, developing visitor experiences and their supporting infrastructure and operations, balancing the desire to engage, with the need to sustain, all while striving to welcome the widest possible audiences.
Mary-Katherine Whelan, Amherstburg Freedom Museum
The Amherstburg Freedom Museum, previously known as 'the North American Black Historical Museum', is located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It is a community-based, non-profit museum that tells the story of African Canadians' history and contributions. Founded in 1975 by local residents of Amherstburg, the museum preserves and presents artifacts that educate and inspire.
A graduate from the Museum Management and Curatorship program from Fleming College, and the Arts Management Program at the University of Toronto, Mary-Katherine has been with the Amherstburg Freedom Museum since 2015 and previously worked at the Huron County Museum, Peterborough Museum & Archives, National Historic Sites Alliance of Ontario, the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum, and Great North Artist Management.
