Peer-to-peer support for social media contributors within the Scottish cultural heritage sectors
Melissa Reilly, Marketing and PR Officer at New Lanark World Heritage Site, writes for SHSMG in the latest blog. New Lanark is an 18th century former cotton-spinning Mill Village on the banks of the Falls of Clyde, which is now recognised as one of Scotland’s 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There are some very exciting […]
Read More We built Brick City!Do you work or volunteer with social media in the history, heritage, archaeology or museum sectors in Scotland? Come along to this informal meetup to share your social media insights, ask questions and pick up practical tips from the rest of the group. Tickets are now available from https://shsmgnovembermeetup.eventbrite.co.uk SCHEDULE CATCH UP 6pm to 6.30pm We’ll […]
Read More Creating Content | Edinburgh MeetupRussell Dornan tells us about how he used his museum’s Instagram during a collaborative, fun day out visiting a group London institutions. How many museums have you managed to visit in one day? If it’s more than six, I doff my cap to you. When I and five other museum social media managers visited six […]
Read More MuseumInstaTourHelping others help with your message – engaging with colleagues at the National Library of Scotland My name is Stewart Hardy and I am a marketing officer at the National Library of Scotland. I have primary responsibility for the Library’s social media channels. What is the National Library of Scotland? In a word: amazing. […]
Read More Helping others help with your messageDo you work or volunteer with social media in the history, heritage, archaeology or museum sectors in Scotland? Come along to this informal meetup to share your social media insights, ask questions and pick up practical tips from the rest of the group. Tickets are available from https://shsmgseptembermeetup.eventbrite.co.uk SCHEDULE CATCH UP 3pm to 3.30pm We’ll […]
Read More Smooth Sailing | Dundee MeetupIf you have a phone, you can bring the world to Scotland. Live broadcasting is an increasingly popular platform that gives you an immediate, personal link to a potentially large and international audience, yet relatively few in the heritage industry have given it a try. I understand why – it’s perhaps the most intimidating type […]
Read More Broadcasting LIVE!Rebecca Boyde is Youth Engagement Officer for Dig It! 2017 and Archaeology Scotland. Since joining the Scottish Heritage Social Media Group, she has gone from social media novice to setting up and coordinating the Scottish Learning Group on Twitter, Facebook and blog). Don’t you love it when the right thing comes along? In 2015, I […]
Read More Gaining ConfidenceGregor McMillan is a video production officer at Registers of Scotland, the non-ministerial government department responsible for maintaining land and property records. Earlier in the year, RoS successfully streamed their first ever Facebook Live event, and in this blog, Gregor recounts their experience and offers some tips on how to stream on a budget. First, […]
Read More Going Live!Julianne McGraw is the Communications Officer at Dig It! 2017 and half of the Scottish Heritage Social Media Group team. In this blog, Julianne will be talking about three social media highlights from Dig It! 2017 alongside some “lessons learned”: Dig It! 2017 is the year-long celebration of Scottish archaeology and we believe that archaeology […]
Read More What’s Working for Dig It! 2017?Do you work or volunteer with social media in the history, heritage, archaeology or museum sectors in Scotland? Come along to this informal meetup to share your social media insights, ask questions and pick up practical tips from the rest of the group. Our guest speaker for May is Laura Brown, social media manager at […]
Read More Talking Teamwork | Edinburgh Meetup
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