If you don’t make it happen it probably won’t happen

By Rich Cherry

Rich Cherry, Director, Balboa Park Online Collaborative on multiple devices at the SFMOMA-hosted event

The author Rich Cherry, Director, Balboa Park Online Collaborative on multiple devices at the SFMOMA-hosted event

Yesterday we had what appeared to be a successful event in San Francisco with Sebastian Chan delivering a full day of ideas, examples and anecdotes on the use of social media, open content and all the tools you can use to engage online.  200+ people came, listened and took notes all day.

Seb talked about how his organization was changing, adapting… but what I heard was how Seb (and his teams) changed his organization and positioned (pushed) them to lead.  I bet the question they asked at meeting was not “what is everybody else doing?”.

So I think the deeper takeaway (beyond social media) is that you can make a difference in your organization if you decide to.

And if you don’t make it happen who else is going to?

So thanks to everyone who decided that in order for this event to happen it was up to them.

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You were the spark, Rich. It was so great to work with you. And there were so many inspiring "take aways" in every stage of the development of the program; though, perhaps most fulfilling was that, ultimately, the very presentation itself by Seb was priceless.

So big props to Seb for speaking to veterans, newbies, the initiated and the inundated -- inspiring all of us to go on, go on MUCH further.

"I bet the question they asked at meeting was NOT 'What is everybody else doing?'" Thanks for posting this here at WestMuse, Rich. Great observation.

Big kudos to all who put this event together. And a personal thank-you to all the "twits" who selflessly shared with those of us outside the room in real-time, as well as to Seb and his colleagues Down Under who are pushing the edge of the envelope.

Great post. What inspired me as well about the presentation was that Seb and his team worked from values to tactics, rather than the other way around. The main values I heard articulated were openness, authenticity, and responsiveness. But there were others equally inspiring that I thought I discerned -- willingness (indeed, eagerness!) to iterate, experiment, and learn; belief that objects should live and be used; not only stored and preserved; commitment to socially created knowledge; and commitment to the museum as a truly public, and publicly shaped, institution.

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