Welcome to the AASLH

Hive Museum!

Utah.... The Beehive state!

Strategic Goals of the Hive• Creating a web presence

• Sharing Collections

• Event Sharing

• Communicating with Members

• Provide a list of additional resources for online tools.

And like Utahans, we relate the beehive symbol to industry and the pioneer virtues of thrift and perseverance. Why? Because we are a museum, and are budget is $0.00.

Current Hive Staff…

Maggie Marconi - Museum Administrator for the Follett House Museum, a branch of the Sandusky Library, located in Sandusky, Ohio.

As the sole museum professional, Maggie does it all-- programming, exhibit design, research, registrarial duties, grant writing, and maintenance. Maggie is a graduate of Earlham College, and holds a Master of Arts from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in History Museum Studies. She attended the Seminar for Historical Administration in 2006. Maggie is the First Vice President of Ohio Local History Alliance, and co-chair of the Alliance’s 21st Century Communications Committee. She serves on the Virtual Home for History and the Small Museums Committees for AASLH.

Current Hive Staff…

Scott Wands - Heritage Resource Center & Field Services Director, Connecticut Humanities Council

Scott manages the CHC's non-grant-funded services to Connecticut's cultural heritage community. The Heritage Resource Center (HRC) organizes and distributes current thinking and best practices in the museum field and includes both a lending library and comprehensive Web site. Scott also oversees the CHC’s field services offerings, including leadership forums, seminars, and workshops for museum professionals.

Prior to joining the staff of the CHC in March of 2008, Scott worked for five years for Connecticut Landmarks as Assistant Curator of Education. A graduate of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware (MA) and Amherst College (BA), Scott serves as Region 2 Chair for Awards and Membership for AASLH (RI, CT, NY, NJ) and is a former board member of the CT League of History Organizations.

Current Hive Staff…

Mike Frohlich – Multimedia/Web Manager for the State Historical Society of North Dakota located in Bismarck, ND.

Mike manages the SHSND website, social media, does audio & video production, and “other duties assigned”.

More importantly… he makes beer! Mike is the co-owner/brewer of Laughing Sun Brewing Co. opening this month (according to plan).

We Need Your Participation!The Hive is only as strong as its community members. This is meant to be a place of learning, experimentation, sharing and fun!

Join the experiment! Posts and uploads to the AASLH Hive sites is encouraged and vital to the success of our museum!

The Plan…1st: Creating a web presence • Blog as a website

2nd: Sharing Collections• Facebook page• Youtube channel • Flickr

3rd: Event Sharing• Twitter• Facebook• Eventbrite• Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, or other similar programs

4th: Communicating with Members• Mailchimp• Facebook• Twitter

Resource List:

Tools you can use that are free or cheap Surveys• Google Forms• Survey Monkey• Survs

Nonprofits Programs• Google

– Google Apps– YouTube Pro– Free Adwords

• Tech Soup

Commerce• Shopify• Xero• VendHQ• BitCommerce• Eventbrite• Showclicks

Web Design• WooTheme• WordPress• Tumblr• Storify• Omeka• Google Analytics• MailChimp

Social Media• Hootsuite• Twitter• Facebook• Google+• Four Square • Flickr• Meetup.com

Meetings/Collaboration• Join.me• Skype• Instant Messenger• Google Hangout• WikiSpace• Confluence • Rypple• Litmos (online training)

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