At the annual state-wide Preservation Maryland Conference, I presented a workshop on “blogging for a cause.” There were about 30 preservationist, urban planners, and Main Street Managers in the session and we had a lively discussion about how to use blogs for advocacy or to promote organizations.
Category: Programs
Participating in Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street Opening
Main Street Delaware City, Inc. opened the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street exhibit Between Fences this week. This project, which brings rural Americans one-of-a-kind access to prestigious Smithsonian exhibitions and first-rate educational programs, is a joint project of the Smithsonian and the Humanities Council. For the show that is making its way through Delaware, I had the opportunity…
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
The 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) was held over the past several days at Silver Spring, MD. Focusing on making history local, workshops were featured on documenting events on film, audiovisual collections, collaborative projects, and other archival resources. I had an opportunity to participate in a session on audiovisual collections and local history. The…
New Workshop – Blogging for a Cause, Draws on Preservation Advocacy Experience
A valuable historical piece of land was threatened by a big box retail store early in 2008. As a result of the threat, I got involved in an advocacy project to save the property, but I couldn’t get print media to cover the story. After trying for months, while watching the situation deteriorate, I turned to a practical…