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How cultural institutions are embracing digital technology
Commissioned by the Wyncote Foundation
Like, Link, Share has been on the road! Click the links below to access presentation materials and meeting information. Interested in hosting your own forum? Contact us.

Grantmakers in the Arts conference, Houston, Texas. October 2014.
Presentation at a Wyncote Foundation-sponsored dinner for 30 regional grantmakers to preview the findings in the Like, Link, Share report and to discuss trends in digital media in cultural nonprofits in their communities.

What’s Up Pop Up, Minneapolis, Minnesota. January 2015.
A breakfast forum for Twin Cities arts leaders to hear about the Like, Link, Share report, with responses from Douglas Hegley, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Matt Thueson, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Here is Douglas Hegley’s Slideshare

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. February 2015.
Presentation to Digital Futures Task Force of the Walker Art Center‘s Board of Directors on findings in the Like, Link, Share report with particular focus on implications for the Center.

TechniCulture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2015.
Presentation about the Like, Link, Share report’s findings at half-day forum on digital culture for Philadelphia’s cultural community organized by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Read the program Information.

ExCITe Center at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 2015.
Public seminar on the Like, Link, Share report with particular focus on implications for graduate students in the Arts Administration and in the Creative and Expressive Technologies programs. Photos from the EventEvent page.

American Alliance of Museums, Atlanta, Georgia. April 2015.
In a conference session titled Accelerating Innovation through R and D, Sarah Lutman moderated a conversation between Nesta’s Director of Research, Hasan Bahkshi, and Kaywin Feldman, Director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, about the structures of innovation and why new approaches are needed to support exploration of arts and technology projects.

American Alliance of Museums, Atlanta, Georgia. April 2015.
The Wyncote Foundation invited 30 museum technology leaders to discuss the Like, Link, Share report and consider ways the Foundation might pursue next steps in the work.

Museums and the Web, Chicago, Illinois. April 2015.
Sarah Lutman attended this conference of museum technology leaders and wrote about the program for Media Impact Funders. Read Lutman’s Media Impact Funders Blog Post about the Conference.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2015.
Presentation to the trustees of the museum about the Like, Link, Share report and its implications.

League of American Orchestras, Cleveland, Ohio. June 2015.
Major session at the 2015 conference, with Luke Ritchie of the Philharmonia UK, Jane Alexander of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Scott Harrison of the Detroit SymphonySession Description and Links.

NonComm, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 2015.
Participation in a roundtable at this annual gathering of public radio’s leading music stations to discuss the implications of the Like, Link, Share report for public radio.

Media Impact Forum, San Francisco, California. June 2015.
Presentation and discussion at the annual Media Impact Forum, a gathering of leading media grantmakers, with Rob Semper of the Exploratorium, offering perspectives on the Exploratorium’s history as a media-producing organization. Read the event recap

Nesta Digital Culture Conference, London, England. September 2015.
Attended this international conference that included reports from grantees of Nesta’s Digital R and D Fund for the Arts program. Find information about the Fund, related meetings, and related events

Grantmakers in the Arts, Los Angeles, California. October 2015.
Half-day conference session titled Digital Media for Arts Grantmakers with Bahia Ramos of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Nik Honeysett of the Balboa Online Collaborative. Conference Proceedings

Museum Computer Network, Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 2015.
Participated as a social media volunteer to live-tweet this annual gathering of museum technology leaders. Organization’s Website

National Arts Marketing Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. November 2015.
Conference session about what grantmakers are looking for in funding media projects, with Vince Stehle of Media Impact Funders and David Mascarina of the Annenberg Foundation. Conference Session

Lutman & Associates pop up event, Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 2016.
Roundtable discussion with Ben Pearcy, Creative Director at 59 Productions, and leading digital and public art producers and organizations in Minnesota. Check out the 59 Productions Website

League of American Orchestras, Baltimore, Maryland. Jun 9-11, 2016.
Pre-conference half-day session on Digital Strategy and Planning for Impact, targeting smaller orchestras, with Eric Woodhams, Director of Digital, Carnegie Hal. Conference Session

Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 2016.
Presentation to the Board of Trustees’ Digital Strategy Task Force.