I use Twitter a lot and believe it can be a fantastic resource of Canadian historians and public history practitioners. In this episode I discuss how to get the most our of Twitter, the potential of Twitter for community building, and the conference applications of the platform. I would love to hear about your experience … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 27: Diving Into Twitter for Canadian History
If you work in the heritage field or for a non-profit there is a good chance you've been involved in grants in some way shape or form. Despite the prevalence of grant writing in public history not all public history students are trained in how to apply for grants. In this episode I discuss what … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 26: The Grant Writing Learning Curve
I'm currently at the National Council on Public History annual meeting (yay!) and with conference season ramping up I've been thinking a lot about networking. In this episode I discuss networking as an introvert, conference survival tips, and small steps to building a strong network. I also chat about virtual colleagues, asking for help, and … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 25: Conference Season – Networking As An Introvert
This past month has been a bit of a whirlwind. Given the quick pace of things, I've been thinking about strategies for juggling multiple projects and handling moving deadlines. In this episode I discuss tips and tricks for managing workloads, staying on task, and doing all the things. I talk about saying no and how … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 24: Too Many Projects – Thanks, But No
Images have the power to act as click-bait - photographs can illustrate blog posts, make your professional website more attractive, and help illuminate a historical topic. In this episode I discuss using creative commons and public domain images as part of your online presence. I breakdown the types of image licenses and mention some of … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 23: Pretty Images With No Strings Attached
Thinking about slogging through hundreds of archival research photographs? Dreading organizing all of your sources? In this episode I discuss digital tools for organizing archival research. I talk about ways to manage citations, archival images, transcription, and metadata. I would love to hear about what other strategies folks use to manage their archival research, leave … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 22: Tools For Organizing Archival Research
How do you coordinate the work of a dozen people who live in geographically different spaces, across multiple time zones? In this week's podcast episode I discuss strategies for working on collaborative projects virtually. I draw on my experience participating in projects which include participation from individuals across Canada and abroad. I also share some … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 21: Building Collaborative Practices
This week's podcast episode is all about the intersection of open source digital tools and public history. I talk about ways that digital history and open source communities can enhance public history practice. I also chat about my favorite open source public history tools. What open source tools or platforms do you use as part … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 20: Open Source Public History
This week's podcast episode is focused on program and project evaluation at Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM). I discuss the importance of having programming goals, the range of ways success can be measured, and different evaluation types. Do you have experience of evaluating programming at a public history site? I would love to hear … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 19: Program Evaluation and GLAMs
New podcast episode! In this week's episode I chat about the potential ways Wikipedia can be used in the classroom and other educational settings. I discuss what skills can be learned from editing Wikipedia and I dive into what support is available to instructors wishing to create Wikipedia focused assignments. Do you have experience using Wikipedia … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 18: Using Wikipedia As A Teaching Tool