Ask the Expert with Visitor Experience Guru Nina Simon

This online class gives you the chance to chat online with author and exhibit designer Nina Simon. Simon is author of The Participatory Museum, where she presents techniques for cultural institutions to invite visitor participation while promoting institutional goals. The online chat session will be followed by a facilitated discussion on audience participation in museums and cultural institutions. Cost: $12.

Format: online chat + discussion
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2010
Time: 8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Museum of Photographic Arts
Cost: $12

Agenda
8:45 a.m. Arrive for registration and time to meet and greet your colleagues
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Online class facilitated by Stephanie Weaver of Experienceology
10:15 – 11:00 a.m. Live discussion facilitated by Paige Simpson, Director of the Balboa Park Learning Institute

Program Expert
Nina Simon is an independent experience designer with expertise in participatory design, gaming, and social technology. She is the principal of Museum 2.0, a design firm that works with museums, libraries, and cultural institutions worldwide to create dynamic, audience-driven exhibitions and educational programs. In addition to design work, Nina lectures and gives workshops on visitor participation. She is an adjunction professor of social technology in the University of Washington Museology program. Nina authors the Museum 2.0 blog, which also appears as a column in Museum magazine. Previously, Nina served as Curator at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA, and was the Experience Development Specialist at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

Experienceology
Stephanie Weaver is principal in the firm Experienceology, which works with organizations to create memorable customer experiences. With a background in film and public health, she has spent over fifteen years developing programs, exhibitions, special events, and conducting visitor studies at major museums, including the Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago Botanic Garden, and San Diego Zoo.

LOW COST GREAT VALUE!
$12 per attendee for networking with colleagues, online chat session, and in-person discussion. Payment will be accepted on-site in cash or by check; please make checks out to the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership.

RSVP by Monday, June 7
RSVP to learning@bpcp.org by Monday, June 7, 2010. Please share your name, title, organization and email address when registering.

The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership is the collaborative body and collective voice for 26 diverse arts, science and cultural institutions in Balboa Park. This program is brought to you by the Partnership’s Balboa Park Learning Institute in collaboration with Experienceology and the Museum of Photographic Arts. The Balboa Park Learning Institute is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.