Here are a few nuggets of ideas for a Talk Session.
1 – The risks and benefits of user generated content. How do we manage a website effectively when we are opening our content up to public comment? Is the benefit of the democratization of content worth the risks inherent with allowing outside users to add to your site?
2 – We have a challenge in connecting online with some of our core audience – we are interviewing veterans, who aren’t really big users of the internet (The Memory Project)
3 – The problem of balancing the timeliness of technology with the cost of being cutting edge.We always have big ideas that get whittled down by our budget realities.
4 – The treatment of images online. We have a huge repository of digitized images in a number of our programs, new technologies allow for the easy embedding of slide-shows, but not easy curating of content. Does Google Images have it right by just aggregating images online in a single space, or do we owe more to the curation of images when we are an authoritative reference? How can we better utilize, showcase images, while still being mindful of the weight of high res galleries online?
A Play session could be to share examples of really effective website design. It could be beautiful, could be really intuitive or well laid out, but has to be inspiring.
