PODCAST—Prototyping With ELVIS with Paul Orselli

Prototyping saves projects money and time, every time. But how do you do it right? Exhibition designer and prototyping expert Paul Orselli joins me to discuss his proven system: Prototyping with ELVIS.

PODCAST—The Questions You Have to Ask Before the Project with Carolynne Harris

A master plan comes before the design — but what comes before the master plan? Museum planning consultant Carolynne Harris joins me to discuss The Questions You Have to Ask Before the Project.

PODCAST—Five Questions Fabricators Always Hear, with Cathlin Bradley on Making the Museum

Exhibit fabrication expert Cathlin Bradley joins host Jonathan Alger to discuss the Five Questions Fabricators Always Hear.

PODCAST—Six Secrets of Exhibit Technology, with Tony Warner and Bryan Abelowitz, on Making the Museum

Unexpected display shapes. Invisible speakers. Transparent screens. Network distribution. Centralized vs. decentralized control. Audio visual technology experts Tony Warner (Phase Shift Consulting, Praxis) and Bryan Abelowitz (Phase Shift) join host Jonathan Alger (C&G Partners) to discuss the Six Secrets of Exhibit Technology. Tony and Bryan know what’s in everyone’s rack rooms, so when they’re giving out free advice, it’s time to take out that notebook.

WEBINAR —Like a circus, experience design can be thrilling and magical.

But it can also be, well, kind of a circus. How do you make sure there’s someone to catch the person leaping from the trapeze at just the right moment? Especially when the spotlight is on?

In this webinar, Trent Oliver of Blue Telescope shares process insights, collaboration tools, and best practices for working with all of the various members of an extended experience design team:

• when (and how!) to loop in each of your collaborators with confidence

• how to maintain a “single version of the truth” across distributed teams

• how to manage approvals, budgets, and all of the potentially dangerous backflips

• … and, most importantly, how not to lose sight of your dreams.

Moderated by Steven Rosen, President & Creative Director of Available Light. A Q&A session follows the presentation.

WEBINAR — A budget is the foundation of a project, yet there is often confusion or lack of confidence about how to establish a target budget, and what elements must be considered. Is it Alchemy? Do you have a Franken-budget? Are there ghouls waiting in the wings to kill your project?

Mysteries Revealed! Watch this webinar that features a panel of experienced museum project planners as they explore the process for setting conceptual target budgets, explain what sort of analysis should occur prior to setting budgets, and discuss many items to consider when embarking on such a journey. The panel will share benchmarking data from REAL (not graveyard) PROJECTS (no names of course), and talk about why googling “how much should a museum or exhibition cost” is a career-threatening action. A Q&A session follows the presentation.