S02E07: Communicating Conservation

We have a chat about ways of communicating conservation: to the media, to the public, and to each other. We talk to conservator Muirne Lydon from National Gallery of Ireland about media training for conservators and clever tools for social media use. Our agony aunt addresses someone’s fear about being too normal for a career in conservation, and Jenny reviews ‘The Interactive Past - Archaeology, Heritage, and Video Games.’ 00:00:24 News in brief 00:09:57 Our experiences with media, news, and PR 00:27:49 Interview with Muirne Lydon 00:41:30 The need for an elevator pitch in conservation 00:43:45 Ways of communicating with conservators 00:47:35 Talking to the public via signs 00:56:46 Review: The Interactive Past - Archaeology, Heritage, and Video Games 01:00:10 Dear Jane 01:03:42 Comments, questions, corrections: tape, sunshine stories & bellydance Show notes:  - ICON Media Training Course: https://icon.org.uk/events/icon-professional-development-media-training-how-to-do-pr - ICON’s new strategic plan: https://icon.org.uk/system/files/documents/icon_strategy_2017-2021fv.pdf - Museums Association Salary Guidelines: http://www.museumsassociation.org/download?id=1224909 - ‘Rare suffragette banner hidden in charity shop for 10 years’ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/06/suffragette-banner-charity-shop-emmeline-pankhurst-peoples-history-museum-manchester - ’Penises and caustic soda: the case of the Cambridge antiquities' https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/jan/27/art-archaeology - Canva: https://www.canva.com/ - Snapseed: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed&hl=en_GB (Android) and https://itunes.apple.com/app/id439438619 (iTunes) - Splice: http://spliceapp.com/ - PicMonkey: https://www.picmonkey.com/ - Ripl: http://ripl.com/ - Quik: https://quik.gopro.com/en/ - The Interactive Past - Archaeology, Heritage, and Video Games: https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-interactive-past.html and https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-interactive-past For more on The C Word please follow us on Twitter @thecwordpodcast, email us on [email protected], or subscribe via our website, http://thecword.show  Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Christina Rozeik. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Additional sound effects and music by Calum Robertson. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2017.