Would George Washington enjoy surfing the web? Would he enjoy the idea of people touring his home? Would he prefer a virtual tour? This week, Nick sits down with Rob Shenk, the Senior Vice-President for Visitor Engagement at Mount Vernon. They discuss using new technologies to enhance the visitor experience and bring the story of George Washington to all. You'll also learn about how Mount Vernon is the root of all historic preservation in the country. This is PreserveCast.
Listen here: https://www.preservecast.org/2017/01/30/rob-shenk-digital-marketing-strategies-at-mount-vernon/
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PreserveCast Ep135: Preserving Public Housing with Dr. Lisa Lee of the National Public Housing Museum
PreserveCast Ep134: Doing Social Good through Preservation Activism with Catherine Fleming Bruce
PreserveCast Ep133: Creating Places for Nature in Urban Communities with Alden Stoner of Nature Sacred
PreserveCast Ep132: Harrowing History of the Reverse Underground Railroad with Dr. Richard Bell
PreserveCast Ep131: Clara Barton to Coronavirus: American Public Health History with Dr. Marian Moser Jones
PreserveCast Ep130: Marylanders Fight to Save the Union: The Old Line State in the Civil War with Dr. Timothy Orr
PreserveCast Ep129: Piracy and Pirates on the Chesapeake Bay with Dr. Jamie Goodall
PreserveCast Ep128: The BBC's Ruth Goodman is a Master Storyteller of British Public History
PreserveCast Ep127: Elizabeth Finkelstein, Preservationist & Instagrammer, Makes Historic Real Estate Circa Awesome
PreserveCast Ep126: Descending into the Bloody Cornfield with Civil War Historian, David A. Welker
PreserveCast Ep125: Building a Legacy in the Preservation Trades with Dr. Harrison Goodall
PreserveCast Ep124: Leading from the Front: Aimee Jorjani, First Full-Time Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
PreserveCast Ep122: What Civil War-Era Medicine Can Teach Us About Today's Pandemic with Jake Wynn of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
PreserveCast: [BONUS] Hear the Burns Violin from the National Trust of Scotland thanks to The 1772 Foundation
PreserveCast Ep121: (Re)Developing the "Why" of Preservation with Tom Moriarity of Retail Development Strategies
PreserveCast Ep120: [Heathly, Hip & Historic] The Future of History by Greg Werkheiser, Cultural Heritage Partners
PreserveCast Ep119: [Healthy, Hip & Historic] "Reset to Default: Making Preservation the New Normal" by Jim Lindberg, National Trust for Historic Preservation
PreserveCast Ep118 [Healthy, Hip & Historic] "Preserving History, Promoting Health" by Dr. Debarati Majumdar "Mimi" Narayan
PreserveCast Ep. 117 [Healthy, Hip & Historic] People, Old Places & Health with Dr. Jeremy C. Wells of the University of Maryland
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