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In practice

Making mentoring work for your museum

Whatever approach a museum takes to mentoring it is important to have clear objectives from the start

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Creating an effective mentoring scheme

The MA’s professional development officer Tamsin Russell shares her top tips on setting up a mentoring scheme

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The Hunterian takes new approaches to storage

Move to Kelvin Hall will see the transfer of 1.5 million objects

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Courting the press

Ben Luke, the art critic at the Evening Standard, reveals how cultural institutions can establish effective relationships with the media

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Why museums use visitor surveys

Good-quality visitor data can inform almost every aspect of a museum’s work

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Asking the right questions

Developing content for visitor surveys

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Harnessing the power of data

How museums can use visitor survey data to create change

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Making surveys work for your museum

Laura Crossley shares her top tips on creating visitor surveys

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Getting a good response rate

How to develop museum surveys that people don’t mind filling in

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National Media Museum puts visitors in the spotlight

Bradford-based museum displays portraits of museum visitors

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Weekly museum debate hosted on Twitter

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A collaborative and open approach ensures success online

Organisational culture can hamper a museum’s ability to develop an effective digital strategy