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What can you do with Mobile Technology?Guide by Cell Inc.Dave Asheim, PresidentJanuary 2011
What are your goals?Great visitor experienceMake money/raise moneyPreserveEducateEntertainKnow your audienceAttract repeat visitors
Where does mobile fit in?
First:   What is “mobile”?Is it computing?…….or communicating? Mobile Computingcame first A large 10 pound “portable” computer– no web
Then a large laptop – still no web
And finally a laptop connected to the webWhat is “mobile”?Is it computing?…….or communicating? Next came communicatingAnd our definition  of mobile changed………A BlackBerry that could send e-mails only (no calling)
Then phones – (no web, no email)
And finally, in 2007, the iPhone combined the twoHow mobile is your audience?Whether it’s an older “dumb” phone, Droid, iPhone, iPad or the newest modelWe don’t leave home without itWe love itSocially accepted, if not expectedCost is not an issueGetting better every dayWe take it for grantedFor Smartphone owners, it’s a web connected computer
Mobile trendsCell phone use85% of Americans & 96% of 18-29 year-olds don’t leave home without their phoneTextingAmerican teens send an average of 3,000 monthly texts, and cite texting as the #1 reason to buy a phone
Texting by adults has increased to 72%SmartphonesIn 2011, Smartphone ownership is expected to exceed 50% of the total U.S. mobile market Five museum mobile trendsMore technologies in useMobile web vs. downloadable appsTexting growing rapidlyPromotion of social media during visitInternal resistance to mobile decreasing
Your visitors own a powerful “mobile” device…How might they use it at your museum?Gather infoHave funShareSpend (and save) money
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1. Gather info     Central Park Celebrity Audio Tour
1. Gather info New York Times article about Central Park celebrity audio tour
1. Gather info  “Geography of Curiosity”    Audio tour of Chicago Design   Audio Tour:  Contemporary Sculpture   at Chesterwood
1. Gather infoMissouri Botanical Gardens,Welcome To My Garden
1. Gather infoIrvine Ranch Conservatory Audio Tour
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2. Have Fun
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2. Have funGhosts of a Chance and Pheon, two alternate reality games at Smithsonian American Art Museum
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2. Have fun  Audio Tour:  The Florida Aquarium
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4. Spend Money
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How monitor activity – instant results User activity report
How monitor activityActivity report
How monitor activityCall in location report
But wait – you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.Augmented realityPhones replacing credit cardsQR codes more popularGPS location-based servicesMore Foursquare-type servicesFurther integration with social media Voice command functionalityMovement-controlled interactivity (XBOX Kinect)Continuing trends: faster, cheaper, different devices,  SIM-card memory slot implant for humans
How to get started?…take the first step!

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