Civil War to Civil Rights: The Sesquicentennial in the National Park Service

The 2nd Annual Hansen Lecture in Oral and Public History

Presented by the Center for Oral and Public History, the Department of History, and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at California State University Fullerton.

Civil War to Civil Rights: The Sesquicentennial in the National Park Service, presented by Robert K. Sutton, Ph.D., chief historian at the National Park Service.

"Join NPS Chief Historian Robert Sutton as he describes the challenges public historians face in telling the story of a war that in some ways has not yet ended."

Monday, March 22, 2010 (6:00 p.m).

Recital Hall (PA-11)
Joseph Clayes III Performing Arts Center
California State University Fullerton

This event is FREE.

For more information, call the Center for Oral and Public History (657) 278-3580.

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-- Colleen Greene

Social Web presentation from last week's HCC meeting

We experienced some technical hardware difficulties at last week's HCC meeting, so I was unable to display the visual part of my presentation on "Special Collections and the Social Web".   I did still talk through the concepts and materials with those present, and was able to provide suggestions to those who are eager to give these social tools a try. I can't wait to see their progress!

Embedded below is the slide show part of my visual presentation. Click on the play icon to begin the presentation. You may also download a copy of the presentation by clicking on the Menu button at the bottom of the player.

Using the Social Web to Promote and Provide Access to Special Collections

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To second part of my visual presentation is an interactive guide that I developed for the Pollak Library.  Click on the image below, or this  link, to access the guide.



I will continue to update the guide with new tools and examples as I discover them, so check back to this blog often, as I will announce any updates here.

-- Colleen Greene

Free Facebook webinar March 11th!

Is your heritage organization wanting to set up a Facebook fan page, but you're not quite sure how?  Has your organization already created one, but you're unsure about what do do with it now?

TechSoup, a technology consultant for nonprofits, is offering a FREE 1-hour webinar this Thursday (March 11th, 10am PST) about "Get Started on Facebook":

In this webinar Kami Griffiths will interview social media consultant John Haydon, who will walk through the essential steps to establishing and managing a successful Facebook presence for a nonprofit or library. We will also hear from Gabe O'Neill of Kids Are Heroes, who will share lessons learned from developing their own Facebook page. Get practical how-to information, learn best practices, ask questions, and leave with action items that will help you create an engaging Facebook presence for your organization.

I've "attended" a couple of the free online webinars offered by TechSoup, and I highly recommend them as a good easy to understand introduction to nonprofit-related technology topics.

Interested? Register online now.

-- Colleen Greene