Looking back on a 2009 presentation to the Preservation Technology Advisory Board, this piece captures a moment when social media still felt experimental inside historic preservation. The argument was already bigger than platforms: preservation needed online leadership, mobile thinking, training, and above all human relationships. The reflection also records how open and optimistic that early period felt before social media became more commercialized, centralized, and professionally managed.
Tag Archives: Presentations & Talks
Strategy Kit: Goals, Objectives and Tactics for #DigitalHeritage Outreach Planning
This strategy framework argues that digital heritage work should begin with mission, audiences, and measurable goals rather than with tools. Developed from a Society for Historical Archaeology presentation, it distinguishes goals, objectives, and tactics while addressing internal buy-in, partnerships, sustainability, and evaluation. Its central premise remains durable: technology choices become far more useful when organizations understand what change they are trying to create and for whom.
Gov 2.0 Presentation: Advancing Heritage Online
An early National Park Service case study in using social media, community participation and digital strategy to expand the reach of preservation knowledge and strengthen professional networks.
Master’s Thesis: “Timbertown Folk Traditions”
In 2002, my Master’s Thesis from the Northwestern State University Folklife and Southern Culture program was published in the Louisiana Folklife Journal and presented at the Louisiana Folklore Society Conference. Published in Louisiana Folklife Journal: Vol. XX., 1996 55 pages, 0 Photographs, $10.00 Abney, Lisa.…
La. Folklore Society Presentation: Bringing Communities Together
I delivered this presentation today at the Louisiana Folklore Society Conference in Leesville, La. It explains the principles of social media using a Ning site I put together for my hometown: The Natchitoches Preservation Network.
Presentation: Web 2.0 and the new World Wild Web of Journalism
Ultimately, what we're all looking for is to find a meaningful way to contribute. To find fulfillment in our personal and professional lives. To do that, you have to answer one question first: "Who are you?" What are your values? Your beliefs? Your dreams? What drives your passions?