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Your Place or Mine? Engaging New Audiences with Heritage
English Heritage and The National Trust
Your Place or Mine? was English Heritage and the National Trust’s first national conference on engaging new audiences with heritage and took place November 2006, in and around Manchester Town Hall.
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in December 2005, English Heritage commissioned sam to programme and manage
a unique, creative and challenging event to include offsite field trips,
live blog linkups, exhibitions, performances and a poet-in-residence.
The event was to be spread across two days and a diverse programme of
over 80 speakers was assembled by sam to explore a rich variety of issues
within the sector.
From managing the design of the conference identity and supporting materials, administering the booking of the delegates, through to the production of the event up to and during the two days it became live, sam worked closely with English Heritage and the National Trust to ensure a professional and rewarding event was experienced by all of the participants.
The two day event brought together over 350 members of the heritage sector to discuss a range of questions surrounding the central issue of how we can reach and connect with all of our communities. The issues were explored through debates, panel discussions and workshops and included influential speakers David Lammy MP, Billy Bragg and Baroness Lola Young.
The Your Place or Mine? website also allowed other members of the sector and the general public to participate in the live proceedings. Those logging on were able to hear and take part in the discussions and the debates; the discussion continues at www.yourplaceormine.org.uk
“I thought it was excellent - really helpful in so many different ways. I was in awe of the organisation; it must have involved planning on the scale of Operation Overlord! Congratulations on a marvellous achievement.”
Mary Kinoulty, Head of Education, Mary Rose Trust
(Your Place or Mine? delegate)
"Working with Sussex Arts Marketing on the ‘Your Place or Mine? Engaging New Audiences with Heritage’ Conference was a great experience. They made a large and complex job manageable through their organisation, administration and production management of the event. Throughout the whole process, the co-ordination of 350 delegates, 80 speakers, two government ministers, a poet and a 40-strong community choir went smoothly: the fact that the conference went without a hitch is in no small part due to their hard work, efficiency and attention to detail. It was a pleasure working with the team and if I were to ever undertake something like this again, I would work with them without hesitation."
Miriam Levin, Head of Outreach, English Heritage
To find out more about working with sam on your event, please contact
Helen Charlton:
Helen.charlton@sam-culture.com
