There is a company out of Nashville that creates digital signage called
FireSign http://firesign.net/ and they are a fantastic company to work for
and love to work with museums and universities. Their signage is a great way
to exhibit large amounts of information is a creative way that is easy to
use. I highly recommend them. 

If you have any questions, you can contact me on or off list

 

 

Lisa Chastain 

Curator of Collections and Exhibits

McMinn County Living Heritage Museum

522 W. Madison Avenue

Athens, TN 37303

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Sharron Conrad
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:09 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Presentation Software Options?

 

Our museum has a rich film and videotaped oral history collection and we are
using video files in our public programs more and more frequently.  We have
found that, while PowerPoint is effective for showing photographs and small
video files in a seamless way, we lose significant film quality by
converting videos to a format that PowerPoint accepts.  In addition,
PowerPoint can become unstable when longer video files are embedded, causing
the entire slideshow to hang up.

 

Are you familiar with another presentation software that handles video files
well?  Or, have you come up with other solutions for managing multi-media
presentations in ways that are seamless to audiences?  

 

Thanks for any advice you might be willing to share.we've got wonderful
material and we want it to shine!

 

Sharron

 

Sharron Conrad

Associate Director of Education and Public Programs

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

411 Elm Street

Dallas, TX 75202-3308

Phone: 214.747.6660 ext 5572

Fax: 214.747.6662

Website: www.jfk.org

 

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