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
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sharron Conrad
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:09 PM
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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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