
I am an experienced, confident and engaging public speaker with expertise in tailoring content, tone and delivery to the needs of different audiences.
I have published articles in a number of sector journals.
Recent talks
National Maritime Museum: Stories from the Sea Museums and Schools Literacy conference – Real reasons to write, conference session (with Jo Graham) (2018)
Culture 24: Let’s Get Real Young Audiences conference – Digital engagement action research (2017)
Culture 24: Let’s Get Real conference – Glitter balls and bouncy castles: creating effective online resources for schools (2015)
Museum ID conference (2014) – Participation on trial
Museums Association conference (2013) – The participation game
Recent publications
Age of Revolution – teaching and learning through digitised museum collections – podcast, Versus History, for publication September 2018
Museum in your Classroom – Made in the Tees Valley: gaining Arts Award through creating a school exhibition – guest blog, Culture Bridge North East, March 2018
Making a Mark in the Tees Valley: locally focused online resources for schools – GEM Case Studies November 2016, vol.18
Developing a sense of identity and place through local history and museum collections -Primary History 74, Autumn 2016
Participation on trial – Museum ID journal Issue 16, 2014 (co-authored with Andrea Cunningham and Polly Richards)