Our Digital Futures with Permanent Amanda Meeks

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Robert Friedman, the Executive Director of the Permanent Legacy Foundation. Together, we discuss what makes the Permanent Legacy Foundation a unique tech non-profit for social good and how we plan for the future, especially in such uncertain times. Guest Name: Dr. Robert FriedmanEmail: robert@permanent.org Pronouns: he/himBio: Dr. Robert Friedman has over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector focused on developing an inclusive and ethical di...

Join host Amanda Meeks in conversation with Rachael Woody, the founder and director of Relicura™ LLC, to learn about the importance of adding metadata to your files. Metadata provides critical context to the items in your collections, context that Rachael works to create when providing services to archives, museums, and cultural heritage organizations. With metadata, you can increase the searchability and accessibility of your archives.Guest Name: Rachael Cristine WoodyEmail: rachael@relicura...

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Christine Sleeter, who shares her expertise on critical family history, which is a framework she developed to help people reckon with the messier and complex parts of history, particularly within their own family lineages. October is Family History Month, which is the perfect time to explore questions you have related to your ancestors’ experiences and legacies.Guest Name: Christine SleeterEmail: csleeter@gmail.comPronouns: she/herBio: Christine E. Sleeter...

Join host Amanda Meeks in conversation with Cathi Nelson, of the Photo Managers, to learn about the ABCs of photo organizing, when it’s okay to break the rules of photo organizing, and what one can do to prepare their photos for natural disasters. Don’t forget that September is Save Your Photos Month, an international effort to provide free education around photo preservation. Guest: Cathi NelsonEmail: cathi@thephotomanagers.comPronouns: she/herBio: Cathi Nelson is a CEO, author, and speaker,...

In this episode we are joined by the Flickr Foundation Executive Director, George Oates, and interdisciplinary scholar and curator, Temi Odumosu, who share about their research and thinking behind the 100 year plan, an effort to design for long term sustainability. We explore this idea from the perspective of cultural heritage organizations concerned with digital collections and preservation.Guest Name: George OatesEmail: glo@flickr.orgPronouns: She/herBio: George Oates is a designer and make...

Join host Amanda Meeks and Courtney Plaster in a conversation about inheritance. Courtney shares practical tips on how to start downsizing, organizing, and preserving digital or print collections, without the overwhelm, for yourself or others. She also walks us through the more sentimental aspects of both leaving behind and inheriting special memories and heirlooms.Guest Name: Courtney PlasterEmail: courtney@decluttereddigital.comPronouns: she/herBio: With a 20 year background in client suppo...