Our new weekly poll, which debuts Monday August 9th, will enable us to gather data on mobile engagement efforts in the arts and culture community, and disseminate that data back to the community.

Every week we’ll ask a different question about features and functionality in mobile. Each month, we’ll publish the results. We’d love you in the community to participate any way you can, including;

1. Answering poll questions for your institutions
2. Sharing poll questions far and wide, by retweeting + forwarding the links
3. Proposing poll questions of your own that you would like answered.

So, help us get started; what would YOU like to know? What questions would you like to ask your peers about mobile engagement? Send questions to info[at]juncanoo.com, on twitter.com/juncanoo or just use the @juncanoo reply.

Look forward to hearing from all of you!

Ayo

On Friday 8/30, we closed our beta survey to new institutions. We ended up with roughly 40 beta partners; about 30 new ones and 10 existing institutions including the Fairmount Park Art Association and the Mutter Museum.

We have two goals during the beta period;

1. To make you, our beta partners, happy.

2. To make your visitors, the people who walk into your space everyday, happy.

The first step is helping you go mobile. We’ve had some delays, but you’ll be in FORGE by Thursday. After that, you can start building your apps and the interactive tours that will run in them.

During this process, we’d love if you’d tell us about your experience; what worked and what didnt, what problems you encountered and when, and what features and functions you’d like to see most. When thinking of features, ask what you would build if you were building it yourself?

We’re trying a few things to aid the launch process;

1. We’re available and accessible - my contact info is in all the emails, as is my calendar at Tungle.me/ayo. Email, call, or schedule a time to chat by phone. I’m happy to talk about anything and everything, from features you’d like to see, to problems you’re having.

2. Surveys, polls, and feedback - we’ll use these in a variety of ways, across social media and within Forge to gauge demand for different features.

3. Releases - we’re on a 3 week release cycle, so we hope to roll out new online and mobile features every couple of weeks

4. Android + Invites - Our Android apps are out this week. We’ll run a similar beta promotion when publishing is ready for Android. You’re all welcome to join, and you’ll all be given invites to bring other institutions into the promotion.

The easiest way to get a sense for what you can do, is to see what’s already out there, so check these out, and give us feedback;

iPhone App for the Mutter Museum: http://bit.ly/muttermuseum
iPhone App for the FPAA’s Museums Without Walls:AUDIO program: http://bit.ly/MWWAudio

Mobile website for the Mutter Museum’s Corporeal Manifestations Exhibit: http://exhibit.juncanoo.com/p/corporeal-manifestations/
Mobile website for the FPAA’s Program: http://exhibit.juncanoo.com/p/tour-1—love-to-logan-square/

Thanks everyone!

Ayo

Photos of the Mutter Museum app for Android - out soon!

Sending this out Monday morning to our beta testers. I’d love any and all feedback - post them in the comment stream or hit me directly. Please tell us what you think!

Forge is Ready

start building your app

Hi « Test First Name »,

Hope you had a good weekend! 

We’re all ready for you. To start building your new iPhone app, go to this link to log in (if you already have an account with us) or to sign up (if you don’t). We’re still testing and adding features, so if there’s a feature you’d like, please tell us, and maybe we can build it sooner! If a function or link breaks, hit the feedback tab.

Sign up or Login here:

Next Steps:

1. We want to make you happy, but you have to help us. Our goal, is help you reach the broadest audience, with the richest and most compelling experience possible. To do that, we need you to tell us what you want. So, hit the feedback tab if you have suggestions, or email me at ayo@juncanoo.com or call me at (267) 918 2431. Whatever way you feel comfortable,

2. I’d love to talk to you, about your goals and challenges in mobile, as well as specific features you want us to build. Schedule a time to chat by phone at http://Tungle.me/ayo along with your name, email address and telephone number. 

Thanks for starting on this journey with us. Your feedback, ideas, and suggestions will ensure that we build a great service for you, so please, tell us what you want.

Ayo

Screenshots of our upcoming appbuilder release, named FORGE. Keep an eye out all you cultural institutions out there! (Conference and retail support due out in the fall)