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I n 2 0 1 3 , t h e C h e mi c a l H e r i t a g e F o u n d a t i o n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a , P e n n -
s y l v a n i a , l a u n c h e d a l i v e s t r e a me d p i l o t p r o g r a m t i t l e d # H i s t C h e m
t o e s t a b l i s h a d e e p e r d i a l o g wi t h i t s a u d i e n c e s a r o u n d t o p i c s
r e l a t e d t o h i s t o r y, s c i e n c e a n d c u l t u r e . T h i s r e p o r t d e t a i l s o u r a p -
p r o a c h , p r o c e s s e s a n d o u t c o me s .
PRogRam
RePoRT
INteractive
livestreaming
@ChemHeri tage
INSIDE
1. Strategic Purpose
2. Show Structure
3. Reception
Audience
Support platforms
Engagement tactics
4. Outcomes
Goals & Objectives
Key Metrics
Evaluation
5. Tips and Helps
P R O G R A M O B J E C T I V E S
Ma k e t h e i n s t i t u t i o n a c c e s s i b l e b y f e a t u r i n g i t s p e o p l e
U n i f y t r a d i t i o n a l & s o c i a l me d i a p l a t f o r ms
S p a r k c o mp e l l i n g c o n v e r s a t i o n s a b o u t H i s t o r y & S c i Te c h
Tr a c k e f f e c t i v e n e s s t h r o u g h me t r i c s & s o c i a l c u r a t i o n t o o l s
http://vimeo.com/channels/histchem
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#HistChem is a livestreamed discussion program produced by CHF media managers that uses his-
tory to illuminate how science and technology affect society and how, in turn, society influences
the directions of science and technology. The aim of #HistChem is to show the particular ways in
which this has occurred. This approach can be considered a form of applied history, where history is
put to work to better understand current problems and concerns.
The one-hour #HistChem webcast is produced monthly. The show is geared towards an adult
audience and offers that audience the ability to interact with CHF through social media. The pilot
launched in August 2013 and six shows were produced through May, 2014.
#HistChem content is used to create YouTube highlights videos, a long-form Vimeo version of the
show, and the now monthly podcast. The old podcast budget has been turned into the #Histchem
budget.
Promotion of #HistChem is done via social media (Twitter) and the blog. To generate interest in
selected topics, we use the blog to begin discussions, highlight existing content on the topic of the
month (from CHFs website), and promote the upcoming webcast.
Over the course of six shows, #HistChem proved it can engage an audience outside of Philadelphia.
Over 50 percent of the November 2013 U.S. webcast viewership came from outside the state of
Pennsylvania. Approximately 11 percent of viewers watched from areas outside the United States.
Those most engaged in online conversation are among the 75 percent of participants outside of the
Philadelphia region.
The #HistChem concept accomplishes the values established in CHFs emerging media strategy:
Develop an engaged audience, one that interacts with CHF through social media and sup-
ports our cultural heritage mission.
Reach an audience beyond Philadelphia, including an international one.
Use each episode to create additional content (podcast, videos) and use each episodes
topic as an anchor to reuse recent and not-so-recent magazine and podcast content. A
thematic blog post connects the episode to related content.
Provide a multimedia experience that can integrate video, audio, and text. Providing this
experience involves creating a suitably interactive place, such as Tumblr, to integrate
blog posts, video, podcast, and related magazine content.
Create regular content. From an audience perspective, CHF has very little in the way of
regularity when it comes to content (excluding JPS). The magazine publishes only three
times a year. We have very little to regularly remind people that CHF exists.
Make use of CHFs in-house resources.
Introduction & Strategic Purpose

InTeRaCTIve
LIvesTReamIng
with Tactical Helps
for Cultural
Institutions
sPRIng 2014
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Jeffery K. Guin
Manager of Emerging Media
jguin@chemheritage.org
@heritagevoices on Twitter
RESOURCE PAGE:
http://chemheritage.org/histchem
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show Topics
Episode 1, August 2013
How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zombie Apocalypse http://vimeo.com/75058475
The first episode capitalized on the prevalence of zombies in popular culture. It featured Robert Hicks of the
College of Physicians in Philadelphia and Deanna Day, a former CHF fellow who taught a class on zombie cul-
ture at the University of Pennsylvania.
Episode 2, September 2013
Power and Promise: Whats Become of Our Nuclear Golden Age http://vimeo.com/75058475
This show grew out of discussions with ex fellow Linda Richards, who is writing her history dissertation on the
effects of uranium mining on the Navajo, and Alex Wellerstein, a historian of nuclear secrecy at the American
Institute of Physics.
Episode 3, October 2013
Digging Up the Bodies: Debunking CSI and Other Forensic Myths http://vimeo.com/76779893
This show started as a topic: forensics. The two guests, Anna Dhody, a physical and forensic anthropologist and
Lisa Rosner, a historian of medicine, helped shape it into an exploration of justice and its history.
Episode 4, November 2013
Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food http://vimeo.com/80814817
Conversations with two guest candidates, David Schleifer and Bryant Simon created the motivating question
of the show: how did food get this processed?
Episode 5, January 2014 http://vimeo.com/84991297
Drawing History: Telling the Stories of Science through Comics and Graphic Novels
Graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and historian Bert Hansen guested for this conversation about con-
necting audiences to history of science through narrative graphic arts.
Episode 6, April 2014
Alchemys Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation http://vimeo.com/92286798
This show featured art conservator Mark F. Bockrath and art historian and CHF fellow Elisabeth Berry Drago
discussing the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservationists
who save paintings from the ravages of time and accidental chemistry.
Episode 7, May 2014
Intoxication and Civilization: Beers Ancient Past http://vimeo.com/96633918
This show features beer and wine archaeologist Patrick E. McGovern and chemist Roger Barth discussing the
science behind beer, how modern craft breweries can help us understand ancient beers, and how technology
has allowed us to drink like an ancient king.
ExECUTIvE PRODUCER
Jeffery K. Guin, manager of
emerging media
HOSTS
Michal Meyer, editor of Chemi-
cal Heritage Magazine, and Bob
Kenworthy, manager of affiliate
relations
PRODUCER
Mariel Waloff, multimedia
journalist
RESEARCHER
Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CHF
Wikipedian in Residence
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
Jacob Roberts, magazine editor
ADvISORy GROUP
Lee Berry, Ben Gross, and Clay
Cansler,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
From Phoenix Media Group:
Mike Miller, cameras
Sean Henzie, TriCaster direction
Bennett Warner, cameras
MARkETING ASSISTANCE
From Chatterblast Media:
Erica Palan, social media content
development
Production
personnel
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CHF CONTENT PLATFORMS SUSTAINED
BY #HISTCHEM PROGRAMMING
Long-Form vimeo Format
Above: The webcast is edited into
a long-form, high definition video
show for CHFs Vimeo Channel
at http://vimeo.com/channels/
histchem (at right). Livetweets
are repurposed as timestamps in
the video descriptions that allow
visitors to immediately click
through to the ideas they are
most interested in. This approach
has the added value of enhancing
the search engine value of these
videos, meaning people are more
likely to find the content through
a general search.
SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATION
Twitter is the de facto standard media outlets use
for highlighting viewer comments and questions. CHF
focuses on using Twitter as its front-line engage-
ment platform during the live show, with staff live
tweeting highlights, and selecting tweeted questions
for the guests to answer during the broadcast.
Hashtags are becoming a standard tool for com-
municating concepts throughout social media. The
#HistChem hashtag encapsulates CHFs focus in a
way CHFs name does not. CHFs online audiences
are already highly engaged around topics with the
#HistSci hashtag. Every CHF Twitter post that uses
the hashtag is shared by at least one other account.
#HistChem is less-used on social media, but using it
as this shows title allows CHF to become the leading
voice for conversations around that tag.
An excerpt from the #HistChem webcast is used as
the thematic unifier for related contentvideo,
podcast, magazine, blog postsbetween the
monthly broadcasts (this content appears on our
Media Page and is now appearing on Tumblr).
STUDIO AUDIENCES
In January we allowed a limited audience of UArts
students to attend the broadcast in person at CHF.
YOUTUBE HIGHLIGHT REEL
Highlights from the Vimeo version are edited to 5
or fewer minutes featuring best of moments. The
playlist provides the show exposure to the audiences
already following CHFs YouTube Channel. The YouTube
highlights playlist is located at http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=_cehsVV_X08&feature=share&list=PL
38BrsESnIoJ74wv-8KUbu5UhGA0jLUuh.
AUDIO PODCAST
Webcast audio is edited and then integrated with a
retrospective conversation between Bob and Michal
on the show. The result is an approximately 20-min-
ute podcast that is informed by the webcast and
includes new content. The podcast is exported for
iTunes distribution under CHFs existing podcast
feed.
TUMBLR ENGAGEMENT
CHF is experimenting with the Tumblr platform at
chemheritage.tumblr.com for hosting conversation
around the multimedia content we produce. It is like
Twitter in that content can be posted and responded
to quickly, but provides for long-form and multime-
dia posts as well. The monthly themes are curated
on the Tumblr home page and each post incorporates
related keywords. Each keyword is hyperlinked so
that a reader can click it and instantly have a full
page of content related to that keyword, creating,
in effect, a topic page. Past themes are linked by
keywords from the blog homepage, allowing visitors
to see all related content.
MOBILE APP
The mobile app is downloadable for iOS and Android
devices. It provides instant access to the #HistChem
audio podcast and related short form video content.
The app is installed on more than 2,600 devices.
When new episodes are published, a notification is
automatically sent.
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Project History
In spring 2013, CHFs digital initiatives manager, Jeff Guin, wrote a 12-page concept document that ana-
lyzed the organizations obstacles to audience engagement, and outlined how a regular livestreamed video
product could transcend these blocks. The document was based on the lessons learned over the previous year
from livestreaming in-house events. One of the main lessons learned was that consumers of digital content
respond best to consistent conversation-style programs presented by people they trust. CHFs neutral jour-
nalistic voice has attracted people to its content, but there has been no engagement and only a few clues as
to how to identify and unify a community interested in CHF and its work. Another lesson learned was consum-
ers would continue watching a live event if it interested them. Average duration for views of the 2012 online
events was more than 30 minutes for hour-long programs. Audience size varied greatly, from 35 to more than
200 viewers in proportion to the scale of the event and the prominence of its speaker.A third lesson was that
audiences the ability to interact with the organization on a regular basis for trust to grow with public en-
gagement to result. The hypothesis behind a monthly approach with #HistChem is to explore how could these
audiences potentially be built into a community and sustained with regular content.
Reaction
After the first show, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zombie Apocalypse, all known online
content, audience interactions, and analytics were incorporated into the Storify social media curation plat-
form. Among the key analytical data are the following:
135 different interactions about the subject matter using the hashtag #HistChem, including 50
unique tweets. International interactions originated primarily in the U.K., Austria and Germany.
416 views of livestream page
Average stream duration: 32:47 (i.e. how long viewers stayed)
The second show, Power and Promise: Whats Become of Our Nuclear Golden Age? lacked a World War Z
pop culture event to tie into. Views were 312 and the duration of views remained an average of more than 30
minutes. Twitter influencers such as Los Alamos National Laboratory promoted the show to their followers.
Following the broadcast, Wellerstein posted the Vimeo version of the show to his popular Nuclear Secrecy
blog, which resulted in 15,600 loads of the video in six weeks.
Tumblr
Social platform for media sharing & curation
LESSONS
LEARNED
appreciation for pop culture influences
our understanding of science.
The interrelationship between culture,
science and technology.
Using the past to understand the pres-
ent.
How to think about science. #HistChems
conversational approach allows for
exploration and experimentation and
requires only curiosity.
Conversation is a powerful tool because
it is inclusive and assumes that listener
participants have something to con-
tribute.
The products of science and technology
are usually separated from the social
forces driving them and often presented
in terms of good and bad. shows like
#HistChem productively contribute to
the conversation by always asking how
things came to be the way they are.
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During the third show, Digging Up the Bodies: Debunking CSI and Other Forensics Myths, Jacob Roberts
livetweeted the show, drawing questions from the audience. The learning experiences for this show were
primarily logistical ones, as it provided the most complexities with both venue and technology. It resulted
in 179 views for the live audience. Compared against the previous show, it also demonstrated the differ-
ence guests with higher profiles can have on views. Guests Anna Dohty and Linda Richards each have a web
presence, though no blog presence like Wellerstein. The edited Vimeo version was our weakest performer
on that platform early on, but has since steadily maintained a presence, with its best performance to date
coming on Dec. 6 with 34 loads and a total of 136.
The fourth show was titled Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food. Guests
were David Schleifer and Bryant Simon. Schleifer is a senior research associate at Public Agenda in New
York. Simon is the author of Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks who
researches the high costs of cheap food. Both guests were our first active promoters of the show through
their own Twitter communities, before during and after the broadcast. This production marked the first
webcast to use only YouTube Live as the streaming host. YouTubes recent upgrade of the service allows
HD quality streaming and prior posting of the event with a countdown clock that can be embedded on any
website. This will be an important tool in the future for prepping audiences for the broadcast. The live show
had 149 views, but the most active engagement on Twitter to date, with five questions being asked through
the service. Though the communities for the guests may not have been as large, they were more engaged
with them and had no problem interacting through #HistChem as a medium.
AUDIENCE, MARKETING & PROMOTION
CHFs #HistChem audiences are adults between 30-45 years of age who regularly use social media platforms
as engagement tools for civic and cultural advocacy. According to reporting gathered by SocialReport.com,
CHF has a current daily reach of 8,214 direct online followers with an average age of 36. In the 2013 fiscal
year, CHF added 2,383 followers to its Twitter and Facebook accounts. Additionally, it averaged 3,800 views
each month on YouTube.
#HistChem is initially focused on strengthening this growing core audience. One U.K.-based audience mem-
ber exemplified the qualities of engagement and advocacy that we seek. On her blog, Mar Dixon describes
herself as Passionate about culture. Champion for the next generation of Cultural visitors. Defender of
Libraries. Sharing knowledge. Troublemaker and/or advocate, depending on what you need. Tweeting as @
MarDixon, she drove nearly 15 percent of the conversational interaction surrounding the first show over a
three-week period. She also wrote a blog post at www.mardixon.com about the organization, which ends
with the quote featured in the opposite side bar.
Chatterblast, a social media marketing agency in Philadelphia, is helping us make webcast topics more
relevant and digestible for connecting with, and sharing by, audience advocates. Chatterblasts role includes
working with CHF to develop a content and marketing plan that encourages targeted audiences to watch and
participate in #HistChem media.
By directly engaging individual
Twitter followers with questions
about each webcast, CHF has been
able to spark its most vibrant
conversations in the weeks leading
up to the live webcasts.
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Though audience growth is certainly valued and
anticipated, the seven vision goals for CHFs
overall digital media strategy prioritize meaningful
experiences for an increasingly engaged audience.
Conceptually, #HistChem supports all seven goals but
the goals listed below were among those identified
for initial measurement, beginning with the August
2013 pilot.
CHF provides timely, relevant engagement opportu-
nities for its audiences.
CHF facilitates active and enlightening dialog with its
audiences.
Measurable Objective:
The show and associated thematic content on CHFs
blog will inspire an average of one online interaction
(i.e. audience comment and related staff response)
each week.
Supporting Tactics:
1. Regular featured audience question/com-
ment with CHF response.
2. Tweets targeted to appropriate individuals
about webcast topics
3. Track tweets about show and add related pro-
files to Twitter list Online Community
4. Cross-promotional social media promotions
with an interviewee institution.
EARLY EVALUATION
This objective was based on CHFs previous active
weekly blogging efforts that resulted in an average
of one measurable response each month from read-
ers. It proved to be a conservative objective as the
first webcast engendered enough response to meet
the six-month goal on its own. Since then, response
has been consistent due to CHFs direct engage-
ment with individuals online. The most meaningful
measures of engagement (e.g. questions for guests)
have doubled for each of the last three shows to
a more even mix of commentary rather than just
retweets. While live views have held steady at more
than 100 per show, the interaction signifies that
trust is being built. Also encouraging is that CHFs
Tumblr blog, which launched with the forensics show
content attracted two likes, two reblogs and ten
followers before it was publicized.Related Goal:
CHF publishes its digital products in formats opti-
mized for search, sharing and exploration.
Measurable Objective:
#HistChems cross-platform approach will result in a
25% subscriber increase each year to CHF multime-
dia platforms on which webcast content plays a role.
Supporting Tactics:
1. Subscribe to Our Channel overlays for #Hist-
Chem YouTube content
2. Descriptions for #HistChem will contain consis-
tent keyword tags as well as subscription links
to related media among all platforms (YouTube,
Vimeo, iTunes)
3. Detailed shownotes with timestamps in Vimeo
descriptions allow viewers to find content
more quickly.
I cant recommend Chem-
ical Heritage Foundation
enough. Even if youre not
planning a trip to Philadel-
phia any time soon, follow
them online on one of
their many channels [each
CHF channel is linked].
Not only are they brilliant
with social media, but they
live stream lecturers (I
managed to catch one the
other night). And feel free
to explore their brilliant
website - you can lose
hours there learning and
having fun.
@MarDixon
EVALUATION OF GOALS & OBJECTIVES
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APP-BASED COMMUNITy
One of key tools #HistChem is
using to bring together its com-
munity, promote sharing of its
content and spark engagement is
social media is its mobile app for
iOS and Android devices (screen-
shot below).
In November, 88 people installed
the app, a 591% increase from
the previous year. Only 40%
of these were from the U.S.,
continuing the fall 2013 trend
of an increasingly international
audience for CHF media.
Metrics Tracking & Production tips
Supporting Tactics:
1. Consistently exploit bonus content capabilities
of app by crafting app-only wallpaper, video
segments, ebook downloads and push notifica-
tions.
2. Incentivize participation through contest and
survey promotions via the app
3. Use Twitter advertising to encourage app
downloads among influencers and engaged
audiences.
EARLY EVALUATION
Referencing the same 90 day YouTube subscriber
metrics mentioned previously: in the key loyalty
metric of subscribers per 1,000 views, the United
States was matched by audiences in Europe, India
and Latin America. Installs of the Distillations app
have averaged 80 per month in the same period with
similar geographic popularity. Active installs have
now surpassed 2,600.

EARLY EVALUATION
In the 90 days following #HistChems first show, the
CHF YouTube account has added nearly 25 percent to
its total number of subscribers.
Measurable Objective:
Viewers and total downloads originating outside the
Philadelphia region will double during #HistChems
first-year pilot phase. Supporting Tactics:
1. National and international issues/guest consid-
erations are a regular agenda item for content
planning meetings.
2. Provide mobile-compatible formats to make
the webcast accessible to the widest number of
online media consumers.
Measurable Objective:
Identify and centralize audience advocates by achiev-
ing 5,000 installs of the #HistChem Distillations
mobile app by the end of 2014.
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Metrics Tracking & Production tips
Podcast Mobile App
83 downloads
591% increase
60% international
Nov.-Dec. 2013
PRODUCTION TOOLS
youTube Live Online viewing
CHF uses the Live Events function of its Youtube Chan-
nel to stream its shows. This makes the program acces-
sible from the majority of mobile smartphone and tablet
devices, as well as desktop computers.
NewTek TriCaster
CHF owns a NewTek TriCaster livestreaming device, which
it has used for 18 lectures, symposia and panel discus-
sions to date. The device is essentially a Windows com-
puter with connections for several A/V devices like video
cameras. It also includes specialized software for
recording and streaming.
http://newtek.com/products/tricaster-460.html
MacPro with multimedia software
This setup facilitates post-show edits for dis-
tribution to Vimeo, iTunes and the Distillations
community podcast app. Final Cut Pro is used for
video editing and Hindenberg Journalist is used for
audio editing.
http://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/
http://hindenburg.com
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YouTube Edited Teaser
Playlist
653 views
Aug.-Nov. 2013
ChemHeritage
YouTube Overall
114 New Subscibers
95 Likes
19,472 more views
compared to 2012
Aug.-Nov. 2013
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Vimeo Channel
Video Loads
by Geographic
Region
1. What are emerging trends in
pop culture?
2. What is our unique contribu-
tion to the conversation?
3. Who is influential in this area
that would make a good guest?
4. What are emerging trends in
pop culture?
5. What is our unique contribu-
tion to the conversation?
6. Who is influential in this area
that would make a good guest?
QuESTIONS for
guiding show
topics
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WEBCAST PRODUCTION WORKFLOW
Concept
development
3 months before show
content
creation
1-2 months before show
pre- production
<1 month before show
LIVE production
Day of show
post- production
after the show
FOUR MONTHS BEFORE
Determine general topic
Look for in-house objects, interviewees
Look for external interviewees
THREE MONTHS BEFORE
Finalize interviewees
Finalize objects
Schedule related short video content
Plan blog content
TWO MONTHS BEFORE
Determine related CHF media content (podcast/
magazine/video)
Finalize questions for guest
Write blog posts
MONTH BEFORE
Finalize blog edits
Conference call with guests to flesh out conversa-
tion and finalize script
Produce opening and mid-show break segments
WEEK OF
Redirect link chemheritage.org/live
Get FINAL presentation from speaker, export to
JPGs and upload all to Basecamp--share with all on
project
Check internet port activity; Remind IT and Confer-
ence center of the event
WEEK BEFORE
Research and format graphics (cutaways and titles)
and their copyright
Change out media page theme
DAY BEFORE
Touch-base conference call with technical produc-
tion crew
Test internet connectivity (ports/bandwidth)
DAY OF
Have laptop with Photoshop and Powerpoint stand-
ing by
Review graphic titles to ensure correct spelling and
affiliation
Send notification email to staff regarding reserved
viewing room
Thoroughly sound check audio for balance in both
house sound and web stream
PRODUCTION PLANNING TASKS
Invite all production and CHF players to Base-
camp project
Wireless mic on speaker for movement on stage,
though she will be controlling the Powerpoint
through the podium keyboard
Email in discussion outlines titling, etc. Share
with production company
Set up event description in YouTube Live for SEO
& embedding
Coach speaker: Repeat questions for camera
Send spellings and titles of speakers for graphics
Activity in the Ulyot ahead of the event that
might cause a conflict with setup
Confirm event start time and date
Reserve Table for Equipment with Conference
Center
If the event is during a workday, schedule a
conference room to watch stream
PROMOTION
Get promotional intro/outro slides from ad-
vancement
Build scorecard for audience and numbers goals
Schedule social media announcements (including
early day of and in progress as it happens)
in Hootsuite
Announcements on Google Plus; Contact Kyle
Bruley kbruley@google.com for promotion
through Google Channels)
Facebook tab or social media campaign
Determine if the event will be live tweeted, and
who will do it
1-2 WEEKS AFTER
Edit five-minute highlight version for YouTube
Edit high-quality full-length version for Vimeo
channel
Export audio & produce conversational wrap up
about the show for iTunes