who I am


[ Thanks to Ben for permission to use the pic ]

I’m Mike Ellis. I work for a Bath-based company called Eduserv who are a not for profit IT services group.

My interests are in mobile technologies, social media, ubiquitous computing and innovation. I’m particularly interested in how organisations (particularly those which are traditionally quite slow at embracing new approaches to technology) can be empowered to do so.

I work within the Research & Innovation Group, looking at new technologies and how these impact on the way we communicate and collaborate. I regularly speak about social media, mobile technologies and new business models, and am currently writing a book on how to manage and grow a cultural heritage web presence.

From 2000-2007 I was Head of Web for the National Museum of Science and Industry, UK, which comprises the Science Museum in London, Media Museum in Bradford and Railway Museum in York. Before that I was Production Manager at Waterstone’s Online; prior to that, I ran a small business providing web and print design consultancy.

I do a lot of writing about the web and what it means to people and institutions over on my Electronic Museum blog, have recently written a unit for the new Digital Heritage course at Leicester University, and am currently writing a book all about the web and cultural institutions: Managing and growing a cultural heritage web presence

I live in Bath with my wife and two sons.

Profile Pics

I have a couple of profile pictures available via my box.net public folder.

More about me

Slideshows and presentations

Descriptions of some of the presentations and papers I’ve done can be found on my Electronic Museum blog. Most of my slides are on Slideshare

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