Promoting your history organization’s year of events in about 30 minutes

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A national platform dedicated to history events and open to any

organization . . .

. . . and a weekly e-mail with history events in your state.

Massachusetts launched in August.Other states are in the works.

The History List was designed for history organizations. A typical historical society can add a year’s worth of events in about 30 minutes:

• Enter your monthly programs.

• Add the other events at your site.

• Add events held at other locations.

Next: Step by step.

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How to add your events, step by step: Gather your information

u Gather your event information for the year. This might be in a Word document, such as a press release or newsletter, or on your site.

You have unlimited space for text, photos, and video on The History List. If you copy and paste a description it will never be cut off.

Change or update listings anytime.

v Sign in at www.TheHistoryList.com. If this is your first time, request an account or sign in immediately with Facebook.

Then click on “Add events.”

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Sign in

w Start with the monthly programs at your site.

Copy and paste the text.

Drag and drop photos (pictured).

Preview and Publish.

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Add your monthly events

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x You will see this pop up after you publish your event. Select Add another event like this one.

This creates a duplicate of the event you just entered.

Revise with the new title, description, and anything else that’s different, and then publish.

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Add other similar events at your site

Now add any events at your site that repeat daily or weekly, such as a tour.

Add all other events at your site.

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Add all remaining events at your site

Finally, enter all of your events at other venues.

Duplicate previous events if that makes it faster to enter.

To do this, click the link in the pop up or the Duplicate button at the bottom.

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Add any events at other locations

After you’ve added your events, fill in your organization’s profile page. You can probably just copy information from your site.

There is a link to your organization’s page at the top of your event pages.

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Fill in your organization’s profile page

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Tip: Anyone—staff, interns, volunteers—can enter or edit

Tip: Anyone can edit a listing, including staff, interns, and volunteers, regardless of who entered it originally.

Tip: Click on “View contributors” to see who entered and edited a listing.

The full e-mail address is never shown and it is not a link.

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Tip: Everyone can have their own account

Tip: There is no need to share one account. Each person can have their own.

Tip: If you sign in with your Facebook account, you can begin entering and editing immediately. You don’t need to request an account.

You will see your picture, but no one else will see it or any other personal Facebook information.

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Tip: All of your pages are linked and updated automatically

All of your upcoming and past events appear automatically at the bottom of your organization’s page.

Tip: When you add events in the future, select your organization from the list that appears when you start typing in the name.

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Tip: You only need to enter an annual event once—ever

Tip: You only need to enter an annual event once—ever. As the next year’s event approaches, simply edit the listing with the new date and any other details that have changed.

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Tip: It’s easy to add exhibits and special exhibit programming

Tip: It is simple to add an exhibit. Choose the start and end dates, and then select the option for exhibits that are open when you are open.

Tip: Add related programming, such as an opening reception or a lecture, as separate events.

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Tip: The History List supports organizations with multiple sites

Tip: If your organization has multiple sites, when you add an event at a new site, a venue page will be created. Your organization’s profile page, venue pages, and event pages are all linked and updated automatically with every new event.

Rolled out state by state, based on local interest and participation, starting with Massachusetts in August 2015.

Events on The History List appear automatically.

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The weekly e-mail with history events in your state

Vote to start a weekly history events newsletter for your state or region: www.TheHistoryList.com/subscribe

“I'm incredibly impressed. I do a ton of these events calendars and I dread them because a. they are all different b. they don't give enough flexibility (different hours on different days for example) and c. I'm forever scrolling or hitting enter or doing some other forbidden action that messes up my entries or causing me to get red errors all over the place. You even let me change font size, bold my text, etc . . . You've created an easy to use, flexible, attractive site.”

Anne GrasbergerVolunteer

Goschenhoppen Historians Henry Antes Plantation and the Goschenhoppen Historians Folk Festival

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“The Massachusetts Historical Society offers most more than 100 public programs and events each year. What makes The History List different is its targeted approach.

“It is an easy-to-use online resource that connects history enthusiasts to history-related events and programs.”

Carol KnauffDirector of Communications

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Features and a link to sign up: TheHistoryList.com/start

Lists and newsletters: TheHistoryList.com/subscribe

Resources for history organizations: TheHistoryList.com/resources

Questions and suggestions: Editors@TheHistoryList.com

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