BALBOA PARK ONLINE COLLABORATIVE INC
1549 El Prado 8, San Diego, CA 92101 www.bpoc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: to foster a culture of innovation and collaboration among nonprofit organizations through technology, with a focus on Balboa Park. BPOCs vision is to be a technology collaboration that connects audiences to art, culture, and science.

BPOC ADVANCES TECHNOLOGY IN THE CULTURAL SPACE BY OFFERING DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES,INCLUDING BPOCS TELEPRESENCE INITIATIVE, MUSEUM AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, WEBSITE ANDMOBILE DEVELOPMENT, VIDEO PRODUCTION, ONLINE MARKETING, AND IN-GALLERY TECHNOLOGYSUPPORT. RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE MUSEUM AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, AN EXPERIMENTALPROJECT TO TEST THE ABILITY OF A TELEPRESENCE ROBOT, THE BEAMPRO, BY SUITABLETECHNOLOGIES TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO VISIT THE SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM INREAL-TIME THROUGH A DEVICE THAT INTERACTS WITH THE MUSEUM DIRECT FROM THECLASSROOM; DESIGNED A USER FRIENDLY WESITE FOR THE PURCHASING AND RENEWALS OF THEBALBOA PARK CULTURAL PARTERNSHIP EXPLORER PASS; AND BPOC WORKED WITH THE SAN DIEGOMUSEUM OF ART TO THEME AND IMPLEMENT WEB KIOSKS, CREATING A MODERN FULL RESPONSIVE,VISUALLY APPEALING COLLECTIONS WEBSITE. MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL PROJECTS INCLUDE THEBALBOA PARK COMMONS, AN ONLINE RESOURCE LIBRARY OF OVER 31,000 COLLECTION IMAGESFROM 8 INSTITUTIONS; CONSERVATION REEL, A TRAINING PORTAL WITH OVER 50 VIDEOS ONCONSERVATION AND COLLECTION CARE; AND THE BALBOA PARK MOBILE APP FOR IPHONE ANDANDROID DEVICES, WHICH PROVIDE WAYFINDING FOR BALBOA PARK. DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICESARE PROVIDED BELOW MARKET-RATE AND OFTEN WITH THE USE OF FREE, OPEN SOURCE TOOLS.IN ADDITION TO DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES, BPOC OFFERS DIGITAL STRATEGY CONSULTATIONS TOMUSEUMS ACROSS THE CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, AND WORLD, HELPING MUSEUM STAFF UNDERSTANDHOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE THEIR VISITORS IN NEW, EXCITING WAYS. PARTNERS HAVEINCLUDED THE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, THE SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM,NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES, MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM, SAINT LOUIS ARTMUSEUM, THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM, THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM AND SPACE CENTER HOUSTON FOR THE VISUAL ARTS.

BPOC Core Support supports Balboa Parks outdoor informational touch-screen kiosks and provides competitive and affordable IT contract services to 12 cultural organizations in Balboa Park allowing the organizations to accomplish high levels of technological proficiency and collaborative services including the Park-wide data and a shared phone system. BPOCs pervasive wireless network is now providing shared internet access to 19 Balboa Park cultural institutions as well as to the public via 200 public wireless access points and hotspots deployed by BPOC. This investment in the WiFi infrastructure improves the overall visitor experience, serving an average of 5,500 visitors per day and enabling Park institutions to utilize technologies that engage and broaden their audiences.

BPOC uses a multi-platform DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGY, to inform and engage more than 12 million people who visit Balboa Park each year, BPOC coordinates with many Balboa Park partners, including The Balboa Park Conservancy, Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, and the Friends of Balboa Park, to implement a multi-platform, digital strategy that includes BalboaPark.org, a content-rich hub for everything and anything for the Balboa Park visitor. The responsive website features a park-wide calendar module, and preference-based, curated itineraries that offer unusual ways to experience Balboa Park. BPOC supports way-finding and information-at-your-fingertips apps for iPhone and Android devices, social media and online media partnerships with San Diego Magazine and UT San Diego. BalboaPark.org attracts more than 2.6 million visitors per year, and its social media pages engage over one million followers.

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