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How to Make the Most Out of Your Company’s Anniversary

Your history is the backbone of your anniversary celebration. Using historical assets that are uniquely yours—like photographs, historic logos, videos, and company archives—makes your story come to life. While you are preparing
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Bringing History On Demand Services to Digital Consumers

By Laura Starr, Engagement Strategist, and Jen Giambrone, Historian A Historical Retrospective of On Demand Services Need a ride? Groceries? Beer? A meal from your favorite restaurant? Want to read a new
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How to Transform Your Digital Assets to Drive Online Engagement

Guest post by Chris Cummings, Pass It Down Turn history into your greatest storyteller! Our favorite tips for optimizing online engagement with your digital assets. In the first post of our partner
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Laying the Foundation for Storytelling: Tips for Digital Transformation & Sustainability

By Laura Starr, Certified Archivist, HAI Engagement Strategist & Account Manager This blog was created in conjunction with our friends at Pass It Down, a company with an award-winning digital exhibit builder
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Corporate Collections: Preserve Your Past, Promote Your Legacy

Over the years, HAI has seen an increase in the interest of high-profile companies to create and/or develop corporate collections. The Levi Strauss Visitor Center, built to commemorate the company’s 150th anniversary,
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Making the Most of Milestones: Four Tips for Creating Effective History Timelines

With its 35th anniversary approaching, HAI faced a question that will be familiar to many companies and institutions—how to mark the occasion. How best to highlight events in our past, while also
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What’s Your Legacy? The Enduring Value of an Archive

Upon winning a championship or leaving office, sports figures and politicians are often asked to speculate about their legacy. Although leaving a legacy is something one may aspire to, it is really
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Tips for Creating a Memorable Company History – Oral Histories

A chronological timeline of events might form the backbone of a company history, but the details within the events are what makes for a good story. Oral histories provide the personal recollections
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How One Company Reduced Off-Site Records Storage Costs

Storing inactive records in an off-site facility can save space and costs, but these records, like active ones stored in your office, still need to be managed according to a retention schedule
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