interactivate
Contact information
- Regan Forrest
- Adelaide, SA
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Skills/services
- Audience research
- Heritage curation & interpretation
- Leadership development
- Operations & governance
- Writing & editorial
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interactivate is led by Dr Regan Forrest, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the museums and gallery sector across interpretive planning, exhibition development, visitor research and senior leadership.
Services include:
Leadership development – Regan has created Museum Essentials as a foundation program for new museum and gallery managers. She also runs team development workshops and offers 1:1 coaching. Regan is a certified 6 Types of Working Genius® facilitator and uses this model in workshops and coaching.
Interpretive planning – working with a site’s history, location and collections to develop compelling interpretation that brings places alive through story.
Exhibition curation and project management – working with subject matter experts and exhibition designers to help craft specialist knowledge into engaging exhibits.
Exhibition text writing and editing – Regan is a skilled editor with extensive experience in writing clear and concise exhibit text.
Audience and visitor research – Regan is recognised as an expert in museum visitor experiences. Her doctoral thesis, Design Factors in the Museum Visitor Experience, was based on detailed qualitative and quantitative research into visitor perceptions, attitudes and behaviour.
Program evaluation – using surveys and stakeholder engagement to provide an independent assessment of the effectiveness of exhibitions and public programs.
Projects
2026
Delivery of the Museum Essentials leadership program across multiple small group sessions. Participants joined from museums across QLD, ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, and WA.
2026
Curatorial support services for the Adelaide Holocaust Museum, assisting the curator in text writing, image research and reviewing design proofs.
2025
Facilitation of a two-hour workshop with the South Australian Museum’s leadership team, based on the 6 Types of Working Genius® model.
2025
Developing and managing a procurement process for exhibition design and build services for the Adelaide Holocaust Museum.
2025
Evaluation of the South Australian Museum’s Nature Photographer of the Year competition, through a survey of past entrants and detailed interviews with previous finalists and judges.
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