Joseph Ditler is a public relations and marketing professional with an extensive background in writing, photography, publishing, and event planning.

Since 1984 he has served as creative director of his own communications company called Schooner or Later Promotions, which specializes in three primary areas of expertise -- arts & culture, the entertainment industry, and the waterfront.

He also performs a special service called "Living Obituary" which pays homage to seniors and retired military by recording their life stories in biography form as the ultimate preparation for life's final act.

Ditler worked for 12 years as communications and development director at the San Diego Maritime Museum. During this time he established a reputation for increasing media coverage, raising institutional visibility, and helping the museum rise from near-bankruptcy to become one of the premier maritime institutions in the world.

His museum successes are recognized in the arts & culture regions throughout Southern California, and in the maritime museum industry world-wide. As an additional charge, Ditler offers a wide variety of museum services around the world to non-profits and members of the arts & culture community. His concept of "temporary" museum services should be on the desk of every museum director.

Ditler's out-of-the-box approach to museums and the challenges facing them in the 21st century has proven to be unusually unique, extremely creative, and successful by any standards.
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