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Gateway to the Arts: A Web Design Story

Tech Soup

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. In 2008, Gateway to the Arts was in need of a major overhaul. “Our website was a mess,” Lisa said. “I would open it and just get depressed and close it again. We had a non-logo.

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Lead or Follow: Arts Administrators Hash it Out

Museum 2.0

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Meet the 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge Judges

Tech Soup

David Lee King writes about, talks about, and works around libraries, social media, and digital communities. Kirthi Nath is the founder of Cinemagical Media , a conscious media company that produces artistic, heart-based videos. Connect with Raven on Twitter at @ravenb and @WinTheNet. Connect with David on Twitter at @davidleeking.

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Tori Tuncan, Guest Post -- The Lend4Health Journey: Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started using Twitter on September 24, 2008, and my first tweet was, "Working on two new loan requests on Lend4Health." I "favorited" almost everything, and I basically used Twitter as a personalized library. I had no idea what Twitter was or what it was for, but I had heard of it in the traditional media channels.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. Other times, the differences come down to social conventions.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. Other times, the differences come down to social conventions.