Museum 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2012

In 2008, I wrote a post arguing that museums should focus on the pre-visit, not the post-visit, if they want to capture and retain visitors. I said: In many ways, the ability to successfully set a powerful and useful expectation for museum experiences is MORE valuable than the ability to extend said experience. Let me explain.

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Experiment Museum Library Aggregator 46

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Sadly, those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture are the most likely to experience hunger themselves. As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. Casper has 12 years of experience in managing scalable digital solutions in developing countries. Emma Visman.

Hunger 52

Hunger Global Impact Rwanda 52

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 3, 2018

In this episode, Gina Trimarco and Randy Hawthorne discuss the importance of running your organization like a business, no matter its tax classification. When the economy crashed in 2008, Gina opted to do something seemingly impossible for many by starting an unproven concept business instead of finding a new job.

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Podcast Training Train Companies 30

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. For the past four years, I’ve designed and facilitated panels on social media and nonprofit topics that were fun learning experiences and well documented. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel.

Comment 101

Comment Chad ROI Austin 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) website that is designed to: "create a unified place for nonprofits and experts to share their experience, pain, achievements, and discoveries." Throw a website at it!

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Problem Websites Open Source Place 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is.

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Open Source Software Open Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. This experience has made me think a lot about where organizations should think about using Linux, and where they should steer clear.

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Ubuntu Open Source Software Laptop 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an anti-censorship tool in places like Iran, and Nancy Schwartz noted in an online discussion, “this is a kick to independent content publishing, not just convenience on the readers side. .”

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Google Iran Reflection Feeds 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. This was a board for a private girls school just beginning to discuss social media in their marketing and communications. Perhaps I didn’t ask the question well.

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Social Media Government Reflection Media 95

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Economic theory required no falsifi-able hypotheses and demanded no repeatable controlled experiments (these would in most instances have been hard to organize in any case). He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. He then talks about the underlying assumptions of capitalism regarding infinite growth.

Government 111

Government Problem Environment Global 111

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2019

It’s discussed in everything from Trump’s tweets to popular songs, TV shows and movies. Its popularity increased as younger generations, who grew up through the 2008 financial crisis, recognized that our financial system needed big changes. . Bitcoin has been around for just over 10 years, and in that time it has become a big deal.

Venezuela 63

Venezuela Nonprofit Movie Government 63

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. This study investigated older adult volunteers serving in the Experience Corps program across 23 U.S.

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Volunteer St. Louis Americorp Work 80

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Economic theory required no falsifi-able hypotheses and demanded no repeatable controlled experiments (these would in most instances have been hard to organize in any case). He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. He then talks about the underlying assumptions of capitalism regarding infinite growth.

Government 100

Government Problem Environment Global 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. The survey will be one of the centerpieces of discussion at this year’s GEO conference being held in Seattle, March 12-14.

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Seattle Conference Survey Grant 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2013

I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” Stephen is an expert in many training methods so this will be an excellent co-learning experience. I am excited for a return visit to Australia.

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New Zealand Australia NGO Network 95

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media. It is the brain-child of Ewa Wojkowska and Toshi Nakamura who have extensive experience in international development as UN staff members." " Check it out!

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Web ROI Bookmarking Phase 108

Forum One

AUGUST 4, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

Influence 51

Influence Social Media Internet Web 51

Forum One

JUNE 18, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

Influence 51

Influence Social Media Internet Web 51

Museum 2.0

MARCH 1, 2011

This Friday, March 4, I'll be moderating a panel discussion about experiencing art in virtual environments at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (4pm, 1 hour, free). Anna has been forthright in the press about her enthusiasm for Google Art to open up museum and art experiences for a wide and diverse audience.

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Arts Google Museum Virtual 43

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I had the chance to sit down with Lindsay and discuss how volunteering has changed over the last few years, the multifaceted benefits of pro bono programs, and the power of skill-based volunteering to help us build resilience and navigate uncertain times. This is where ESG can go from an acronym to something tangible.

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Interview Build Companies Skills 59

Forum One

MARCH 26, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

Influence 51

Influence Social Media Internet Web 51

Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

Influence 51

Influence Social Media Internet Web 51

Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

Influence 51

Influence Social Media Internet Web 51

Forum One

JANUARY 2, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

Influence 51

Influence Social Media Internet Web 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW). What did we learn from the experience? Was it anticipated?

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Global Social Artist Technique 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

Balancing Learning Through Content Delivery and Sharing Experience. I applied the lessons learned from that to the challenge was scaling this for 300 people from different organizations in a way that helped experience a strategy brainstorm and help them make choices about the tool/tactical sessions later in the day. Some Reflections.

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Reflection People Network Colorado 103

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Huge shift in online collections beginning with Flickr Commons and CC licenses back around 2008 but it will take another decade for everyone to get onboard :) — Aron Ambrosiani (@AronAmbrosiani) December 2, 2019 And, when you make that kind of shift to shared ownership you're willing to share in an open, trusting manner, as Heidi mentioned. .

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Museum Lecture Attitude Trend 32

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2008

This can be a really rewarding experience. The project, which will last for 3 months, will run from May to July 2008. If you are interested in participating, include a few lines about yourself and your professional background (include your website or blog URL if you have one) and send by Sunday, April 27, 2008. The Women???s

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Mentoring Nigeria Project Network 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

And it’s nice to know that all of the last 8 years or so as a “technology vendor&# as it were, will be there as good experience and guidance as I work with clients. I thought of your recent discussion of open content in journals, but wasn’t sure what post to add the link to.

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Open Source Consultant Database RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

This is because all providers start out with some personal experiences or biases, and most are too busy taking care of clients to spend lots and lots of time gaining new expertise in a broad range of topics – they need to focus. No technology vendor, even the largest ones, can support everything.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Technology Open Source Course 100

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. My experience searching for Bob is concrete evidence of the helpfulness of various social networking sites (SNS) like LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Research Social Network Internet Linkedin 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I have been experimenting with how to deliver “networked&# presentations and workshops. We met face-t0-face at a social media event in 2008, but that was the only time I had interacted her face-to-face. Discussion at the Berkman Center. Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties.

Boston 95

Boston Network Story Nonprofit 95

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

What you might not know is that since I first wrote about the Challenge in April 2008 , Cami has published a New York Times bestselling book, 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life , and has appeared on the TODAY Show ! I've completed the Challenge four times, and found it to be a profound experience each time.

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Fun Challenge Giving New York 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Philanthropy: Senior management or trustee level experience in a private, community or corporate foundation. Each member is expected to serve on two committees. All Board members are expected to consider this Board to be a priority and to be engaged, contributing participants.

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San Francisco California Philanthropy Director 100

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Marshall to discuss the report and the insights RWW discovered through the process of aggregating and distilling so much information from experts and Web users. Probably middle of 2008. When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web? That’s just one idea.

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Interview Report Web Time 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” I often used the video at social media workshops back then to generate discussion about how our world is changing. But the approaches for building network effectiveness that this experiment supported were typically combined with more traditional organizational development activities.

Social Network 96

Social Network Network Social Online 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

The speakers included an amazing morning key note by Arianna Huffington, luncheon talk by Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg, and an all-star closing discussion panel. (I live tweeted and blogged the event) One of the best quotes of the day came from Arianna Huffington who said, "To be generous, practice generosity."

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America Social Network Challenge Reflection 91