Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2013

Over the past three years, the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) has served as the museum poster child for the debate on the public value of the arts. Last year, the DIA was saved from financial crisis by voters in its three neighboring counties who elected to take on an additional property tax to support the museum.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Residents in the three counties that pay the millage will receive special benefits : free admission to the museum and expanded educational programming. This perspective was rampant in Michigan. Successful argument: Great museums improve quality of life and the value of the region. Several Detroit comments were in this vein.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Last week, I attended a workshop on Creating a Vision of Greatness at ZingTrain , the training arm of Zingerman's Deli, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In the Zingerman's model, visioning is for everyone at all levels of the organization. A SIMPLE WAY TO TRY IT This week, we experimented with visioning at my museum in an all-staff meeting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

For examples of text-free avatars, see the United Way of Southwest Michigan and Amnesty International : Instagram Bios. If you are a location-based nonprofit, such as a museum or zoo, then also add your address. They do read and often will read very long captions, even articles or blog posts copied and pasted directly into Instagram.

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