Museum 2.0

JUNE 21, 2016

My new book, The Art of Relevance , is now available and ready to move from my computer to your hands. We put a lot of work into developing ways to expand local relevance--to make meaningful connections with diverse people in our community. The Art of Relevance is not a how-to. I hope you will read The Art of Relevance.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Jenifer R Daniels, Communications & Marketing Specialist, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Crisis communications is often studied by public relations practitioners but seldom is it used. The Library system was now charged with informing our patrons [and the taxpaying public] how and why this was happening. .

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Some of your board members may be plugged in to grant opportunities through foundations or corporations in the community, not to mention family foundations that their social contacts and business colleagues may control. They may be helpful, or not, but it never hurts to ask.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

I feel strongly that there are huge issues with racial and ethnic diversity in museums and arts organizations that deserve a million more posts. One was a conference on pushing our practice in art museums. In library- and museum-land, the participants were 80-90% women. I don't know if gender diversity deserves more posts.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

Community foundations — These oversee donor funds, and most also offer grant initiatives. However, your local library may have a subscription you can access for free, on site, with a library card. Perhaps they are supporting another issue this year (ask arts organizations about their funding during the pandemic).

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NTEN

AUGUST 20, 2014

The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) supports Portland’s arts and writing community and curates North America’s largest zine library, a circulating archive of self-published and otherwise underground and rare publications. As glorious as the zine library is, we have developed an enviable problem of scale.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood, and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. Forum One worked with the National Rural Health Resource Center to design their new website in Drupal 9.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

For awhile now, we at TechSoup (parent organization to the MaintainIT Project ) have been working with our corporate partners to open more donation programs to public libraries. In the past year, software donations from Symantec , NOZA , and others have become available to public libraries for the first time.

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Volunteer Hub

JULY 26, 2021

Opened in 1996, Holocaust Museum Houston has become a valuable resource for community residents and people around the world. VolunteerHub provided the features the organization needed and helped increase active volunteers by 478%.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 18, 2014

And it''s got me thinking about how we build energy and audience for the arts in this country. Barry Hessenius recently wrote a blog post questioning the theory that more art into the school day will increase and bolster future adult audiences for art experiences. Like Barry, I feel that more art in schools is always better.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

American Jazz Museum Best Arts Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room and Gem Theater. The post Forum One Takes Home 8 WebAwards!

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

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? Here are three of my favorites.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2014

Michael was an active member of the NTEN community, NTC speaker, colleague, friend, and an all-around great person to know. In addition to his work in the nonprofit tech arena, he was actively involved with local arts organizations. He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. A grant from Lannan Foundation allowed Braided River to donate 10,000 copies of the book to libraries and indigenous communities across the country.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. A grant from Lannan Foundation allowed Braided River to donate 10,000 copies of the book to libraries and indigenous communities across the country.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2016

The result is a new book, The Art of Relevance , coming out in a few weeks. It's packed with practical theories, rags-to-relevance case studies, and inspiring stories from museums and libraries, theaters and parks, dance companies and orchestras, afterschool programs and activists, churches and synagogues. That's where you come in.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. This combination of technical ability, neutrality, and fierce belief in freedom of expression is undervalued in society and by many existing library systems. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

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. We’re an arts organization! “Our website was a mess,” Lisa said. We had a non-logo. We have to have color!”

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. Each month we work with 50-100 individuals to co-produce our community programs. Start with and continuously identify your communities. Can't wait to hear what you think.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

It’s also smart to link to your social networking communities, but to the mobile versions i.e., m.facebook.com/nonprofitorgs , m.twitter.com/nonprofitorgs , m.youtube.com/nonprofitorgs , m.flickr.com/photos/nonprofitorgs , etc. On flyers and community billboards. For art walks. In libraries. At protests.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Purim is a Jewish holiday that brings a community together — and gives everyone an excuse to dress up on a day that isn’t Halloween. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. Get the whole neighborhood or local community involved and create a Garage Sale Trail of your own. Garden Tour or Block Party.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn has been part of the Qgiv extended family since 2019—we proudly partner to help make a difference in our communities. It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. Q: Are there community resources available? Q: What if one I have only basic office skills? Q: Do I need an academic degree?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Bea’s job on TechSoup’s community team is to find compelling nonprofit stories from our community (NGOs, libraries, technology consultants, and foundations) around the globe to feature them on our TechSoup Global Local Impact Map. Meet Bea Dominguez. Like so many people here at TechSoup, she has broad experience.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 2, 2012

Then head on over to TechSoup for Libraries and check out their blog series on interesting uses of technology. Image: Computer art project ( Ken Fager ). Want to see how other organizations are using these technologies and what they’ve accomplished? Social media : See how your organization can get started with social media.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2018

OFBYFOR ALL is a framework to help civic and cultural organizations become OF, BY, and FOR their communities. We're launching it with partners at community-based libraries, parks, museums, and cultural centers around the world. But we share a common passion for making our institutions of, by, and for our communities.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

My #GivingTuesday #unselfie goes to @LBPLFoundation because libraries are still critical to literacy in our community pic.twitter.com/ZC1N49U6Mp — Kate (@KAzarPD). Share your #UnSelfie for #GivingTuesday and help champion women in the arts! Visit https://t.co/ypEqPWiVvD ypEqPWiVvD and share your #UNselfie with us!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

There, we see hearts, bodies, and minds coming to life through improvisation and the creative arts. This is an example of a community using video to capture the inspiration inherent in its nonprofit mission. Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser. Libraries have fans, tons of fans. spanhidden.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab. Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Find the Future: The Game.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

Community Services Block Grant – $1 Billion. National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities – $75 Million each. Institute of Museum and Library Services – $50 Million. Community Development Block Grant – $5 Billion. Thanks again for all you do to serve our communities! Child Nutrition Programs – $8.8

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Bea’s job on TechSoup’s community team is to find compelling nonprofit stories from our community (NGOs, libraries, technology consultants, and foundations) around the globe to feature them on our TechSoup Global Local Impact Map. Meet Bea Dominguez. Like so many people here at TechSoup, she has broad experience.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. A World Where Everyone Has a Decent Place to Live.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2016

This month, I'm sharing a few chapters from my new book The Art of Relevance in advance of its release. The Art of Relevance has a central metaphor that relevance is a key that unlocks the door to meaningful experiences (which live in a room). To get into this chapter, imagine that your institution/program/art is a room.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

From the TechSoup Community. Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. arts organization , and a Canadian wildlife organization to better fulfill their missions. From TechSoup for Libraries. Here's a roundup of what we've been doing. TechSoup Blog.

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