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Developing a Participatory, Provocative History Project at a Small Museum in Minnesota: Interview with Mary Warner

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Mary Warner, the Museum Manager at the Historical Society, wrote a series of moving articles for her museum newsletter and later for the AASLH’s Small Museum Online Community about her experiences tackling big issues in a small museum. How do we get the history of the poor? We struggle with how to save digital media.

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Announcing The Art of Relevance Audiobook! Get Your for Free Today.

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You can also listen to a five-minute sample from the introduction to get a sense of what it sounds like. Go to the page for the book and hit the "Free with 30 Day Trial Membership" orange button to the right.

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Nonprofits Live: User-Generated Content Recap

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We welcomed the following experts: Amy Sample Ward , Membership Director of the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). Sample Ward started off the discussion by speaking about creating a community that welcomes user-generated content. Goldman relied on user-generated content for Imagining Ourselves at the International Museum of Women.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. Access to password-protected content like checklists for camping with kids or sample lesson plans for outdoor educators.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

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Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity.

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ASTC Recap: Questions, Colors, and Reflective Research

Museum 2.0

Exhibit labels in science centers ask more questions than any other kinds of museums, and yet the questions are often awful--teacherly, overly rhetorical, and totally meaningless. asked by a cop or mother, garners the full attention of asker and askee alike, museum questions like "what is nanotechnology?,"

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Book Club Part 1: Free at Last

Museum 2.0

Welcome to the first installment of the Museum 2.0 While every post at Museum 2.0 Elaine Gurian, author of this summer’s book, Civilizing the Museum , will also be popping into the conversation as her time and interest permits. And if you're planning ahead, next week we'll look at chapter 6, Timeliness: A discussion for museums.

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