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. Every time we collaborate, we learn new ways to improve our process, organization and communication. We realize collaboration differs greatly for each individual and organization.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Long hours and endless to-do lists press an already-depleted staff more than ever before. Prepare for Changes with Documented Processes In addition to implementing better technology, nonprofits need to layer effective processes on top of those tools. An initial core process for Headwaters was implementing front-end management.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 20, 2018

However, to reach those people with education, resources and services, you need external aid from the press. Here are six ways to capture the interest of the press and earn media coverage to help you impact your local community. Build relationships with the press. If you want to affect the press, get to know the press.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Human Rights Our Human Rights Program continues to focus on helping activists and journalists securely document the stories of human rights abuses worldwide. Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This day of global giving has grown into an impressive movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. That being said, I’d personally cap the number of emails/posts at four for the day, but if you’re pressed for time two emails or posts will suffice.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. Press Announcement. If You Can’t Train In-Person, Document! Having documentation available for a new leader can often be as effective of a training tool as in-person guidance. . Instead, immediately after you put your notice in, begin documenting what you do daily and weekly.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

These tools employ collaborative methods that engage both end-users and the organizations serving them. A robust ecosystem map would be made up of many different service blueprints, not only documenting how different technologies interact, but also the front and backstage journeys involved.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

We recently wrapped up our 2021 Collaborative: Virtual Sessions event here at Classy. The Classy team created engaging content that Collaborative participants could use in their professional lives. Alexa shared a variety of ways her team evaluated the success of their planning and execution of the Collaborative event.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Check out recent press coverage of our work, featuring the head of our human rights team, Dr. Patrick Ball, in Foreign Policy magazine and NPR's On The Media. Write technical descriptions of HRP methods and projects at many levels of detail for academic publications, white papers, grant applications, grant reports, and internal documentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

ADOPTA uses cloud services to share files, collaborate and stay in touch on the go. ADOPTA uses the secure file-sharing features in Office 365 to make it easy for people from different backgrounds to edit a document, resulting in richer and better written submissions. It is also using those tools to fundraise, with great results.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 12, 2020

But, like the best of high-energy people, she's also intensely supportive and collaborative. Check out any of the national and international press about museum technology and social media. Fact #4: We must document it. We can’t let this moment pass without thoroughly documenting your efforts. Museums have made waves.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

Before you begin working with a consultant, you should create a list of your team’s most pressing tech questions. In the next section, this information is documented and becomes the main deliverable of the nonprofit technology assessment. Step Three: Documentation. Prepare questions for your consulting team. Deliverables.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It makes your data and documents available anywhere, anytime. But in the press of the every day and the big intransigent difficulties we are each grappling with, it’s hard to make “go to a technology training class” the most important thing on the to-do list. I’m not asking for a big giant enforced collaboration project here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I realized that I could listen to other organizations working on adolescent mental health, build relationships, collaborate, and ultimately reach more people with less effort. I also discovered that I could use listening to build collaborative connections to other organizations via the social web, both locally and nationally.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

I love Trevor Donnell's brilliant book and blog, Marketing the Arts to Death , in which he documents the disasters caused by our inability to be audience- and data-driven in our marketing efforts. It allows us all to be involved in promoting and documenting experiences at the museum.

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NTEN

MARCH 22, 2011

As an Executive Director who tries to collaborate as often as possible, I know the stumbling blocks only too well, but we can all take some small steps to do some small sharing, and start to transform our sector's culture. How many clients do you serve? Where are they located? She offered to share. She didn't offer to sell her list of users.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2017

Nonprofits have that same risk, but we also have the risk of delivering the service but failing to document the service properly or the service recipient’s eligibility. Strategies to manage these risks include: Establishing standard, digitized processes to capture data and supporting documentation—financial and non-financial.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

We must track and communicate well with our donors, members, and volunteers — really anyone who interacts with our organizations, including press and partner organizations. It also has hosted email via Exchange Online and online document sharing with SharePoint Online. Nonprofits increasingly rely on data of all kinds.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

Do we have our training programs documented, and if so, how often do we update them? If you’re pressed for time, you could send out a 10-15 minute survey, compile the answers, and then hold a 30-minute meeting to review the results with the group. Try to avoid adding more than 5 people per group or department. Strive for progress.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

But in the press of the every day and the big intransigent difficulties we are each grappling with, it's hard to make 'go to a technology training class' the most important thing on the to-do list. To quote Marnie Webb, co-CEO of TechSoup Global: "Training, you know, is something everyone needs. And it's hard.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

Organizations with healthy IT infrastructures are continually making iterative improvements based on their program needs, documenting those improvements, and monitoring for future iterations. Document all of those lists and take note of how much overlap there is among them. She's great. That may be trickier than you'd think.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

Organizations with healthy IT infrastructures are continually making iterative improvements based on their program needs, documenting those improvements, and monitoring for future iterations. Document all of those lists and take note of how much overlap there is among them. She's great. That may be trickier than you'd think.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2015

TechSoup has put together a collection of nearly 80 great productivity apps that are available from our donor partners to communicate, collaborate, manage files and data, and more on the go. Box offers its content management and collaboration service via its app for all three major mobile platforms, plus a handy text editor for Android.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The simple fact is that the New Year presents a wonderful opportunity to press pause and get ready for the coming year. Reflection: Do your foundation’s governing documents or bylaws allow you to change or adjust funding strategy? We live in a connected world, so open yourself up to collaboration.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Collaborate with peers from across North America who understand your challenges.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

In 2003, collaborator Stephanie Sherman and I “re-discovered,” the former store, declared nothing for sale, and began inviting artists to create works using the set, or collection of objects. Nevertheless, in those gaps of document, memory and intervention, Elsewhere evolves. Each artist brings a restorative and disruptive process.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2010

With the support of museum staff, children developed the exhibition theme, selected the objects, designed the space, developed interpretative materials (including interactives), managed the budget, raised sponsorship, created press and marketing materials, put on the opening party, led interpretative tours, and trained museum guides.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

That basically entails figuring out how to allow staff and volunteers to get work email, documents and other data on their own mobile devices – and what to do when phones and tablets get lost or stolen. The mainstream IT press was alive with the topic. There are remedies. Big Data and the Internet of Things. Big picure time.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

Getting all their in-house and on-line systems talking to each other seems to be a pressing concern of the organizations we work with. System Documentation We have a lot of requests to explain the use of this or that feature of the system, to help troubleshoot some little mystery, or to remind users how to perform a rarely-used function.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Include bloggers on your press list. When you are creating your press list, be sure to search on Technorati and Google Blog Search to find bloggers who are writing about your organization's issues and send them your press release as well. So here it goes.10 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

These are complex learning environments where young people are making decisions, learning and collaborating with peers, etc. " He used the example of Harry Potter books - not just reading them, but young people working on collaborative writing projects via the Web -- writing and getting feedback from peers around the world.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

We got a lovely bit of press on the first four exhibit selections, and I'm thrilled by the diversity of participants and novel creations that have been submitted thus far. Consider the Wikisonic , a beautiful collaborative instrument initiated by Jon Brouchoud, an architect from Wisconsin.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration / Cancún Yucatán, (Int.) Participants will network and learn about other areas of practice, discuss a range of opportunities and challenges faced by different sectors, and work collaboratively to improve impact measurement. Oct 9 - 14.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We can't share the details because of confidentiality provisions, but we look forward to continued close collaboration with the ICC to document the disappearances and homicides and demonstrate the magnitude, trends and patterns of these incidents. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

The blog documents these art projects with photos and some text to provide context. Organizations should also consider repurposing emails, newsletter content, press releases, or sections of grant reports. Project Hope Art engages its supporters to raise funds to help children affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

Because those communications people need to really collaborate well with their colleagues in the development team and the programs team, you know, throughout your organization. Earned media is when you get press or coverage by somebody else. People people. I think it gets talked about sort of around the edges sometimes.

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