Content, Minnesota, Story and Voice

How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work. Set realistic expectations and objectives for pilots, focus on learning and engagement. Pick a campaign and platform to experiment with integrating social fundraising , but build your network and get organized first.

Community

Community Giving Fundraising Contest

Institutional Blogs: Different Voices, Different Value

Museum 2.0

MARCH 7, 2007

In general, yes, I think that museums maintaining blogs is an effective, cheap way to get changing content out to the public frequently. Approach #2: Aggregate Content Blog (star example: Food Museum blog ) These blogs distribute news related to the content of the museum. Provide content that no one else does--and lots of it.

Voice

Voice Difference Museum Aggregator

Visitor Voices Book Club Part 4: Starting to Listen

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

s book club on Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions , a collection of essays edited by Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean. The best visitor voices projects don’t come out of marketing blitzes or grudging concessions to visitors. high quality visitor content) related to others (e.g. low percentage of on-topic content).

Voice

Voice Case Study Museum Analysis

Webinars

How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. I was looking for ways to be accessible to our constituents, grow our audience, and virally promote our content, so Twitter seemed like the way to go.

Social Media

Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy

The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Duluth, MN / $299. Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for our 2016 Annual Conference. New voices energizing conversations. Marketing & Communications. State/Local.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington

AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Some of the most interesting questions included: how do you verify the accuracy and authenticity of visitor-contributed content? Adam Lerner shared the story of Superheroes , a storefront in downtown Denver operated by a web designer who wanted to invite people to use his space to hang out, read magazines, and make things via letterpress.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children

Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Developers of the ECHO project are exploring new ways to use web technology to bring native voices into museum exhibits and research.

Museum

Museum Web Teen Flickr

Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

Higher Heights Leadership Fund —Higher Heights Leadership Fund’s work is to elevate Black women’s voices to shape and advance progressive policies and to provide opportunities for these women to build their leadership skills, through training programs, civic engagement, and networking opportunities. Attend Events .

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Resource United States Movie Louisville

Visitor Voices Book Club: Loving the Love Tapes

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Last week, we looked at the first section of Visitor Voices , on Talk-backs, and came to the conclusion that comment boards and the like are functionally conversations, and that their design, therefore, should focus on encouraging positive, lively, thoughtful, engaged discussion. The content was serious, important, and deeply cared for.

Voice

Voice Museum Vietnam Music

How Nonprofits Can Leverage Crowdfunding: Best Practices and Data

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

The infographic also summarizes some best practices for nonprofits for crowd funding platforms: Tell engaging and personal stories to connect people to their fundraiser in an authentic way. experiment with an idea (meme or concept) that helps best define “giving” in the voice of your constituency. Here’s an example ).

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Practice Data Statistics Meme

The Future of Authority: Platform Power

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

For hundreds of years, we've owned the content and the message. While we may grudgingly acknowledge the fact that visitors create their own versions of the message around subsets of the content, we don't consciously empower visitors to redistribute their own substandard, non-authoritative messages. Content expertise matters.

Authoring

Authoring Platform Museum YouTube

Groundswell Book Club Part 2: Talking

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

This is true whether you are talking about marketing text or exhibit content. Many museums have jumped into the middle level—producing their own content—without starting with commenting. The other problem with starting in the middle is that it takes more time and effort to create and manage your own content than to comment on others'.

Museum

Museum San Francisco Myspace Comment

Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

For hundreds of years, we've owned the content and the message. While we may grudgingly acknowledge the fact that visitors create their own versions of the message around subsets of the content, we don't consciously empower visitors to redistribute their own substandard, non-authoritative messages. Content expertise matters.

Authoring

Authoring Share Museum YouTube

Into the Deep End: What's Keeping Museums from Telling Meaty, In-Depth Stories?

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

It does everything a great documentary story can do: it takes you into another world, introduces you to unforgettable people, defies expectations, and delivers tough realities instead of fairy tales. I've been consuming a lot of documentary stories recently, primarily through Longform.org , my new favorite go-to nighttime reading source.

Museum

Museum Story Captivate Artist

State Fairs and Visitor Co-Creation: An Interview about MN150

Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

Traditional exhibition design, in which the museum has a specific story or message to tell, doesn't easily accommodate visitor co-creation. But there are other times when the message isn't simple, and in those cases, visitor voices can help strategically shape multi-dimensional exhibitions. How did this project get started?

Interview

Interview Minnesota Museum History

Nonprofit Technology

How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Institutional Blogs: Different Voices, Different Value

Webinars

Trending Sources

Visitor Voices Book Club Part 4: Starting to Listen

Webinars

Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Juneteenth Resources

Visitor Voices Book Club: Loving the Love Tapes

How Nonprofits Can Leverage Crowdfunding: Best Practices and Data

The Future of Authority: Platform Power

Groundswell Book Club Part 2: Talking

Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

Into the Deep End: What's Keeping Museums from Telling Meaty, In-Depth Stories?

State Fairs and Visitor Co-Creation: An Interview about MN150

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