Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

When I went to the Museum of Modern Art in New York with my mom to see it, we saw two lines: one for the general public with an estimated wait time of more than three hours, and one for members with an estimated wait time of about 20 minutes. Special Member Access . Remember that Rain Room traveling exhibit ?

Arts 28

Arts Culture Organization Austin 28

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Right now, virtual meetings, events, town halls, or fireside chats are swell. Per the Loyalty Barometer, 57% of consumers indicated that they did not change brands due to the events of 2020. A lover, not a lecturer. Share details about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. A helper, not a hinderer. .

Donor 141

Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2008

Next month, JFKU will be hosting a day-long session on Museums and Civic Discourse in Berkeley, CA (see flyer above). The event is organized around the recent issue of the journal Museums and Social Issues on the same topic, and will feature both formal lectures and small group discussions.

Museum 20

Museum Journal Lecture Info 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 11, 2009

I'm doing a workshop with the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History which includes a public lecture on "the multi-platform museum" on May 18 at 3pm ET (GMT -5). What is a multi-platform museum? Next week, I'm doing something way less cool and way more convenient. But this is an opportunity to think big.

Museum 22

Museum Platform North America Lecture 22

Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Place 27

Place Museum Discussion Pennsylvania 27

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2007

I got my copy of the fall issue of Museums and Social Issues this week. The theme is "Civic Dialogue," and the journal includes articles on the historical, cultural, media, and museum practice of getting people talking to each other (including one by me about such endeavors on the web).

Museum 22

Museum Lecture Denver San Francisco 22

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. For example, if you’re hosting a peer-to-peer fundraising event on a college campus, having college-aged volunteers will help you better connect with your target audience.

Volunteer 98

Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event. TechSoup's Virtual Office space was pretty busy last night, hosting an earlier mixed reality event in Cambridge and SL , featuring Pathfinder Linden , head of educational activities for SL. Both events had their share of clunkiness.

Second Life 50

Second Life Life Reflection Avatar 50

Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

It's my second week as the Executive Director at The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA, and boy is my everything tired. And despite the fact that I've enjoyed being at the museum for 12 hours plus for ten days in a row, I'm quickly realizing that if I want to really get some fun participatory projects going, I need some help.

Museum 53

Museum History Participatory Arts 53

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

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. Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? For events, ongoing series, or recurring celebrations online, consider the following options for publicity: 1.

Donor 337

Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 337

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2012

I've always been a bit confused when people talk about the impact of a museum or arts institution as being about "more than numbers." I understand that some museum offer extraordinary, intimate programs. I was visiting with Adam Lerner, Director and Chief Animator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. It makes sense.

Denver 45

Denver Impact Museum Arts 45

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 27, 2014

Many membership programs reward their loyal members with things like free admission, gift shop discounts, and invitations to special events, but what if you let your members choose which benefits they want? Why Not Mirror This At Your Museum? Think about it!

Program 40

Program Difference Badge Build 40

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. They talked about community building.

Build 20

Build Community Museum Artist 20

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. Both had good design, great programmatic events, and enthusiastic response. Before the Princes of Surf exhibition, these boards rested deep in the collection storage of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. Killer content. Muscle and bone.

Museum 20

Museum Hawaii History America 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2011

This is the casual attendance data from my first full month as the Executive Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz. This graph is making me change the way I think about what our museum is for and how we should market it. Simply, I'm shifting my perspective from an exhibit-driven model to an event-driven one.

Museum 55

Museum Arts History Artist 55

Museum 2.0

JULY 21, 2009

I’ve often wondered why I’ve never seen a museum with a punch card system. But many large museum membership database systems are dismal at tracking members’ or visitors’ repeat attendance. But many large museum membership database systems are dismal at tracking members’ or visitors’ repeat attendance.

System 26

System Museum Los Angeles Children 26

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Jason Nelson is a lecturer in cyberstudies/digital art/digital creative writing at Griffith University in Queensland, AU. As an artist and a lecturer at the university, I'm expected to put my work up in competitions as art. How could we embed these secrets, these hidden discoveries, into museums? At first, it was a surprise.

Discussion 20

Discussion Game Oklahoma Museum 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2008

Last year, I wrote a post explaining what Twitter is and how it might be applied in museums. Now, a year later, I’m using Twitter on a daily basis, and it’s brought up some new observations about participation on websites and in interactive venues like museums. I’d love Museum 2.0 I’d love Museum 2.0 Twitter is different.

Twitter 24

Twitter Participatory Broadcast Museum 24

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

As a nonprofit event planner, you know that any successful event needs a clear blueprint, volunteer and staff support, and strong attendee engagement. Event management software for nonprofits brings all planning elements together in one place, streamlining your preparation and saving your team time and stress.

Software 79

Software Management Registration Nonprofit 79

Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

Like a lot of organizations, my museum struggles with two conflicting goals: The museum should be for everyone in our community. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we''re approaching this challenge through a different lens: social bridging. Museum of Art and History programs social bridging'

Museum 55

Museum Social Arts History 55

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Welcome to the second in the four-part series on comfort (and its boundaries) in museums, a day late but just as tasty. I came out of it truly amazed by the power of the museum—not just to elicit laughter, but also to induce bizarre and voluntary acts of silliness in front of and with strangers. By sending people on missions.

Program 20

Program People Museum Lecture 20

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 26, 2009

The experience was the culmination of an election season of escalating intersection between produced events and social media. While the viewing of the speech and related ceremonies would have likely been more powerful in person, the discussion and social engagement around the speech was as good as at any live event I've ever experienced.

Stream 20

Stream Museum Facebook Social Media 20

Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Yeah, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. I’ve been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. So it allows you to create reports around campaigns, appeals, events. It can be things like events. If event or appeal is reoccurring, include the fiscal year. Steven: And it’s not 2:00 a.m. That’s right.

Database 67

Database Donor Video Mail 67

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Museum Projects COSI has done a lovely job aggregating all of their social media efforts into one "Share" tab on their website. The Brooklyn Museum is offering a new "socially networked" membership called 1stfans starting Jan 3. This $20 membership is organized around the First Friday live events and a private feed on Twitter.

Project 20

Project Job Tools San Francisco 20

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. This realization--that a single museum voice was not the best way to tell a particular story--formed the basis for MN150 , the exhibition explored in this post. Everyone comes out.

Interview 21

Interview Minnesota Museum History 21