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4 Ways AI is the Next Big Game-Changer in Museum Membership & Attendance

Connection Cafe

Museums and nonprofits can also reap huge benefits from employing artificial intelligence, particularly in their membership and development departments. Nonprofits and museums depend on dedicated, but oftentimes limited, development staff to sift through countless prospects to determine which ones are priority.

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Social Media Strategy Is Everywhere in the Organization and More Cute Dog Theory Evidence from the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Indianapolis Museum of Art has done an amazing job of integrating a social media strategy into its communications strategy. Whether it is managing their Facebook presence or encouraging conversation on their blog with art lovers, their social media strategy is a team effort. What makes them a success?

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More Cute Dog Theory Evidence: Meet Teddy, Brooklyn Museum Staffer Shelley Bernstein's Dog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particularly its Click Exhibition (Nina Simon wrote an analysis of the project here ). Shelley Bernstein, staff members at the Museum responsible for social media projects, left a comment on my blog. IMA Staffer Facebook Profile. The community will guide you if you listen.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network via Twitter and Facebook and see what's new. I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. o is Transparency - and the best example of that is what the Indianapolis Art Museum has done with its pubic metrics on its web site.

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Interview with Brooklyn Museum's Shelley Bernstein

Museum 2.0

Let’s say you wanted to find a model museum using Web 2.0 A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. It’s the Brooklyn Museum. They even created a Facebook application.

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National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering Results for Arts Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Robert Stein, Deputy Director for Research, Technology, and Engagement at the Indianapolis Museum of Art told us, “Museums have tended to use [websites] as extensions of marketing.” Its managing director issued an appeal on Facebook to save the company and raised $150,000 in two weeks from over 1,000 people all over the U.S.

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Does Your Museum Need its Own Social Network? Case Study and Discussion

Museum 2.0

The presumed answer is "yes" your museum needs a blog, a pony, or a set of comfy couches. Does your museum need a custom online social network? Some of the most popular are LinkedIn (a professional network), Facebook (social and professional), and MySpace (anything goes). Why might a museum create its own social network?

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