Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

IMA Staffer Facebook Profile. While hunting through Facebook for examples, I connected with the Rob Stein from Indianapolis Art Museum - another arts organization using social media effectively. He has dogbook on his profile featuring his yellow lab, Tana. The community will guide you if you listen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

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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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Most social networking sites give each user a unique user profile, along with a personal "home base" where you can always find your content, your contacts, and your interests. Some of the most popular are LinkedIn (a professional network), Facebook (social and professional), and MySpace (anything goes).

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

They even created a Facebook application. They would comment on the photos we'd taken and add notes with links to their own profiles. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. The facebook thing was very organic. Us on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

For instance, if you are considering a Facebook profile, before you set up an organizational presence - spend some time searching to see if and if anyone has set up a Fan Page or Group to talk about your organization or issue area. Does anyone staff know how to manage the Facebook Fan Page left behind? Tactics and Tools.

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