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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. Source: Blackbaud.

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Self Care in the Museum Workplace

Connection Cafe

The following post was originally published on the Center for the Future of Museums blog. On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. But effort and efficacy are not the same.

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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. I'm NOT suggesting that everyone on staff stop doing their work and spend hours and hours blogging or making friends on Facebook. What makes them a success? This is what leds to success.

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Learning in Public Challenges and Actions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I went to the Learning in Public session expecting to hear that the process the Packard Foundation used to evaluate their capacity building work was wildly successful. In true GEO style, Kathy Reich and Jared Raynor, the evaluator from TCC Group shared what worked and what didn’t…and what they plan to do in the future.

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Can A Public Nonprofit Dashboard Be Your Organization's Best Friend or Worst Enemy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo Source: Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog. The Indianapolis Art Museum has been doing just that by sharing its institutional dashboard out for everyone to view. It was met by with both positive and negative reactions from nonprofit and museum professionals. Two years later, we might have some answers.

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Upcoming Webinar: Creating a Culture of Storytelling

Tech Soup

In fact, we know that storytelling done right is a multi-tiered process that requires working with staff, donors, and beneficiaries, oftentimes with additional effort to organize, produce, and publish assets to the web. Image: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. What is needed is space to create. organization.

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

Here are a few types of memorabilia that work well for auctions: Sports jerseys Sports equipment (footballs, baseballs, baseball gloves, etc.) Gathering all of the ingredients for a stellar charcuterie board can take a lot of work and become pricey. For example, you could create a bundle with art, history, and science museum passes.

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