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What color is your nonprofit's blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nina Simon, Museum 2.0   (We'll be doing the nitty gritty in October)    For some reason, I landed on this excellent post by Nina Simon that categorizes different types of museum blogs.  So, I thought I'd take a stab at remixing it for nonprofits.  What is the voice of the blog?

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Take a Side Trip to the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It is an incredible museum experience. The signage in the exhibit is deliciously informal. We’re all together, man.

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The Future of Authority: Platform Power

Museum 2.0

I have a lot of conversations with people that go like this: Other person: "So, you think that museums should let visitors control the museum experience?" Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? It lets you be the only expert with a voice.

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Wanted: Your Advice (Guest Post)

Museum 2.0

As a graduate student in a museum studies program, I have learned how to develop an exhibit based on a collection of objects or a specific story. The University of Washington Museology Graduate Program invited Nina up to Seattle to teach a course on using social technologies in museums. What’s the content? What’s the message?”

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Creating Your Organization's Social Media Strategy Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Listening and Learning: You're monitoring what stakeholders are saying about your organization, your issue, or programs and using the information to support your marketing goals. While secondary research may help inform what general direction you may want to go in, there is no substitute for primary research.

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Guest Friday: Jessica Harden's Notes from AAM

Museum 2.0

Since I'm living at the Spy Museum right now in the run-up to the opening of Operation Spy, I asked Museum 2.0 Jessica Harden here: Museum 2.0’s conversations began on Monday afternoon when I attended The Museum Group’s discussion on the topic: “Web 2.0: in museums? reader--and now contributor!--Jessica

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Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

Museum 2.0

letting museum visitors contribute and collaborate in museums), I now see this as a crucial issue also for more democratic and inclusive practice (i.e. Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? It lets you be the only expert with a voice.