Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

It’s 2019, and a whole lot is changing in the museum and nonprofit world. Looking to the present and the future, here are four big trends to take notice of to ensure the ongoing success of your membership operation. Rising Costs of Membership (and Everything). Rising Costs of Membership (and Everything).

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The conventional wisdom on museum memberships is that they are "one size fits many" programs whose primary benefits are free entrance to the museum and insider access to exhibition openings. But what about all the other people who love your museum? Could you create a membership that speaks specifically to them?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

These aren’t just jokes for people who like art — they’re real membership categories at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston. Al though I live a thousand miles away, I almost bought a membership just to support their art puns. . Remember that Rain Room traveling exhibit ? Special Renewal O ffers .

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Read books written by AAPI authors and visit a museum to learn about significant figures in the AAPI community and their contributions. You can even visit virtual museums or look up educational resources online. Founded in 1977, the organization’s membership is primarily made up of Chinese immigrants and Chinese-speaking individuals.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2021

The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts: Elevating a world-class cultural landmark. Once they established their new brand, they needed an elevated web presence that could bring the brand to life and showcase their vision for the refurbished museum and expanded campus. The Frist Art Museum: Inspiring cultural curiosity in Nashville.

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

They’re so much more than book museums. The library – or partner organizations – ran upwards of 400 programs each year. In short, it was (and remains) an active and well-loved institution, but every one of its programs requires private funding. At DipJar, we love our customers. This happens in so many ways.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As I was discussing fundraising and membership with a coworker, I realized that my emotional connection to one particular type of organization created a foundation on which I base my giving. You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Rewards programs.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Author: Seema Rao This month, inspired by the panel at Western Museums Association , we've been discussing all things audience, community, and visitors. I asked the somewhat provocative question: Can museums go TOO far with audience engagement/ being visitor-centered? Membership programs are a good example.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

In addition, some nonprofits also rely partly or entirely on memberships to support their missions. If your nonprofit offers memberships to engage supporters more deeply in your organization’s activities, you need robust software to keep your program organized. Here’s our roadmap: What is membership software for nonprofits?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. If you are using another nonprofit’s program as an inspiration, there is no need to do so. 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.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Museums have used games to engage visitors for decades. SR: I came to games before I came to museums. My grandmother cheated at Candyland and uno. :) Games, I think, have a nice Venn diagram of overlap between museum lovers. We also run an annual game program, called GameFest Akron. How did you get into museum games?

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DipJar

JANUARY 28, 2022

Their efforts are focused on fundraising and programming at the Gardens. But the Gardens aren’t the only draw, it shares a campus with several other organizations: a heritage village, an art museum, the Extension services, as well as the county parks department. . Fundraising has taken many forms.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 26, 2016

I had the opportunity to attend the Association of Children’s Museums annual conference: InterActivity 2016. As I sat in a session, Membership from Here to There and Everywhere In Between, I had a realization: No one is better at managing membership programs than children’s museums.

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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? Nonprofit Marketing Arts & Cultural loyalty programs Membership rewards programs'

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

It may seem like the upfront time and resource commitment of DEI initiatives, coupled with an expectation that development revenue is constantly growing, can create an environment where it is very difficult to innovate actual change with diversity programs. Change Organizational Culture.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Make sure your higher ed institution is in step with these trends so your fundraising programs remain strong throughout 2020 and beyond. 3 Reasons You’ve Got to Have a Leadership Annual Giving Program by Stacey Rooney, Blackbaud. Leadership annual giving programs are designed to bridge the gap between annual giving and major giving.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Last week Ginny Fitzgerald, the Director of Visitor Services and Membership at Chicago History Museum, joined us to host a webinar about how she prepares her team for peak attendance times. Chicago History Museum defines their summer season as June 1 through August 31. Something that goes along with pricing is membership.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

A woman walks into your museum. They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum. They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2014

Lisa Saneda of the San Diego Museum of Art points out the quick revenue boost that comes with deal sites. Selling 500 memberships in a week generates quite a bit of cash, even if you’re only receiving 25% retail value. Add Value to Your Membership Program. This way, they retained their full membership value.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

Last week I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Association of Children’s Museums annual conference, #interactivity2014, with Julia Kennard, CFO from EdVenture, Carole Charnow, President and CEO from Boston Children’s Museum and Katie Boehm, Annual Fund & Events Manager from KidsQuest.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Recently we announced the launch of our 2013 Communities of Impact program. In addition to the case studies NTEN has compiled , here are some more examples the Communities of Impact and I have spotted: Children’s museum data informs health policy. The nonprofit Splash has developed an entire site called Proving.It

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Audience segmentation and research has become a hot topic in museums, especially when it comes to crafting appealing offerings that are customized to different kinds of visitors. This isn't just a prototype; the Whitney expects to transition all basic level memberships to segmented memberships over the next several years.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2018

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh utilized their resources to develop an innovative retention strategy. They used technology in a creative way to boost their visitation numbers and increase their onsite membership sales. The creative technology comes from how Carnegie Museums tracks the stamps. Register today !

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2020

The most important thing to remember is to find channels to reach your target visitors : the people most likely to visit your zoo, museum or aquarium or to attend a performance. . In the consideration stage, you want to entice patrons to visit your museum, aquarium, zoo or attend a performance. Retention .

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Among those listed were a lack of necessary information, uncooperative staff, and a lack of institutional support for promoting memberships. Lack of institutional support for promoting memberships: Encouraging memberships has to be something that is bought in from the top down and has to be a focus from the entire staff.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2012

In 2008, I wrote a post arguing that museums should focus on the pre-visit, not the post-visit, if they want to capture and retain visitors. I said: In many ways, the ability to successfully set a powerful and useful expectation for museum experiences is MORE valuable than the ability to extend said experience. Reader, I was wrong.

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Everyaction

JULY 5, 2018

Arts and culture organizations such as media companies, magazines, public radio stations, museums, theaters, and arts advocates have unique needs when it comes to data management. Meeting both of these demands is best achieved through a unified database system that offers fundraisers a holistic, 360 degree view of their donors.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2016

Kathryn Mathew, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main provider of federal support within the United States for museums and libraries. Kathryn will help you ensure that your funding proposals have a greater chance of rising to the top!

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. When I look back, this was one of the most sophisticated fundraising programs in Texas! News & World Report’s Best Nonprofit Management Programs blog. Q: What are the best grant writing courses? Check out “The Fundraising School.”

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

For years, I'd give talks about community participation in museums and cultural institutions, and I'd always get the inevitable question: "but what value does this really have when it comes to dollars and cents?" We're hearing on a daily basis that the museum has a new role in peoples' lives and in the identity of the county.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Because they validate the highly-problematic concept of membership as a discount. There are many folks who've written about the problems with "value" membership and have recommended that cultural institutions reorient toward offering "affinity" or "relationship" memberships. Annual pass holders tend to be a high-churn group.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2020

For casual visitors, maybe it’s a card in the mail that also tells them about your upcoming programs. Doing so provides a friendly face to your organization, increase s your brand recognition and allows you to hear firsthand what type of programming is most important to your neighbors. So call them and tell them!

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Better maybe, for the different pieces to keep to themselves, with their own methods, language, and professional development programs? I can understand why somebody interested in museums wouldn't want to cover ground on health sector management. However, their points of intersection are becoming progressively apparent. Get another!

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

We just posted a part-time position at my museum for a Community Engagement/Marketing Associate. Does a Small Museum Really Need a Marketing Person? At our museum, we distribute marketing tasks--some with our membership director, our programs staff, and our visitor services staff. But then, a few things happened.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2012

But we've just compiled all our attendance data for the past year at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (our fiscal year ends on June 30), and several people have written to me asking for the numbers behind our turnaround. Here is the growth in our attendance, busiest day, and membership from last year to this year.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Looking to build an online membership application form for your nonprofit? Membership Application Form Design Tips Have you ever gone to a website to pay a utility bill or make a purchase only to find yourself staring down a long, ugly form? Poorly designed forms can make applying for membership a chore instead of an exciting activity.

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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.

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