Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. Residents in the three counties that pay the millage will receive special benefits : free admission to the museum and expanded educational programming.

Detroit 49

Detroit Arts Public Support 49

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2011

I asked Wendy Pollock and Kathleen McLean, authors of the new book The Convivial Museum , to share a guest post about the book. At first glance, our new book, The Convivial Museum , is about the most simple ideas. Or this one by Lacey Criswell, of Bike Night at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Why don't you do it?"

Museum 50

Museum Photo Minneapolis California 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. Across the museum field, the questions about visitor participation have gone from "what?" Over the past four years, I''ve been running a small regional art and history museum in Santa Cruz, CA. and "why?" to "how?".

Participatory 20

Participatory Museum Empowerment Facilitation 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

  I've written about  how nonprofits can use it , including arts organizations like the Brooklyn Museum as chronicled on Shelley Bernstein's blog. Back in December, the Brooklyn Museum started to experiment with FourSquare running a promotion to get people to check in and get a free membership. 

YouTube 95

YouTube Badge Museum Mashup 95

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.

Audience 47

Audience Museum Participatory History 47

Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Place 27

Place Museum Discussion Pennsylvania 27

Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

I spent the weekend queuing up posts for my forthcoming blog-cation--nine weeks of guest posts and reruns from the Museum 2.0 Blogging gave me a way to formalize out-of-work learning in a format I enjoy. Reflective time is important, especially when your work is hectic. As the readership for Museum 2.0

Museum 35

Museum Participatory Reflection Conference 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland. One of them was the curator of the world largest archaeological museum, Grand Egyptian Museum. I was there as a new trainer.

Children 78

Children Philanthropy Japan China 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

She again invited me to present at the Nasscom NILF Conference in 2010 and teach workshops. One of the first schools was launched in Bangalore, catering to working parents in its technology industry who are seeking high quality pre-school. The profits from the daycare support the school. Here’s the third rung of this strategy.

India 104

India Education Software Learning 104

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." This seems like an appropriate time to share the story.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The organizations are a combination of smaller, progressive organizations like Ushahidi and the Sunlight Foundation and large venerable institutions like NPR and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

New York 104

New York Profile Argentina New York City 104

Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

Our guests will talk about consistency, production quality, distribution tips and ways to work effectively together to achieve the greatest impact with your nonprofit stories. David is a cross-disciplinary mediamaker, working at the intersection. of art, activism, and academic inquiry on the politically charged. His forthcoming.

Storytelling 67

Storytelling Collaboration Video Thailand 67

Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

Our guests will talk about consistency, production quality, distribution tips and ways to work effectively together to achieve the greatest impact with your nonprofit stories. In this role, he's responsible conceptualizing the organization’s vision and working to see it through. Thomas Grasty - Stroome.

Collaboration 44

Collaboration Storytelling Video Thailand 44

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? But for museum and art wonks, it could be. No, this is not a reality TV show.

Artist 39

Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I've retained Jennifer Rae Atkins , superlative graphic lady, to create the cover art and illustrations for the book. You should be able to hold a book in your hand in March 2010. But for now, I have one simple task I hope you can help me with: naming the book. And thanks! Loading.

Poll 20

Poll Question Wiki Arts 20

Forum One

JUNE 30, 2006

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Experiment 52

Forum One

JUNE 30, 2006

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Experiment 52

EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

To this day, it is still considered one of the finest works in the history of Japanese literature. Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga (under her literary pseudonym Gabriela Mistral) was the first Latin American woman to win a Nobel Prize for literature for her poetic work, Sonnets of Death. Thought Leaders. Revolutionaries. Game-Changers.

Story 133

Story Angola Sierra Leone History 133

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This year, the American Association of Museums annual conference was in Los Angeles (my hometown). I hosted two sessions, one on design for participation and the other on mission-driven museum technology development. He started with museums as a "place to go"--to see things, consume experiences.

Slides 22

Slides Museum Los Angeles San Jose 22

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

For the social media library giveaway I asked folks to leave a comment on how they would use the books to shape their 2010 social media strategy. She has been using blogs in the computer walk-in center since 2005 (through a technical assistance grant with the CNET, I worked with them back in 2005 ).

Library 94

Library Social Media Louisville Media 94

NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Nicholas Felton: Annual Report 2010. For his 2010 Annual Report he compiled and presented data around his father’s life. They’ve had enough years to refine their art. The result is very close to how our minds actually work – we capture more information and memories in relation to how intense our experience is.

Storytelling 87

Storytelling Story Mobile North Korea 87

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

It’s also one I’ve been asking myself for nearly 12 years, ever since I began working for GuideStar in November 1999. (If Can you really use the same criteria to measure the effectiveness of a rural food bank that works locally and an internationally renowned art museum located in a major metropolitan area?

Measure 38

Measure Impact Nonprofit Adopt 38

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last week, I finally watched The Art of the Steal , an arresting documentary on the controversy around the evolution of the Barnes Foundation from a suburban educational art facility to a major urban art museum (to open in May 2012). The art could not be sold, reproduced, loaned, or traveled.

Arts 53

Arts Accessibility Foundation Philadelphia 53

Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The 2010 mid-term election campaign saw unprecedented fundraising from both traditional political players like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and new, secretive conservative entities like American Crossroads. Participants will learn the following: 1) What strategies and tactics worked and flopped for raising money online?

Campaign 48

Campaign Online Lesson Organization 48