Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

I am currently raising funds for a story that I believe needs to be told about the 2011 people’s uprising in Madison, Wisconsin. In the months of February and March, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin, we saw thousands upon thousands of people occupying the Wisconsin State Capitol building. January 21.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Stacey Marie Garcia came to the MAH first as a graduate intern in the summer of 2011. To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). You can download and read the full version of my thesis here.

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JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. When I came to the museum in May of 2011, we were on the brink of closure financially. You want to have an artist collective sleepover at the museum? Sounds great.

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JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history.

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JULY 13, 2012

One of the app’s best features, Project FishMap, which allows users to find nearby restaurants and businesses serving sustainable seafood and contribute new establishments to a growing database, was added in an early 2011 update. Louis apps by Missouri History Museum. ArtClix - iTunes App Store. ArtClix - Google Play.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2013

They closed for capricious financial reasons, and they left disappointed artists and participants in their wake. In 2011, we were on very shaky financial ground. Museum of Art and History Unusual Projects and Influences business models' Could each have offered MORE community value? Absolutely. Consider the museum I run.

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MAY 21, 2014

I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. I arrived in 2011 with the explicit directive to execute a turnaround. How do we share our bifurcated story as both a place to engage with art and history AND a place that builds community? To work for my community.

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JULY 17, 2013

Everyone''s definition of risk is different, and while museum professionals may share a common language around the topic, that commonality breaks down when you involve artists and technologists and game designers and performers. Or they might have chosen to make up a fictitious narrative around history artifacts.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 17, 2012

From 2006-2011, I focused almost entirely on #1 and #2, playing with ways to invite visitors to actively participate with professionals to co-create powerful experiences around museum objects. We invited local artists and community groups to perform. We make room for interns and artists and people who walk in the door with crazy ideas.

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JUNE 21, 2011

I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history. here was a kind of proof that you don't have to choose."

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

If participation was my mantra from 2007-2011, community has been my mantra since then. Over the past four years, I''ve been running a small regional art and history museum in Santa Cruz, CA. Now, I look back on the book and the biggest thing I see missing are the people inside that box.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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MAY 5, 2009

which followed a very strict formula that frustrated some participants who wanted to be treated like artists, not contributors to a data experiment. Their use of the web to connect independent artists all over the world was striking and very surprising. being as transparent as possible about the selection and production process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Last month, I heard a talk by author Jonathan Salem Baskin about his soon to be published book, “ Histories of Social Media.&# The book looks at social media concepts and ideas, asks is this really new? The technology tools certainly are, but history provides a context for every behavioral quality of new media.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

As of Febuary 2011 however, they have added a feature that goes a step beyond: streetview history. Interactive artist, Jonathan Harris is an amazing story teller. " Daum Communication , a leading internet services provider in Korea offers a map service with a streetview option, much like Google Maps does in the States.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 23, 2013

In the fall of 2011, the Irvine Foundation released a high-profile new arts strategy that focuses on the "who, how, and where" of arts engagement, with a focus on reaching nontraditional audiences through active participation in nontraditional venues. I was thrilled when this happened for two reasons. and Irvine may not be on theirs.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Back in 2011, I started collecting all the emails that nonprofits sent me during the month of December and reviewed what was in my inbox. Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Be part of our heroic history. Why I’m taking action for Zunar, a fellow artist. JUST RELEASED: Triple MATCH!

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