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Developing a Participatory, Provocative History Project at a Small Museum in Minnesota: Interview with Mary Warner

Museum 2.0

Mary Warner, the Museum Manager at the Historical Society, wrote a series of moving articles for her museum newsletter and later for the AASLH’s Small Museum Online Community about her experiences tackling big issues in a small museum. How do we get the history of the poor? But how did this specific project get started?

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? You just need to show proof of membership.

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Sending Collections on the Road: Geocaching and Museums

Museum 2.0

I’ve received a few inquiries over the last year about museums and geocaching. to ask him all the dumb questions about geocaching and museums you can imagine… and a few more. to ask him all the dumb questions about geocaching and museums you can imagine… and a few more. Leary , is something of an expert. I sat down with Seth!

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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

Song Reader didn''t come as a CD, or an LP, or a bunch of digital audio files. In his thoughtful preface to this project, I reconnected with five lessons I''ve learned from participatory projects in museums and cultural sites. In December of 2012, the rock musician Beck released his latest album, Song Reader. That''s expected.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TechSoup's Virtual Office space was pretty busy last night, hosting an earlier mixed reality event in Cambridge and SL , featuring Pathfinder Linden , head of educational activities for SL. A Museum group is also forming to discuss and explore what museum's can do in SL. I also turned off my audio.

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Tech Tools: Can IMing Make Your Museum More Efficient?

Museum 2.0

There's no concern that the person will never read the email or pick up the message--IM is primarily a real-time activity. IM also has an unusual capability to transfer large files, a task that is sometimes onerous over email or FTP sites. I worked with a composer who transferred almost all of his audio files to me via IM.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Using the right virtual events software and also with a little hardware, you can recreate many of your favorite fundraising activities over a livestream to give an experience that’s as close to the real thing as possible while also providing plenty of new and unique benefits. A Gala is a well-known charity fundraising event.

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