Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2009

In my continuing quest to find elegant ways to integrate technology into the museum experience, we come to interpretative material and the simple question, "How can you create natural ways for visitors to retrieve the information of most interest to them relative to an artifact or exhibit?" Here's one lovely answer: Meta.L.Hyttan.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2015

Last week, Ian David Moss and I both blogged about the process of developing a theory of change for the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, one way we''re answering these questions is with a theory of change. It''s a logical flowchart that connects activities to outcomes to impact.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 26, 2008

This week, I'm launching a new site: the Voicemail Museum. It's an experiment that merges two of my greatest interests: finding novel, easy ways for visitors to contribute content to museums finding questions that draw such compelling responses that random peoples' answers would be worth browsing To participate, all you need is a phone.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums. framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated. activities you can initiate without requiring frequent content updates.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

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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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

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. How can you grow your email list to activate and build your organization’s power? Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. You just need to show proof of membership.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2007

The site will be active until Oct 16, so keep the ideas coming! Wandering around, exploring, collecting experiences… sounds like a museum visit to me! I know plenty of museums that hand out maps, but few that structure those maps as core parts of the visitor experience. In a museum, we're limited by the physical.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2007

transfer content between communicators 3. There's no concern that the person will never read the email or pick up the message--IM is primarily a real-time activity. I worked with a composer who transferred almost all of his audio files to me via IM. But what about the unique challenges and opportunities of museums?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 29, 2008

means, and I usually use a form of Tim O'Reilly's four elements: content platform not provider, architecture of participation with network effects, perpetual beta, and modular design. There are other elements that often come up on this blog, like user-generated content or me-to-we design, that are more about implementation than theory.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 27, 2008

What is the ideal role of your marketing or PR team in the creation and distribution of content on the social Web? I'd aruge that it doesn’t make sense for marketing to create and control all of the content produced in Web 2.0-land. Whenever visitors enjoy a program or exhibit at the museum, it’s clear to them where they are.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Exhibit labels in science centers ask more questions than any other kinds of museums, and yet the questions are often awful--teacherly, overly rhetorical, and totally meaningless. asked by a cop or mother, garners the full attention of asker and askee alike, museum questions like "what is nanotechnology?," Download our slides here.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2009

How would you design a recommendation system for a museum? We've all become familiar with online retailers who address you by name and offer suggestions--some helpful, some annoying--based on your past activity and purchases. When it comes to museums, recommendation systems are a natural solution for the problem of the customized tour.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

And these thousands of lawsuits aren’t just being brought against big brands with an active ecommerce base. Currently, the ADA encourages self-regulation of accessibility standards and it’s suggested that organizations use Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), which were developed by the World Wide Web Consortium.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

Two very interesting articles today by Ian Bogost , courtesy of Gamasutra , about the potential of games as a more generalized medium for interaction with content. Certainly many of these activities seem to be just as banal as pointing out the exits on a Boeing 767. situations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution. With one exception, no single activity cost more than $30 to produce/maintain. The Love Lounge I LOVE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

Museum Visitor Experience. Museums have been all over bots on other platforms, see the Momabot on Twitter for example. So, it comes as no surprise that Museums have been early adopters of Facebook Messenger Bots. The Australia Democracy Museum also has a Facebook Messenger Bot, with similar objectives. The Pop Bot.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 29, 2008

How can you make your museum website more effective in driving traffic and raising awareness of your institution? Most people think this requires designing more sophisticated content (and it can). But there is a simpler, more impactful way for museum websites to become more visible, cited, and visited in the online landscape.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 30, 2007

James Yasko is writing an article for an upcoming issue of Museum News on museums and Web 2.0. Here's the question: What advice do you have, as one who keeps up with technology as it relates to museums, to a group looking to incorporate Web 2.0 Others set the bar low by being clear from the start about the frequency of content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

With YouTube’s resources behind the project and tablets changing the way donors and supporters consume Web content, you’d be wise to spend two minutes reserving and protecting your nonprofit’s Zeen username. Upworthy is a content filtering tool that features the most read, shared, and buzz-worthy content on the Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. With a Pinterest-like design, Clipix is the new generation of online content management. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

They oversee activities and play a large role in determining how you spend your budget and the goals you set. You can procure items that encourage residents to explore the city in a fun way, such as local restaurant gift certificates or tickets to museums or sports games. People can bid either in-person or virtually with a mobile app.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2007

Welcome to the first installment of the Museum 2.0 While every post at Museum 2.0 Elaine Gurian, author of this summer’s book, Civilizing the Museum , will also be popping into the conversation as her time and interest permits. And if you're planning ahead, next week we'll look at chapter 6, Timeliness: A discussion for museums.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 18, 2007

There’s about 30 minutes of content here, but you can flip through the slides and voices as you see fit. It took Eric and I about 2 hours each to get the site up and running (content plus distribution plan). Some of you were more fascinated by the technology’s demonstration than the specific content (which is fine!).

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

Ability to set up recurring events and other activities. Stand-out features: A mobile event app to help attendees navigate your event, access event content, and network with other attendees. Multiple integrations with leading payment processors, content management systems, and CRMs. Price: Free to download, use, and share.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Julia Campbell will provide a framework for evaluating the best platforms for your unique organization, as well as ideas for creating great social media content your audience will love. Okay, ephemeral disappearing content. Okay, ephemeral disappearing content. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Julia, I got 2:00 Eastern.

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