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Who Is Your Mayor? Guest Post by Farra Trompeter, Big Duck

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I so happy to sneak into last night’s 501Tech Club New York City gathering last night to hear Shelley Bernstein, Brooklyn Museum, and Naveen Selvadurai talk about Nonprofits and Foursquare. For the Brooklyn Museum , they see the competition of mayorship as a source of identity and pride. say about you?

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Why Access Barriers Aren't Easily Fixed

Museum 2.0

Museums, like all professional fields, are spaces policed by unwritten norms and regulated by our credentialing systems. For example, many museums focus on issues like ticket prices or transportation as a way to remove access barriers. I don’t know if his stats are right, but he had a point. What are some other access barriers?

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3 Lessons from Museums Advocacy Day

Connection Cafe

At the end of February, I attended the first of (what I hope will be) many Museums Advocacy Days (MAD) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. There was something magical about the combination of something I love – museums – with something that scares me: US politics. We brought packets with additional information and lots of data.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you are a location-based nonprofit, such as a museum or zoo, then also add your address. For example, the Field Museum tags itself when posting on Instagram, thus also posting to the Field Museum Location Page : That said, if your nonprofit does not yet have a Location Page, you can create one using Facebook Check-in.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. intl/en/landing/internetstats. Google Mobile :: google.com/mobile.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A website that provides world statistics updated in real-time in categories ranging from world population to stats about energy and water consumption. based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. It’s also worth noting that they have an excellent mobile website which enables nonprofits to make their online advocacy campaigns mobile. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme.

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