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Want to Get Your Content Out There? Put it on Wikipedia.

Museum 2.0

At a recent talk in Chicago, an audience member asked a question. Over the past few years, they've worked hard to make their rich content more accessible both through digitization and programs. The people who want that content may not be in the same city as the museum nor even aware of the museum's holdings.

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5 Things to Look Forward to at MCON 2015

Achieve

in Chicago to experience MCON in person and over 20,000 people will stream the event online. Media is one of the content industries we’re specifically highlighting this year, and these individuals truly represent “the power of influence.” to meet artists and solicit assignments from them that everyone can participate in.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

It was started in 2003 and is run by Mark Allen and a collective of artists, many of whom have also been applying their talents by performing "interventions" at formal art institutions including LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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Getting People Involved in Your Nonprofit’s Cause Online: The Good, The Bad and the Mediocre

NonProfit Hub

In other words, don’t save all of your engaging content for your home page. The content on these landing pages is that final push (or lack there of). 1. Chicago Artists Coalition. The layout is easy to follow, the colors are attention-getting and the content is engaging. It’s a pretty basic design.

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5 Things to Look Forward to at MCON 2015

NonProfit Hub

People from across the country will gather at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to experience MCON in person and over 20,000 people will stream the event online. Media is one of the content industries we’re specifically highlighting this year, and these individuals truly represent “the power of influence.”

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. All evaluations are private; all artists are unnamed. They are sensitive to the artists who are being judged. What Should Artists and Arts Organization???s

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Month at the Museum, Part 1: A Video Contest that Delivers

Museum 2.0

On October 20, a young woman named Kate will move into Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and live there for a month. What the Videos Reveal I'm hooked on these videos, but I feel mixed about the content. In general, I liked videos made by artists, but some got overly poetic. That will come later. Museum staffers.

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