Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

While much of the branding and design inspiration we run across is either from consumer brands or individual artists, it all provides us with the opportunity to discover new principles, practices, and approaches that we can incorporate into our nuanced nonprofit world. This all sounds great, in theory.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 17, 2010

Their theme was “Building Community through Collaboration.” While lots of sessions described formal partnerships between organizations, I chose to focus on informal ways that institutions can partner with community members and visitors on an ongoing basis--collaboration with a small "c." It's called One Million Giraffes.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Wes is an artist, and this is his first time running a museum exhibition development process. In the case of the exhibition process that Wes is leading, we talked about how others could be involved in an experimental exhibition/residency in which artists work with visitors in the gallery. Developing new staff policies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best Debut Artist” and “Best Supporting Actor.”. In this sound bite culture, social justice organizations must carve out nuanced positions on complex social issues, from racial and gender equity to immigration reform.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The title may sound innocuous. There's the barrier of artistic quality--funders, trustees, or staff members who argue that work by non-canonical artists is not up to the standards of the institution. Reading the report, I kept thinking of Rick Lowe, the artist and community activist behind Project Row Houses in Houston.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

As one African-American artist on a prominent museum board told me, "I felt even more tokenized than if I had been part of some kind of Artists'' Council or African-American Council." Our work would become more relevant, our collaborations more timely, our network more diverse.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. I realize that I may sound like a college freshman who just discovered Psych 101, but heck. This blog is about shared learning, and I went to engineering school.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Community programs interns work with artists and historians, families and adults, to make everything from mini-participatory exhibitions to full-blown concert series. At the MAH, interns are most successful when they are highly motivated people who like to work collaboratively and can deal with a little chaos. Sounds good?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

In my experience, innovation is about flexibility, capacity, and collaborative relationships. Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. That said, the fact that we work with contemporary artists can also create a lot of stress in our institutional systems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? You get to contribute to a collaborative project that produces something beautiful. Submitted by Nina Simon, publisher of Museum 2.0.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

When we work with diverse collaborators, from opera singers and ukelele players to knitters and graffiti artists, we catalyze new partnerships and relationships that make our community stronger and more cohesive. You want to have an artist collective sleepover at the museum? Sounds great. No problem.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input. As you get comfortable editing content and producing the audio files, you can embellish the podcast with sound effects, music, and additional guests.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? You get to contribute to a collaborative project that produces something beautiful. What if I assigned you to make a video of your ideas about justice?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Access to interesting subject matter experts (monthly calls with your scientists, attorneys, or artists).

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape? No, this is not a reality TV show.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

Last month, artist and game designer Nikki Pugh led an utterly charming, often hilarious community residency at the City Gallery in Leicester, UK. Sounds like that's a great way to play with the idea of the Ministry being a "shadow" organization within the larger museum. How did this project come about?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2010

Sound scary? The piece was developed in collaboration with Yoon Jin Kim, a Korean choreographer based in Seoul, and it uses the centuries-old idea of the kiseang, a geisha-like Korean woman who serves men, as the basis for a radical and provocative program. Performative risk elicits emotional response.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2013

In 2009, after we hosted the Creativity and Collaboration retreat, I wrote a post about ditching "conferences" for "camp" experiences. By the end of this week I will probably forget the sound of the player piano, the feel of the hard floor, or the carpal tunnel setting in my fingers. Here''s what I got out of Hack the Museum Camp.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

The other one I'd say is, I'm a big believer in collaboration, and the future of journalism is collaboration. I often say that, "Collaboration is queen." It's the most important, but collaboration is queen, and it's the most powerful. That said, collaboration is always; it's very tricky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. As Hasan Osman points out in his Pyramid of Communication as you move to virtual modes of collaboration and communication, group cohesion and intimacy decreases.This makes it hard for people to fully engage with each other.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

However, the contest also prevented us from legitimately fostering collaboration. We had several community discussions about the competition disincentivizing collaboration--the money sent a contradictory signal to all our talk about sharing. The above points may make it sound like the virtual designers only contributed ideas.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

This type of event is less collaborative than a video conferencing app like Zoom. Still a perfect venue for cultivating sponsorships, you can offer creative rewards like a mention in the event credits or, for an extra high touch, offer breakout rooms to mimic backstage VIP passes to meet and greet the artists.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 8, 2006

In doing so, we want to achieve a way for the community to access the natural heritage through the sonic filter, and basically be able to connect to each other’s perceptions about quiet through the ability to record the sounds directly from the natural environment. How are you selecting the people who will record the sounds?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

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. This sounds flip, but the reality as I''ve seen it is that every institution has its own criteria for what makes a project a success.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This type of event is less collaborative than a video conferencing app like Zoom. Still a perfect venue for cultivating sponsorships, you can offer creative rewards like a mention in the event credits or for an extra high-touch, offer breakout rooms to mimic backstage VIP passes to meet and greet the artists.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

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. This sounds flip, but the reality as I've seen it is that every institution has its own criteria for what makes a project a success.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Kind of like artists, a lot of passion and drive can create great things, but they aren't necessarily sustainable over time. They're artists so they think big. We don't really have a mentorship model, but how do you find someone who can be a sounding board to you? What does big really mean for us? How do you improve the world?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Now after you evolve your influencer outreach, you’ll want to work with those top influencers to help collaborate on content because the pros that are out there that are on your list, say they have a Klout score over 70., RANDY: Yeah, this sounds all so cool and you’ve had some awesome examples of how this is making some great conversions.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 22, 2015

over sound bites and pictures. And today’s infographics, especially if designed by highly creative and talented graphic artists, are more than mere images relaying information: they’re interactive content that is visually engaging and contains a subject matter that is appealing to your target audience.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

We experimented with many different forms of visitor participation throughout the building, trying to balance social and individual, text-based and artistic, cerebral and silly. This sound installation is delightful and adds surprise to the museum. With one exception, no single activity cost more than $30 to produce/maintain.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Sounds like it has great possibilities; time will tell. Its also valuable for small business, artists, and much more. Its also valuable for small business, artists, and much more. I just read about the launch and this gave it a viewpoint beyond those who created it.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And that might involve collaboration, saying, “We acknowledge that there are others in the community that do this better or more effectively. ” Well, you know, it sounds like a good goal, right, but do I need to lose that? And the field has really shifted since then. ” So, if I say, “Oh, you know what?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2007

Several were created or conceived by a single person, often an artist/non-museum professional. Yes, an individual can bring clarity of vision to any project that might otherwise be sullied by the ups and downs of collaboration and compromise. Exhibit designers' jobs are to develop exhibitions on topics.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

We also work with groups like Oxfam and their Make Trade Fair Campaign , Doctors without Borders , the ACLU , Global Exchange and this summer will be collaborating with Witness , Greenpeace , the NRDC and others. I’m responsible for the building and maintenance of relationship with artists, artist management and tour production crews.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance? I just want to dispel the myth that we are not activists and that we are not artists. I sort of started my journey wanting to be an artist, and my mother told me I was too smart for art. First of all, who identifies with the word "activism"? Can I just see?

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