Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This Black History Month, we reflect on the strategy work that our team does through our partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture —much of which centers around expanding access. The outcome was an immensely successful event that attracted audiences from all corners of the country.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2020

As a Historic Interpreter for Telfair Museums, I would lead visitors through the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters on a 45 minute guided tour of antebellum Savannah history discussing politics and urban slavery. We discussed our passion for history, art, and education. Who is serving the community’s needs?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

An organization, company, or other entity can have all of the diversity numbers in the world, but until everyone feels included and that there is a place and voice for them, it is all for naught. Yolanda is the first African American President in the more than 40-year history of WID. Authenticity in Diverse Donor Relations.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

I feel strongly that there are huge issues with racial and ethnic diversity in museums and arts organizations that deserve a million more posts. One was a conference on pushing our practice in art museums. It took me awhile to catch on to the gender divide in museums, arts organizations, and libraries. That's why I wrote this.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

They diversified the voice of immigration in the exhibition and encouraged people to share their own histories verbally. Often when I talk with folks from other institutions about visitor/audience participation, the focus is on one form of participation. Response mail art after the visit. Some people say it with a poem.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

When we say we want our museum to be "audience-centered," what do we mean? One hundred years ago, John Cotton Dana, founder of the Newark Museum and godfather of modern museums, famously said: “A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established."

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

We want to cultivate a more diverse audience, especially younger people, and we want to do it authentically." But our traditional audience doesn't come for that, and we have to find a way to do this without making them uncomfortable." "Hm." Audience development is not an exercise in concentric circles. Fabulous!" "But

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

The good thing is, you can take the time now to develop the voice of your organization and define your brand. Yes, there’s both art and science to a good appeal, and you can learn how to do it in a way that motivates people to give. You simply don’t have the history as a brand-new nonprofit. Rich people.” Social media.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Given TCG''s multi-year Audience (R)evolution initiative, I took the opportunity to write a new talk about what revolution has looked like at our small museum in Santa Cruz. Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 23, 2014

They give high-energy, interactive tours of the Metropolitan Museum and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). They were “preaching the museum gospel” in NYC via alternative tours at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Who is the audience for Museum Hack? Today on Museum 2.0, an interview with Dustin Growick.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Schools and other arts organizations are rising to the challenge. Artists and arts organizations are contributing their spaces and their creative energies. And pop culture icons, from basketball players to rock stars , are making highly visible commentary with their clothes and voices. What should be our role(s)? inclusion'

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I hope next year at this time, all six on this list will still be going strong and accompanied by a chorus of new voices. Asking Audiences. For a year now, Peter Linett and his friends at Slover-Linett Strategies have been blogging thoughtfully about connecting with arts audiences in new ways. Thinking about Exhibits.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. Showing that their voice matters.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Yes and no.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I love alternative history novels. I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

The curatorial team or a multidisciplinary team who have the audience in mind when decisions are made about the best way to connect visitors to the collection?" Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. My answer: neither.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2011

They are successful with audiences who already believe in the intrinsic power of art or the role art plays in civic engagement, but it's unclear how helpful they are to the people who aren't attending, participating, or supporting. People often think of art institutions as providers of individual entertainment opportunities.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

Then again, Saturday was hardly normal at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. He gently acknowledged the fundamental weirdness of meeting people in real-life, in confronting their "fleshiness," giving voice to anyone else's concerns about over-stimulation in the space.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2015

This is the first in a two-part series about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s new theory of change. This week, Ian David Moss and I are each writing blog posts about our collaborative process to develop a theory of change at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. It depends.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. It's common in many museums to offer cart-based activities that invite visitors (mostly families) to play a game, try an experiment, or make art. Yes and no.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While the majority of experience-based museums like children's and science museums have unrestricted noncommercial photography policies, many collections-based art and history museums continue to maintain highly restrictive photo policies. There are thriving groups of Flickr users who share photos of themselves imitating art.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

Seek out donations that will be of interest to your audience. From lumber barons to brothel owners, Civil War heroes to notorious gangsters, learn the rich history of the Queen City while taking a leisurely stroll through the beautifully landscaped grounds of Mt. Start with a compelling procurement letter. The answer is YES!

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

By tapping into the power of storytelling, you can connect with your audience emotionally, thereby motivating action and support. Understand your audience. By understanding your nonprofit’s audience, you can craft marketing materials that connect your mission to their specific interests and values. Let’s jump in.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

at the Brooklyn Museum , Tech Virtual at The Tech , and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. (By Institutions tying their online and onsite activities, as the Ontario Science Centre did when it hosted a YouTube meetup , or the Smithsonian American Art Museum did when they developed an alternate reality game.

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

Forum One received 10 awards in seven categories in this year’s awards for Canopus (platinum), Centauri (gold), and Arcturus (rose gold) across the categories of government, health care services, diversity & inclusion, art, nonprofit, education, and financial services. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web. The Walker Art Center is turning its teen website over to the teens.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

But not every piece of every project has to be capital-A Art — often, craft is what is needed. I am furious , <FirstName> We are on the verge of passing the most significant climate legislation in history, and one single senator is blocking the way. Of course, you may want to try something else. Give them another chance.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Each week, I’ve been ceding the blog to others as a chance to hear many voices share their thoughts about our field, where we are, and where we are going. This field is varied, and each voice adds to our collective understanding of the situation. For this week, I’m re-posting Andrea Montiel de Shuman’s Medium post with permission.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

Rabinowitz commented that "as a 40-year veteran of history museum interpretation, I can say that I never learned so much from and about visitors." If you feel that your audience needs monitoring or social support, position the talkback stations in open settings.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

We always knew that the inclusion of participatory and community-centered practices in arts institutions was controversial. Some people commune with the art. It requires balancing priorities, embracing creative tension, including diverse voices, and staying true to our mission as we explore new opportunities. Core Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

What does it mean when your audience is tired of itself? No one would contest the idea that most museum exhibitions, art shows, films, books, in short, most content experiences, have value both for the new and return user. our returners and core audience, who’ve been there done that. by not changing. Let’s go back to the shoes.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

We started with a brief presentation of the basics of each project, and then spent about an hour responding to questions from the audience, using illustrative images and documents to support the discussion. conference audiences are ready to work (and play). We need more conference session formats that emphasize interpersonal exchange.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

When you go where your donors are, you expand your reach to a larger potential audience. That’s why it’s more critical than ever to create a layered digital marketing program that helps reach the right audience with the right message at the right time… in the channel they prefer. Also of note: Google’s “ABCD Framework.”

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It is our turn to make history. National Arts Marketing Project Conference. National Arts Marketing Project Conference. National Arts Marketing Project / Austin, TX / $575. With continuous shifting trends in the landscape of arts marketing and audience engagement, arts organizations must go beyond “embracing” change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

Lifting my arms and voices to say “I FAILED, NOW LETS MOVE ON.”Led Presentations should cover 5 areas: (a) General overview: goal, history, timing of the failure; (b) What went right? (c) 6. Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Fund. Best moment of #MIForum ?Lifting ”Led by @ kanter. c) What went wrong? (d)

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota. I found many parallels between the history and development of the design museum and of the MIM. I also enjoyed a presentation by Alice Black, Deputy Director of the Design Museum in London.

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