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Self Care in the Museum Workplace

Connection Cafe

The following post was originally published on the Center for the Future of Museums blog. On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. But effort and efficacy are not the same.

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Mobile Fundraising: A Complete Overview — Pt. 2 of 3

NonProfit Hub

Health and wellness advocacy groups often use mobile fundraising as a way to raise awareness as well as money. Environmental awareness. Environmental conservation and preservation societies, on the whole, tend to use mobile fundraising to raise money and support for important legislation. Arts and culture. Animal rights.

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Crisis Lessons Learned When My Apartment Building Was on Fire

Care2

When your museum gallery space floods during a freak storm, you know you’re in for some headaches, tough choices, and unexpected fundraising challenges as you deal with major water damage. The sooner you can alert people that you are aware of the issue the better. “When can we go back inside?”

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

Tech Soup

Braided River is a Seattle-based publishing organization that is committed to inspiring support for critical conservation efforts. The nonprofit creates books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. As a reuse organization, its motto is "make art, not waste."

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Thriving in the Knowledge Age: Interview with John Falk and Beverly Sheppard, Part 1

Museum 2.0

In 2006, John Falk and Beverly Sheppard, seasoned museum researchers and practitioners, released a co-authored book entitled Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. This is a pretty powerful and provocative book—you talk about rethinking the whole business of museums.

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How to Include Matching Gifts in Your Fundraising Plan

Connection Cafe

Arts and cultural organizations (museums, theaters, orchestras, etc.). Environmental organizations (conservation efforts, public parks, wildlife preservation, etc.). So many matching gift funds go unclaimed every year because of a simple lack of awareness.

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Guest Post: Shaking up the Ecological Landscape

Museum 2.0

Elizabeth Merritt is the director of the Center for the Future of Museums , a new project of the American Association of Museums (AAM). When I was given the opportunity to found the Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) I had been working for nearly 10 years with Museum Assessment and Accreditation at AAM.

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