Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Find the Future: The Game.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. This combination of technical ability, neutrality, and fierce belief in freedom of expression is undervalued in society and by many existing library systems. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

Check out the local art that is featured regularly. The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The newest addition to the Smithsonian cadre, its collections feature powerful moments in African American history, culture, and community and is a must-see. Pleasant Pops.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

For the past five years, each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has hosted MuseumCamp. Our first registrants for Bootcamp are from a library and a religious institution. MuseumCamp is a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp.

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MARCH 30, 2022

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. I was assigned to the art school to track art classes and enrollments, and to work on reporting and making sure records were polished and current. When I look back, this was one of the most sophisticated fundraising programs in Texas!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

history and includes several provisions helpful to the social good sector. National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities – $75 Million each. Institute of Museum and Library Services – $50 Million. On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives and the President signed into law H.R. Runaway and Homeless Youth – $25 Million.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 17, 2017

friends, I want to share two great opportunities to get involved at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in 2017. Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. Dear Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last month, I had the good fortune to join a few brilliant people for a " Dinner-vention " about the future of the arts in America. In the course of the conversation, Devon Smith, a social media consultant from Threespot, started talking the problem of arts organizations that are no longer relevant or useful to their communities.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Cindy Murdock Ames was originally an art history major, and is now an open source whiz — she definitely gives inspiration to those of us just starting to learn these tools ourselves. Thanks again to both of the great presenters for sharing their expertise during last Thursday's webinar on open-source libraries.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Beth Harris and Steven Zucker's content about art history is social and dialogue-based in format. These instructors aren't teaching you the equivalent of a high school course in math or art history. This is an epic moment in the history of education, who wouldn’t want to be part of it? the way the best museums do.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. Big Book of Library Grant Money. American Library Association. Corporations and Grantmaking.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Although the members of our board were impressed with all three nominees, they awarded Carrie Karnos of Palo Alto, CA, the 2006 Veale Award for her work with an accessible online library called Bookshare. Working for an organization with a long, illustrious history, I am always curious about how other organizations got their start.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The First Wave includes 6 museums, 5 performing arts organizations, 3 public libraries, 3 parks, and 3 community centers. We selected a First Wave that reflects diversity of geography, size, and sector, so we can see who this works best for and why. Half are led by people of color or indigenous people.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. Machine Project is a non-profit storefront arts venue that hosts a dizzying array of eclectic classes, workshops, events, and occasional exhibits. Want some waffles with your art? Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). Skill-sharing free schools.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Art and Media. There's also a library at the center with a cyber café for the students and the local community at large. Over the past 26 years, SANGONeT has developed into a dynamic organization with a history closely linked to the social and political changes experienced by South Africa during its transition to democracy.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 11, 2015

In art institutions, we typically treat the curator as the arbiter of quality. The classics don''t lose their power when they share library shelf space with beach reads. Why are we so afraid that great art will lose its power if we surround it with other work? Most visitors love the diversity, quality, and abundance of the art.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As someone texted me recently, Art History grad school didn't teach us anything about working with others in museums. A few suggestions were about outside training to improve your skills. Everyone can learn from others. Training, reading, and practicing are three key elements in becoming a better leader.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. For our Art That Moves event, our Membership and Development Director suggested the incredibly popular Tarp Surfing activity. Can't wait to hear what you think.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. Most sponsors are amazing companies serving museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, and grassroots community organizations.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

I’m here with our Art Director, Devyn Taylor. This is well documented, and even the history of people describing themselves as white goes back to the slave trade. This article references the book The Politics of Design. Danielle Coates-Connor: Hello, I’m Danielle Coates-Connor. Good morning, Devyn. How are you?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

Many of my favorite museums, libraries, and zoos are customer-centered places. 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. You just need to show proof of membership. It is seen as wasteful overhead.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2016

I've been thinking recently about distributed content experiences--ways for people to interact with museum content (art, history, science, etc.) Are you going to use it to scan for public art near you? Projects like Little Free Library and the Peace Pole Project work this way; individuals choose to build them on their own land.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2010

I spent last week in the glorious country of Taiwan, hiking, eating, and working with museum professionals and graduate students at a conference hosted at the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts. It's not topic-specific; I've done these exercises with art, history, science, and children's museums to useful effect.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

You remember seeing them stand in front of the magic mirror in the history gallery, laughing as they made themselves into giants in the glass. Staff members invite visitors to help write exhibit labels, create art installations, and give opinions on upcoming programs.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Our visitors often see museums as a genre, not unlike hospitals or libraries. Lumin at Detroit Institute of Art Now on to the interactives…I’ve been thinking a great deal about the function of interactives in museums. The American Museum of Natural History had two wonderful moments happening this summer.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

While this is particularly prevalent in historical or arts nonprofits, you’ll see it in almost every sector. This might include state-of-the-art machinery, computers, software, or other tools designed to improve operations and further the cause. That’s not always possible, though. Will you support this work?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! Several libraries have started to offer gaming nights where you can drink soda and play Wii to your heart's content. event, the Computer History Museum had 15 reviews on Yelp!

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

After years of staging events, you may feel like there’s nothing you haven’t covered, from art auctions to wine tastings to trivia nights. Here are some to consider: Art: Art auctions serve a valuable purpose because they don’t just raise funds, they also spread awareness and appreciation of the works being auctioned.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Our Story I came to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago. As one visitor recently commented, "the MAH has become 'our' museum, a reflection of us and a place where we can appreciate art, share it with each other, learn and make new connections." At the time, we were fighting for survival.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

I visited a friend last weekend who works at a coffee shop in downtown Santa Cruz, right next to the Museum of Art and History. And on the walls, my friend explained, was art from the museum itself. Why doesn’t the whole Museum of Art and History look and feel like the coffee shop? There was funky music.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The Art Gallery of Ontario sold 4,285 half-price admissions in one day last month. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History sold 1,318 half-price memberships last week. There's no better way to advertise what the library's about." In the library's case, the goal is to build customer loyalty. Groupon delivers huge volume.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2018

We're launching it with partners at community-based libraries, parks, museums, and cultural centers around the world. We're building tools, trainings, and hopefully, a movement for a more inclusive world. This project is led by the MAH but global in scope. Our contexts are different. Our organizations are different.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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