Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2008

What is a Museum without YouTube? Looks like reviewed the YouTube channels for museums. The videos that give a peek behind the scenes at the museum have the most views, like this one of another sculpture installation. Beyond launch: Museum videos on YouTube [link] /mw2008/papers/hart/hart.html. sounds like a riddle.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

Last week I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research on different arts organizations using social media effectively. The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particularly its Click Exhibition (Nina Simon wrote an analysis of the project here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Photo Source: Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog. The Indianapolis Art Museum has been doing just that by sharing its institutional dashboard out for everyone to view. It was met by with both positive and negative reactions from nonprofit and museum professionals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

One that stood out to me (perhaps because of my proud Indy background) was the public dashboard at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I am excited to bring the Indianapolis Museum of Arts model to the table to see what our board’s reaction would be to sharing ours as it is developed.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I just got home from the Museums and the Web conference in Indianapolis. I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Instead, I found a standard art museum. Lovely grounds.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

A: When we started in 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Achieve’s origins were around strategic planning, fundraising strategy, campaign development, and academic research on what motivates people to give and how to reach them. Q: Tell us a bit more about Achieve.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Let’s say you wanted to find a model museum using Web 2.0 A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. It’s the Brooklyn Museum. to support programs and exhibits. Not really.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

These are the notes and slides for a keynote speech I'm giving this Saturday at MuseumNext in Indianapolis. All weekend, we've heard uplifting stories about amazing work you all are doing to involve people from all walks of life in museums. But museums do exclude people. If not, please share a comment and let's talk online.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

The presumed answer is "yes" your museum needs a blog, a pony, or a set of comfy couches. Does your museum need a custom online social network? Many museums have been experimenting in these spaces by creating institutional profiles, museum affinity groups, and connecting with visitors and other museum professionals individually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2008

Earlier this week I wrote a post about the Indianapolis Museum of Art's social media strategy - that it was everywhere within the organization. | View | Upload your own. Obviously, this is the result of starting with a small group, lots of conversation, and some culture change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

Why Museum Professionals Should Use Flickr from the Musem 2.0 Indianapolis Museum of Art Visitors sharing photos in a group. And, what if you could subscribe to an RSS feed so anytime a new picture was added about a topic you care about, were studying, or writing about - it would come automatically to you?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 3, 2009

We tried this at the Denver Art Museum last week, and it is incredibly challenging—you can’t just put out a box of chocolates and expect people to talk. Virtual-to-real design workshop at Museums and the Web—Friday, April 17 in Indianapolis. I will aggregate the results for later discussion on the blog.

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

As our trip wound up we decided that the first week of August would be our annual Extended Family Reunion for all of us at our home in Indianapolis. We had two unbelievable versions of this before COVID hit halting last year’s plans. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2011

The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s dashboard is an oft-cited example. Note from Beth: Check out this case study about The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Dashboard). 2) Status Dashboards. Organizational status dashboards, like the one the software company Panic described on their blog , are another variant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Beth Kanter, Social Media Strategy Is Everywhere in the Organization - Indianapolis Museum of Art. Nina Simon, How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Beth Kanter, 52 Ways To Streamline Your Social Media Use. Beth Kanter, How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Tactics and Tools.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2011

It's a good day for museum technologists. The New York Times special museum section focuses on "the spirit of sharing" and how museums are using social media to connect with visitors in new ways. If you were going to write a special section on museums and social media, what would you include?

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