Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

After our complete closure on March 16, 2020 due to COVID-19 , our museum staff was busier than ever preparing to navigate these uncharted times. We raised funds with a matching campaign in the early summer, continued to process memberships and send renewals, and kept in touch with non-email members with personalized postcards!

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2021

Beecher Hicks III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville, TN. NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. The 50,000 we’ve reached was an annual, in-person figure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2021

. ————— First off, I want to say that the following is meant to be inspirational – I personally make myself feel better about my life by putting everything 10,000 feet in the air. TL;DR A lot of really shitty people hate museums and hate that museums would even attempt social justice therefore museums are okay, maybe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Day of Service — #MLKDay 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay February 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay 6: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay 15: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay 18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay 20: World Day (..)

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Indeed, prior to COVID-19, the core benefits of membership were related to the onsite experience: unlimited free admission, member rates for in-person events, and discounts on gift shop purchases and concessions. 100+ Membership Leaders Share Their Priorities For Digital Transformation in Museum Membership.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Every day for the past two months, a man has entered the largest gallery in my museum. It also complicates the question of what is acceptable in a museum. If an artist can come into a museum and smash stuff, what does that tell visitors? It is not acceptable to walk into a museum and destroy another artist''s work of art.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 3: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 22: Earth Day — #EarthDay.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

I had a total fan-girl moment meeting Colleen when she delivered the Arts & Cultural track’s keynote at bbcon 2019 in Nashville last October. H er thoughts on personal facilitated experiences (PFEs) being the most remarkable way to connect with an audience are still influencing us. . Robert Gilmor , Jr.”

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Neon CRM

MAY 23, 2023

For hundreds of years, AAPI contributions to art, science, medicine, culture, architecture, and other areas have shaped the United States, and they continue to do so today. How to Support The Chinese American Museum If you’re in the area, visit the museum !

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 23, 2014

A new company in New York, Museum Hack , is reinventing the museum tour from the outside in. They give high-energy, interactive tours of the Metropolitan Museum and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). The tours are pricey, personalized, NOT affiliated with the museums involved… and very, very popular.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

Dear Museum 2.0 As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). This is a big change for me--professionally and personally--and I'm thrilled and humbled by the opportunity to take on this position in the city I call home.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

Working with arts organizations there are often concern that your constituent stories aren’t as impactful. million likes surely someone touting the effect of music and art on their lives can get just as many. How do we get personal stories out there? If 40 is the new 30, personal stories are the new mass mailing.

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Everyaction

JULY 5, 2018

Arts and culture organizations such as media companies, magazines, public radio stations, museums, theaters, and arts advocates have unique needs when it comes to data management. Database and CRM systems for arts and cultural organizations should offer the capability for several key tasks: 1.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

American Jazz Museum Gold – Cultural Institutions Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films, and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room, and Gem Theater.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We connect with people both professionally and personally, at the museum and on the street. This weekend, I got my answer in Seoul--the 18th biggest city in the world--at Hello Museum. Nestled in a forest of high-rise apartment buildings, this small museum connects children and families with contemporary art.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 11: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay. 22: Earth Day — #EarthDay.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Why does your museum open its doors each day? Every arts and culture organization has a brand and that brand has a purpose. For arts and culture organizations, brand purpose is often about facilitating learning and engaging visitors in unforgettable experiences that provide educational and social value. Where are they located?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2011

I have a confession to make: I've never cared much about museums on the Web. I'm focused on the onsite, in-person experience. When smart people talk about digital museums and virtual experiences, I nod and compartmentalize it as someone else's bailiwick. Walkerart.org is not about the Walker Art Center. Probably not.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

From filtering email spam to offering up personalized Netflix recommendations, AI already underlies many routine aspects of our lives in ways we don’t even realize. Museums and nonprofits can also reap huge benefits from employing artificial intelligence, particularly in their membership and development departments.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2020

Nina Simon, Lauren Bentua, and many others would host us in the halls of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art. One of the ways I have thought about this in my own life (as a person of color) is “how do I thrive in a system I am actively trying to overthrow”, it seems counterintuitive. Many of you are probably old museumcampers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

But to be effective, nonprofit leaders also must excel at using their personal brands and voices in service of their organizations’ missions and strategies on Instagram and other social media channels. Aside from having a personal branding strategy, what exactly makes an effective personal brand for a nonprofit leader?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The best live auction items are relevant to your unique event audience’s interests, hard to come by for the average person, and reasonably priced. Recently, modernist and impressionist paintings have been selling particularly well in the art world. Art that has personal meaning for your community is also a safe bet.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2021

Beecher Hicks III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville, TN. NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. The 50,000 we’ve reached was an annual, in-person figure.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

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 the many museum tech projects of the decade, I felt inherently sad about the imagining away the successes that friends and colleagues have enjoying. But I couldn’t get there.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But it remains an effective draw for scores of alumni looking to burnish their personal legacies. To honor Pickens’ lifetime giving to OSU of $650 million, a museum focused on his legacy is being constructed inside the school’s Boone Pickens football stadium. But many alumni aren’t waiting to give back through a bequest.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 19, 2014

Here are a few of the hashtags I''ve seen applied to photographs of museum objects on Instagram lately: #heytherebigfella #biggysmallistheillest #forbrightfuture #myfavorite #instagood #bestday #withmyhomies #whatever #learnedfromthebest #revolutionary #nowicandie These tags all do a great job capturing the magic of exploring a museum.

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Forum One

MARCH 16, 2023

Your museum may even be planning some audience research in the near future. What if you were to turn the table and start with a virtual exhibit in order to learn what resonates best with your audiences beyond those who can easily visit your institution, and use those lessons to inform your in-person experience? Find out more here.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2013

Two weeks ago, Roberto Bedoya asked several arts bloggers, including me, to write a post reflecting on Whiteness and its implications for the arts. I am in no way an expert in issues related to racial and ethnic representation in the arts. I write this piece in good faith about the organizations I know best: museums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

This came the "dashboard" for the Indianapolis Museum of Art , an ongoing effort to measure various aspects of the Museum's performance. According to the web site, the goal is to seek to quantify and report out on areas of activity of general interest to museum studies specialists, colleagues, and patrons.

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CauseVox

MAY 25, 2021

Now, with vaccines readily available and COVID cases declining in many areas, admission-based organizations like museums, zoos, and science centers are gearing up to reopen their doors or expand their current capacity to invite their communities back in. In-person memberships for people who prefer a traditional on-site experience.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 30, 2014

This week, I''m celebrating three years on the job as the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. This spring marked a big conceptual shift for me and the museum. We are now squarely out of turnaround and into growth mode. It helps us understand a bit about how you work and think.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2023

Endowed by Dr. Simmons, the talks named in her honor feature discussions with African American innovators in art, business, science, literature, medicine, social justice, technology, and more.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Taking a different approach, the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature , the largest natural and cultural history museum on Florida’s Gulf Coast, partnered with a local couple who are matching donations dollar for do llar up to $25,000 given before December 31. . Notes via email work, but hand-signed cards add a more personal touch.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. We ended up with a gallery in the museum instead.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2011

project will focus on apps for arts organizations, with a practical. We'll share some interesting apps developed for arts. Discovering Public Art with Public Art Omaha. engage with public art? engage with public art? The really cool thing is how Public Art Omaha did it: their public art.

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