Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2020

Read next: 4 Ways AI is the Next Big Game-Changer in Museum Membership & Attendance. Or, perhaps you’re a museum with the goal of becoming a pillar with your community and cultivating long-term engagement among your visitors. If that’s the case, Member Retention Rate might be an excellent KPI for your organization to measure.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The data discussed in this presentation was pulled from 200 Altru customers, which are organizations in the arts and cultural vertical of the nonprofit market, and is from the last 12 months ending in Q1 2013. The median for membership retention is 50% and the median growth in membership revenue is 14%. So what data was discussed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2020

Especially for millenials, but across the board, showing what their gift has helped to achieve is so important for retention. Museums have been a great example for the rest of us in how to continue to engage with your audience even if they can’t visit you in person. Discover new prospects. Maybe you could hold an online book club.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Art & History Museums Maitland is planning a virtual 3-day online art auction for summer 2021. Check out their Instagram homepage: [This is a screenshot of Art & History Museums-Maitland’s Instagram account.]. Let’s see how social media can support your silent auction with a real-life example.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 26, 2019

4 Important Membership Trends Every Museum Needs to Consider by Brendan Ciecko, Cuseum. A lot has been changing in the museum world. Brendan shares four trends that museums need to be aware of to have continued success with membership operations. 3 Annual Giving Strategies for 2019 by Andy Reeher, Blackbaud.

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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 was super cool.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Research and assessment is rare in the arts, and it tends to focus on "proving" our value. Studies of how arts participation affects student test scores. And given what I''ve seen on micro and macro-levels in arts funding and power, I don''t think this strategy is working. Economic impact studies. She needed money.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2007

One of the most popular posts on Museum 2.0 The fourth kind I talked about is the "personal voice blog," in which museum staff write honestly and openly about their institution and experiences. At the time, I referenced a blog from the top: the Walters Art Museum Director's blog. Check it out. Some examples: (on the "Mr.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In this age of increasing hacks and cybercrime, the Norman Rockwell Museum has a lot of digital assets, museum operations data, and private patron data that need to be protected. Find out why Frank Kennedy, IT manager at the Rockwell museum, chose Veritas Backup Exec to be a key part of the museum's security strategy.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

At The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, fundraising is all about data and their data is all about their donors. The Museum uses their data to get know their donors at a deeper level: what they care about, what motivates them, and how to keep them engaged with their organization. “We Acquisition.

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

We began harvesting such best practices based upon the amazing Donor Retention work of Adrian Sargeant (you will see Adrian and his wonderful family in a few of the pictures below). Adrian suggested a couple of other experts to join our cause, one of which was the long time partner of Simone.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2018

Members are the catalyst of your arts or cultural organization. It’s easier to keep a member than to acquire a new one, so focus on communication and experiences for a successful membership retention rate. They believe in your staff, your mission and support your goals.

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Classy

MARCH 31, 2021

Quarterly recurring donations can be used to expand membership offerings for museums, zoos, or arts and culture organizations. Not only can flexible frequencies support a wide variety of campaigns, they also play an important role in donor retention.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Art museums can show a small family enjoying an exhibit. It’s a great donor retention tool, and it’s a wonderful way to make sure you’re meeting your growing donor base’s needs. If your mission doesn’t directly relate to serving people or animals, try showing photos of people enjoying your services.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Museum membership is not nearly as healthy as that of Weight Watchers. Museum members aren't ideological, like members of a political party or a movement. Today's museum members are mostly "value" members, people who join based on a calculation of savings in admissions fees over a number of yearly visits.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 1, 2016

What if I told you that real organizations were raising 5x what they spent and seeing 100% retention on new donors through telefunding? As I learned from Katie Boehm at KidsQuest Children’s Museum this week, staying fresh in your fundraising approach is more about the approach and strategy then it is about the channel.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 18, 2007

Live facilitation has a varied role in museums. In children’s and science museums, explainers are everywhere. From a financial and management perspective, however, many museums try to minimize live facilitation as much as possible. One is about guest attraction and retention. Who’s going to help me get there?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. It’s how do we really create this retention? Well, if you take that 20% from the 100%, you’re left with 80%, right?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2021

It adds $1.25B to the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program and allows performing arts organizations to apply for both a PPP loan and a Shuttered Venue Operators grant. Employee Retention Tax Credit. 200M in funding for Institute of Museum and Library Services for libraries. for community health centers.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

Borrowers would be able to take advantage of a PPP loan and the Employee Retention Tax Credit. 10M each for National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities. $5M 5M for the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It lengthens the coverage period to December 31, 2020. Main Street Lending Program.

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