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Best of the Decade for Museums

Museum 2.0

Written by Seema Rao Last month, I shared some of my thoughts about the best of museums over the last decades. (I I'll mention now, Kate Livingston, listed Museum Twitter as one of the best things, and I definitely thought this as I read people's responses. Many respondents talked about a fundamental shift in museums from them to us.

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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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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums.

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National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering Results for Arts Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I thought the points about measurement were right on and applies to other types of nonprofits. But, try as we might, we couldn’t find any research that looked at arts groups’ adoption and attitudes toward digital and social media nationally that also asked all-important questions about how groups are measuring what they’re doing.

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Better marketing for nonprofits

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Karla Lant Lead Writer, Museum of Science and Sustainability. The best marketing campaigns aim to influence culture. Join the open source culture. The open source culture allows many organizations to use the innovations and labor of others and in turn contribute your own organizational strengths and capabilities.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? The Museum 2.0 For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post.

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University of Michigan – Setting a Higher Standard for Giving Days

Connection Cafe

The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History used Giving Blueday to raise funds to begin development for their Wooly Mammoth Exhibit. U-M saw it as an opportunity to engage with their audience, make them aware that they’re a nonprofit organization, and build a culture of philanthropy with their students. Advanced Planning.