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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street. This Pop Up Library just returned from a folk music festival.

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Game Friday: Do Games Have to Be Fun To Be Good?

Museum 2.0

He notes that film, music, visual art, and literature have evolved as media that are used in all kinds of environments, from the mundane to the profound. The second article continues this argument, talking about ways that games--if we let go of strict expectations about their use--can be applied in "mundane" (universal?) situations.

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

Museum 2.0

This year, the American Association of Museums annual conference was in Los Angeles (my hometown). I hosted two sessions, one on design for participation and the other on mission-driven museum technology development. He started with museums as a "place to go"--to see things, consume experiences. In this case, a heck of a lot.

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[VIDEO] Keeping Your Donor Database Healthy, Wealth, and Wise

Bloomerang

Yeah, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. I’ve been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. Mary’s University of Minnesota. But the one universal global thing is that data, data is just bad. Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

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. And then once in a while, we put together a Flickr album, and we send it to them with music behind it and a thank-you.

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Positivity, Time, and Work

Museum 2.0

Museum work includes many intellectual labors that draw on deep reserves of knowledge and years of experience. Then, when you look through resumes, your unconscious brain might move you to a certain candidate. Understanding work, time, and efficiency in museums aren’t easy or universal. Some people can just write.

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