Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Last week, I received an inquiry from Mary Maher, editor of Hand to Hand, a magazine put out by the Association of Children's Museums , about Museum 2.0. Why, Mary asked, were there no posts about children's museums on this site? Why aren't children's museums represented on Museum 2.0?

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

If you know you have a supporter base that are planning to give up drinks, treats, or Starbucks, challenge them to donate what they would spend on those weekly cocktails or daily croissants to your cause. Take a hike” day or Sponsored Step Challenge. Give it up for Lent (varies; usually in March). Art Show and Silent Auction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

Museums , gardens, and parks have jumped on it. Centre Foundation , also a Pokemon stop, is adding this to its messaging around several summer programs geared for high school students. Safety concerns for younger children , especially unsupervised have reported in the media. A Few Concerns.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

I'm trying to reposition our museum as a cultural hub supporting creative and intellectual community growth. Our conversation made me reflect on the museums that most inspire me from a public service perspective--institutions with missions that stretch far beyond their walls. These museums work differently.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. The good news is that digital literacy is becoming part of lesson plans for K-12 students in public schools. Additionally, some students don't have digital access at home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2010

The lucky winner, Invisible Children, has won $1 million , but the Huffington Post is reporting that the second place winner, engaged in voter fraud. Invisible Children has also been accused of fraud during the duration of the contest. It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 4, 2012

Museums have been grappling with this question for years ( here's a 2007 roundup of such projects ), most aggressively in zoos and natural history museums where staff hope to inspire conservation and in history/concept museums that focus on civic engagement and activism. No small task for a museum exhibition.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

This guest post was written by Ruben Huele and describes the scenario-based strategic process used at the Dutch Natural History Museum, Naturalis , to innovate the redevelopment of their permanent collection. The new building of Naturalis, the Dutch National Natural History Museum, opened in 1998. It should not surprise the Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

This week marks one month of live activity for the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop , a collaborative, online platform for exhibit development. The challenge is to find the way to pull those ideas out. Our participants are like visitors--interested, ready to engage, ready to rise to the challenge.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. This work not only included launching a new website but also revitalizing the American Jazz Museum brand as a whole. This project took home six awards this year!

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

American Jazz Museum Platinum – Cultural Websites 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

JULY 6, 2016

Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students. He strategically includes images of students from Pajaro Valley High, so when he asks, “See anyone you know on here?” While this may not matter to an A student, many struggling youth are miles away from the 200+ credits required to graduate. Hanging out. They are fickle.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. This work not only included launching a new website but also revitalizing the American Jazz Museum brand as a whole. This project took home six awards this year!

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I'm thrilled to share this brilliant guest post by Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education at the Carnegie Museum of Art. This is a perfect example of a museum using participation as a design solution. Our colleagues in the Museum of Natural History were eager collaborators. It is great to feel more of a part of the museum!" "All

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

NFTs might put the “fun” in Nonfungible, but they come with plenty of significant challenges as well. Recently, Save the Children partnered with NFDoge, a platform that sells “Non-Fungible Doge” artwork. Look for streamers in your community—your office, student groups, or Twitch meetups. Recruitment. What’s Dark Mode?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It was exhilarating to see them inspired to create their own meanings in response: lovers whispering together in alcoves, people of all ages writing and drawing on walls and post-its, children painting, everyone sitting rapt before screens. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end. with sharpies.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

In April, I gave 13 UW graduate students a simple challenge: make an exhibit that gets strangers to talk to each other. Last month, student Nicole Robert wrote about the concept for Advice: Give it, Get it, Flip it, Fuck it. The exhibit experienced low traffic overall in an odd area of the UW student center.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

The longer I consult with museums and cultural institutions, the more time I spend peering into people's eyes, wondering: do folks here feel able to innovate? Instead, Light defines innovation as "an act that challenges the prevailing wisdom as it creates public value." It only matters if it matters.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 13, 2007

It's the most direct reason I ended up working in museums. Over three years, I taught 12 sections of 30 students each--hundreds of people who had chosen to study some form of engineering. It's as if in English class you only taught grammar and spelling without letting students read great books as well. Why the soliloquy?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

A growing number of nonprofits are offering match or challenge programs as part of their email campaigns. Best Innovation in Graphics: This one goes to Lifeline Children’s Services for showing a giving pyramid inside the email noting how many gifts of each level they had received and still needed to get. Closing the books.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening. Betty and six of her high school English students founded an organization called the Girl Child Network. And, their weapon is poetry.

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