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Games Games Games

Museum 2.0

Museums have used games to engage visitors for decades. SR: I came to games before I came to museums. My grandmother cheated at Candyland and uno. :) Games, I think, have a nice Venn diagram of overlap between museum lovers. I love thinking we're getting new museum lovers through games. How did you get into museum games?

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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Reach out to talented local artists, galleries, and museums to see if they can donate pieces, workshops, or behind-the-scenes tours to support your cause. Drive-in or outdoor Movie Night.

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Visitors in Focus

Museum 2.0

Visitor (though, really my child) at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK As I said, last week, I’ve been to a travelin’ girl for the last couple of years. So, instead, I am offering 3 posts this month about what I learned from visiting more than 300 museums. Last week, I talked about what I learned about museum workers.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

Qgiv

Not ready to step back into a movie theater yet? Give your donors the full movie night experience with a virtual viewing party. Virtual tours for museums. Your local museums may not be open for admission, but that doesn’t mean you can’t explore all they have to offer. Viewing party. Virtual college + career prep workshop.

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

Connection Cafe

You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Build a membership program specifically for children. If you can manage two to four activities per year, you’ve provided some value to the parents and involved children at an early age. Can’t think of any?

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13 #npEXPERTS Share their Most Valuable Donor Acquisition & Fundraising Ideas

Connection Cafe

By Madeline Turner : A lover of words, fellow middle children, bold ideas, and Thai food. By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. Think Speed-Dating, Not Dinner and A Movie. Tweets about #marketing, #nonprofit and #nptech,#arts and #museum best practices.

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Guest Post by Nina Simon -- Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Submitted by Nina Simon, publisher of Museum 2.0. I’ve had it with museums’ obsession with open-ended self-expression. There are so many more people who join social networks, who collect and aggregate favored content, and critique and rate books and movies. And yet many museums are fixated on creators.