Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

Last week''s New York Times special section on museums featured a lead article by David Gelles on Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons. In the article, David discussed ways that several large art museums are working to attract major donors and board members in their 30s and 40s. I’ve known Bob for 15 years now.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

It’s 2019, and a whole lot is changing in the museum and nonprofit world. Just this year, postage has increased from 50 cents to 55 cents for First Class mail. That’s not to mention how strained museums already are in terms of resources. Adding to this equation, more museums are starting to unionize.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Maybe think about activities you could support that would offer parents a place for their kids to go and learn, like a movie series, art classes, or a small-scale concert. Maybe it’s the same with some of you, too.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

It takes careful strategy and deep knowledge of your donor to get the results you’re looking for. How will you grab the attention of your donors when their inbox is already full and they barely have time to read what’s already there? For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

After jumping in, you swam across the short length of the hole (about 10 yards), and emerge, wet and freezing, only to get to race through temps in the teens to try to warm up in a lukewarm hot tub. My graduate school class at the Wisconsin School of Business raised more than $10k for the Wisconsin Special Olympics.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. There are lots of great science museum resources, but not where these kids can walk after school. In fact, we have almost no individual donors. We don''t have paying members.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

There are lots of things visitors can’t do in museums. But what about the things that museum professionals can’t (or feel they can’t) do? This week at the ASTC conference, Kathy McLean, Tom Rockwell, Eric Siegel and I presented a session called “You Can’t Do That in Museums!” And so my question is, why are we keeping them away?

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