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SOS: Save Our Site! How Libraries Can Preserve Local Online History

Tech Soup

This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A competitive application process for selection of libraries from across the United States is now open and will continue until August 25. Register for webinar. About the Author.

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Your Official 17NTC Local's Guide to DC

EveryAction

Indique (Cleveland Park). The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. If you can score tickets, the Hirshorn Museum's Yayoi Kusama exhibit is truly a sight to behold. National Museum of American History (The National Mall). US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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The Art of Relevance is Now Available For Free on the Web (and Here's Why)

Museum 2.0

Take five minutes and learn how the Science Museum in London created better experiences for deaf visitors. Or how Felton Thomas fought the library union to make the Cleveland Public Library matter more. When I wrote my first book, The Participatory Museum , I released it concurrently as a paperback and free online.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: How the London Science Museum Became More Relevant to Deaf Families

Museum 2.0

Here's one of my favorite stories about the London Science Museum and their work to make their science shows relevant to families with deaf or hearing-impaired family members. Or the promotores at the Waukegan Public Library sharing their offerings with Latino immigrants? This chapter appears midway through the book.

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Discounts, Secret Deals, and Value: Learning from Groupon

Museum 2.0

A coupon goes up for half-price museum admission or spa treatments, and users have one day to buy. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History sold 1,318 half-price memberships last week. But for museums, which mostly have extra space to fill (and a low per-customer operating cost), this isn't a big issue.

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A Mobile and Social Fundraising Success Checklist for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Follow and study Zoo Atlanta , New York Public Library , KQED Science , American Heart Association , and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Follow and study WITNESS , Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) , Big Cat Rescue , Anaheim Ballet , and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). LinkedIn. ?

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A Fundraising Success Checklist for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Follow and study Zoo Atlanta , New York Public Library , KQED Science , American Heart Association , and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Follow and study WITNESS , Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) , Big Cat Rescue , Anaheim Ballet , and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).