Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. It sounded great, until her last comment: She told me that it was a really important program, because libraries are the heart of the community…well, in elementary schools at least.

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Library Model Adopt Community 241

Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

This was particularly directed at MN150, which featured visitor-nominated milestones of Minnesota history, and Children of the Lodz Ghetto, which invites users to conduct original research on the path taken by thousands of children during the Holocaust. This is a question I'm really interested in. Neither Click!

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It was good opportunity for me to look back at the crowdsourcing chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , and update the examples and thinking. The presentation was followed by a discussion about how one might evaluate efforts to engage crowds. What do you track? What domains of impact should be considered (e.g.

Measure 96

Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

To write the book, Light selected and studied 26 innovative non-profits and government agencies across Minnesota during the mid-90s. Of the 26, two are museumish: the Minnesota Zoo and the Walker Art Center, and three are arts organizations: Artspace, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater and Theatre de la Jeune Lune.

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Discussion Minnesota Phoenix Structure 39

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. Now, we evaluated tools based on who was using them, and how. In the social period, we began exploring the network – mapping it, evaluating it, testing it. Organizations.

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Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Kevin Gamble left me a comment on a google analytics post that the " Depth of Visit Report " was one of the best metrics (coupled with referring source) for understanding visitor behavior on his university's web site. " I asked him if would share a screen shot of the report and reflect a little further on his comment.

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Measure Social Media Tools Technorati 50

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2009

And it's brought me back to a blog post I wrote a year ago about the Science Museum of Minnesota's Race: Are We So Different? As Paul commented, "you don't point at things when you're alone." How can you identify metrics for success that are not based on how many people have bought a ticket or left a comment? exhibition.

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Social Network Tech Network Museum 22

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Most museums don't strategically set this number--too many operating costs are fixed by building needs--but they can use it to assess how expensive each visitor interaction is and evaluate the efficacy of programs. Does Jamal's comment enrich the primarily Minnesotan readers of Science Buzz? Tags: evaluation marketing.

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Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

MN150 is a newish permanent exhibition (opened in Oct 2007) at the Minnesota History Center that marks the sesquicentennial of Minnesota with 150 of “the most influential forces in the state’s history.” Well, we knew we wanted to do an exhibit to mark the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary of the birth of the state of Minnesota).

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Interview Minnesota Museum History 21