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Guest Post by Debra Askanase: Fill the Gap Campaign Crowdsourcing for Citizen Museum Curators

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by American Art Museum Note from Beth: This week I'm trying to understand crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. What are the best practices or techniques for crowdsourcing? In essence, it is visible storage for the museum. Are there special cautions related to crowdsourcing for nonprofits?

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 2: Content vs. Form

Museum 2.0

If people on the street are talking about X, the museum should be talking about X too. I used to work at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. Our mandate was to be the museum of Silicon Valley--not of its material history, but its pulse of innovation. Interpretative techniques. What's trending. It is just now.

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Nonprofit and Flickr Resource List: Not listed, Add in the Comments

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why Museum Professionals Should Use Flickr from the Musem 2.0 Indianapolis Museum of Art Visitors sharing photos in a group. Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. Flickr 101: Techniques Basic Guidelines for Tagging on flickr Flickr for Beginners: Tips from LifeHacker. More Advanced Techniques. A List of Examples.

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Mobile Fundraising: A Complete Overview — Pt. 2 of 3

NonProfit Hub

From local shelters all the way to national and international efforts, there are animal rights organizations of all shapes and sizes that benefit from text-to-give technology and mobile fundraising techniques in general. #4. Disaster relief. When most people think of text-to-give technology, they think of disaster relief efforts.

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Guest Post by Jon Husband: Crowdsourcing and Customer, Employee and Stakeholder Engagement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

About three months ago Beth Kanter wrote about the Crowdsourcing of Vision at the Smithsonian Museum. I've been keeping a careful eye out for thoughtful comments that could turn into guest posts. That's where this post about crowdsourcing came out of it!

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How to Include Matching Gifts in Your Fundraising Plan

Connection Cafe

Arts and cultural organizations (museums, theaters, orchestras, etc.). Environmental organizations (conservation efforts, public parks, wildlife preservation, etc.). With this follow-up technique, you can easily use matching gifts to turn your normal donors into major gift donors.

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Jumping into Art in Second Life

Museum 2.0

When people talk about museum projects in Second Life and other virtual worlds, I'm often disappointed by the short-sightedness of the vision. Virtual worlds are a new, emerging technology, and like any new technology, overlaying old techniques onto new platforms is disappointing at best.