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How to Make Facebook Fundraising Work For You

Media Cause

The audience really appreciated the content as evidenced by the growth in average gift. . Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM). The Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose had two board members help kick off their Facebook Fundraising efforts when they first launched the giving tools on their page.

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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. The problem was not one of content but one of form.

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A Couple of Do Good iPhone Apps

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You'll find reviews of iPhone apps from the Olympics , National Center for Missing Children , the San Jose Museum , and others. In the meantime, we'll certainly see more and more nonprofits release branded content in native iPhone format. That is, versions of their Web site content on a iPhone.

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation, Wallace Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Grants for the Arts, and the Koret Foundation. The whole idea got started a year ago when James Leventhal who is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum asked me if I would design some trainings for the local arts community.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. Examples: Wildlife Direct and Brooklyn Museum. Use an excel spreadsheet to look at events, fundraisers, programs, web site content, performances, and other activities to socialize. Connecting With Colleagues.

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Game Friday: Museum Mad Libs!

Museum 2.0

I read recently about an awesome project at the San Jose Museum of Art in 2001, Collecting Our Thoughts, in which visitors were invited to write the labels for an art exhibition (more another time). But it's a lot of fun, and it could be a great way to construct a personalized takeaway from a museum experience.

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Case Study: A Participatory Road Trip takes the SJMA on a Wild Ride

Museum 2.0

Cultural Connections is a group of museum professionals who meet up a few times a year and host excellent programs on a variety of topics. This week, they hosted "Let Them Be Heard: Visitor Participation in the Museum Experience," featuring four presentations on incorporating visitors' content into museums.