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Resources to Guide Arts and Cultural Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Connection Cafe

As an arts and cultural organization, you are among the most trusted sources of information in today’s world. By sharing facts about how to lower the risk of contracting or spreading the disease, arts and cultural organizations can help keep their communities healthy and instill a sense of calm. . Conclusion: .

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Art Brings People Together: Measuring the Power of Social Bridging

Museum 2.0

Earlier this fall, I read this headline: "Stanford study: Participation in a cultural activity may reduce prejudice." When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact.

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Examples of Abundance in the Arts: Ask A Conductor on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A month or two ago, museums and galleries around the world participated in a Twitter event called Ask a Curator. I asked Jim Richardson, who blogs at the Museum Next Blog and is the brainchild behind the event, a couple of questions: How did #askacurator come about? How did you get 340 museums to participate?

Arts 101
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Back to Blogging with a Roundup of Terrific Articles

Museum 2.0

And thanks to you for engaging with their posts and with the reruns from the Museum 2.0 She knits together nostalgia and activism with a level of nuance rarely found in debates about the value of museums, libraries, and other cultural spaces. This is mostly just a really great headline. IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 1: Overview

Museum 2.0

"We want our museum to be relevant." But what does it mean for a cultural institution to be relevant? In pop culture contexts, relevance is about currency. Relevant information is ripped from the headlines, hot hot hot. Relevant information is ripped from the headlines, hot hot hot. That's relevant. Usefulness.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. And the headline was that this $471 billion was a new record for charitable giving in the United States. It builds a culture of trust and respect.

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Don't Talk to Strangers? Safety 2.0

Museum 2.0

When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind? into the museum is the potential to encourage more positive in-museum interactions among strangers. I want in-person museum experiences to be more like experiences on social sites like Flickr, where strangers connect and form relationships around content.

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