Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

When it comes to strategic planning, there are a few common hesitations that nonprofits voice throughout the process. The Denver Foundation’s 2021 Strategic Framework The Denver Foundation is a community nonprofit foundation committed to strengthening the Metro Denver area.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. There is no dissonance between the museum’s formal voice and laminate and the visitors’ pens and paper. We’re all together, man.

Denver 21

Denver Museum Arts Remix 21

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

There was a wonderful example at the Ontario Science Center in their Hot Zone area, which features several voting and commenting kiosks popular with teens. By simplifying and personalizing the design technique used for the institutional voice, visitors felt like they were part of a natural conversation with the institution.

Design 31

Design Goal Difference Platform 31

Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Adam Lerner shared the story of Superheroes , a storefront in downtown Denver operated by a web designer who wanted to invite people to use his space to hang out, read magazines, and make things via letterpress. The room was suddenly and incredibly buzzing with hundreds of voices, hundreds of people giving each other ideas.

Slides 20

Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Teen docents are more serious than adults because they want to be treated like professionals. The Exploratorium and MCA Denver are both masters of pairing fairly standard museum frameworks for audience engagement with an energized, funky sensibility. But it's far more typical to focus on just one.

Voice 42

Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42