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How the Indianapolis Zoo Preserved their Visitor Experience with Dynamic Pricing

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So why is it such a stretch that places like museums and zoos would also use it? In 2014, the Indianapolis Zoo introduced dynamic pricing. Curious about their model, I reached out to Dennis Woerner , the director of marketing for the Indianapolis Zoo, and asked him to talk to tell me more about their pricing system.

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Self Care in the Museum Workplace

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The following post was originally published on the Center for the Future of Museums blog. On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. But effort and efficacy are not the same.

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Learning in Public Challenges and Actions

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One that stood out to me (perhaps because of my proud Indy background) was the public dashboard at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It is the same dashboard that the Board of Directors receives. Action #3: From all the data compiled and synthesized last year, we anticipate a dashboard of sorts being developed this year.

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Can A Public Nonprofit Dashboard Be Your Organization's Best Friend or Worst Enemy?

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Photo Source: Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog. The Indianapolis Art Museum has been doing just that by sharing its institutional dashboard out for everyone to view. It was met by with both positive and negative reactions from nonprofit and museum professionals. Two years later, we might have some answers.

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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

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I just got home from the Museums and the Web conference in Indianapolis. I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Instead, I found a standard art museum. Impersonal guards.

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National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering Results for Arts Organizations

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As Robert Stein, Deputy Director for Research, Technology, and Engagement at the Indianapolis Museum of Art told us, “Museums have tended to use [websites] as extensions of marketing.” But as digital media matures as a tool for cultural organizations, groups are using it as a gateway to connect people with art.

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Challenges, Rules, and Epic Wins: Using Game Design to Build Visitor Loyalty

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Last week, as part of my museum's year-long Loyalty Lab project , we hosted a workshop for Bay Area museum professionals with special guests Ian Kizu-Blair and Sam Lavigne of the game design firm Situate. Our goal was to help people see the museum as a Friday night habit. When you mastered arcane rules to achieve your goal.

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