Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? A set of screensavers and background images. Shoutouts to donors on images and cover pictures. Design them free on Canva.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 5, 2009

I've been designing game-like experiences with museums for a long time. But this week, I participated in a game design workshop with Ken Eklund that totally changed my perspective. My starting point is interactive exhibit design; Ken's is game design. As they played, we talked openly about how the game was progressing.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2019

Visitor (though, really my child) at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK As I said, last week, I’ve been to a travelin’ girl for the last couple of years. So, instead, I am offering 3 posts this month about what I learned from visiting more than 300 museums. Last week, I talked about what I learned about museum workers.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

When talking about active audience engagement with friends in the museum field, I often hear one frustrated question: how can we get adults to participate? In children's museums and science centers, this relationship is at its most extreme. They're playing video games. But I don't think that theory holds up.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Between high-altitude hijinks, run-ins with wildlife, and very long days of hiking, I finished John Falk's new book, Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience. In other words, if you are a curious person, you will go to museums to learn new things.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2007

What museum hasn't benefited from a giant blow-up dinosaur on its front lawn? Flying into San Jose yesterday, I laughed out loud when I looked out the window and saw Clifford the Big Red Dog below me, a cheerful addition to the skyline (thanks to the Children's Discovery Museum). And fun they are. and neighborhood-based.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

Britt Bravo's Have Fun, Do Good Blog. For example, just take a look at the explosion of mobile apps for museums. Content feeds on the application include: The Zoetica Link Feed. The Case Foundation Blog. Chronicle of Philanthropy Give and Take. Great NonProfits. Allison Fine's Blog. Social Edge Blogs. Care2's FrogLoop. Working Wikily.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

How do you find your way around a multi-faceted museum? I spent some time playing with this question last week at the Milwaukee Art Museum, a large general museum that is moving toward redesign of the permanent galleries. Do you interrogate the map? Create a plan for yourself? Get deliciously lost? This is the holy grail for me.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

This is typically a video plus text, although some projects just use a simple image instead of a video. But then I started finding more humble projects related to broader issues, and I began to see Kickstarter as a potentially fascinating space for museums and cultural institutions. Jim's is a fun game involving sock puppets.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 17, 2010

This morning, I gave the keynote address for the Washington Museums Association annual conference. It features lots of museum-based examples. But in this post, I wanted to highlight a goofy little (non-museum) project that inspires me in its simplicity and openness to mass collaboration. Please join in on the fun.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Tagging is such a functional activity, and if you don't see direct benefit from doing it, the interest in it as a fun afternoon activity is pretty low. But over the last couple of months, I've learned about two tagging projects that actually get me excited-- CamClickr at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Posse at the Brooklyn Museum.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2007

The article includes a gallery of images of these imagined computers, which have keys for things like "Harry Potter," "games," and "friends." The classic mental image of a kid banging away at a keyboard, trying to be "like mom" has changed. Tags: children's museums design usercontent.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a creative, fun fundraising idea to engage supporters and boost your funding, you’ve come to the right place! Participants garner support from their friends and family leading up to the big day and accept gifts during the game itself. There’s plenty of online cornhole games to try out.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It was fascinating to see people--across social differences--responding to representations of love in the paintings, images, objects and narratives that were part of the installation. The inclusion and prominence of amateur art in the museum makes a complicated statement that is worth a whole other blog post. The Love Lounge I LOVE.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

This guest post was written by Georgina Bath Goodlander, the Interpretative Programs Manger for the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The “Ghosts of a Chance” alternate reality game (ARG) ran from July 18 until October 25, 2008 and was a collaboration between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and CityMystery.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. And that means our image and our brand is making a difference. Well, your image is wrapped up in your brand. But get this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. A fun, colorful way to track your nonprofit’s growth and activity on Twitter. When mobile wallets go mainstreaam, this simple tweak in text-to-give fundraising will be a game changer. Share As Image :: shareasimage.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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