Museum 2.0

JULY 15, 2015

I decided to give myself a gift this year: permission to change the Museum 2.0 But I also know there is huge potential to improve Museum 2.0. And then this morning, when I read Ian David Moss's reflections on the same report. I hope this gift will open new doors to learn, share, and connect.

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Museum Proposal Analysis Lesson 20

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had a fantastic conversation with hosts Jonathan McCoy and Becky Endicott about driving innovation in the nonprofit sector and what’s next for capital campaigns and major gifts. Here are six key takeaways for organizations looking to drive innovation in the nonprofit sector: 1. There will always be a nonprofit sector.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had a fantastic conversation with hosts Jonathan McCoy and Becky Endicott about driving innovation in the nonprofit sector and what’s next for capital campaigns and major gifts. Here are six key takeaways for organizations looking to drive innovation in the nonprofit sector: 1. There will always be a nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Arts Collaboration Story 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

When my sister first started working with a nonprofit museum, she had a lot to learn about the fundraising process for the organization. The museum had notes saved in their donor management software about the seating preferences for their major donors and that particular donor preferred their regular seat toward the front.

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Software Management Donor Guide 98

Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

I spent the weekend queuing up posts for my forthcoming blog-cation--nine weeks of guest posts and reruns from the Museum 2.0 It feels like a real gift to myself (and hopefully, to you) to schedule all this content now and not have to worry about it when my baby is born. It is this community--you--that I want to reflect a bit more on.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When you find a bar with your favorite song on the jukebox, or a museum room that feels like your grandmother's living room, you suddenly feel a strong affinity and are able to see yourself reflected in the space. It may be great for a natural refuge to remain hidden, but that sounds like a disaster for a restaurant or museum.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

A fundraising email is not the right place to thank Board members, reflect on events that already happened, spotlight a wonderful volunteer, or highlight a major donor. Well, one of the families we were able to work with as a result of your gift just moved into their own apartment! What gift do we want the donor to make?

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Results email Fundraising Story 122

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 2, 2018

If you witness a person is consistently taking over a conversation to talk about themselves, you can veer the focus back by kindly acknowledging what they were saying using reflective language, and then saying, “but this meeting is about X and we need to hear from Mr. Y.” Consistently (M. Solberg, personal interview, October 11, 2017).”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

Workstream priorities should reflect this knowledge. Increased donor diversity results in revenue goals exceeded, and team diversity creates access to new networks and better, broader perspectives among teams. By executing on DEI initiatives, individual nonprofits and the sector at large will shift power dynamics in fundraising.

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Strategy Fundraising Philanthropy Nonprofit 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2011

In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. The event promised an after-hours look at their special exhibition Brain: The Inside Story , a chat with its curators, a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum, and an opportunity to meet other fans of AMNH.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

TCG is the industry association for non-profit theaters, the way AAM is for museums. Given TCG''s multi-year Audience (R)evolution initiative, I took the opportunity to write a new talk about what revolution has looked like at our small museum in Santa Cruz. We heard again and again that the museum was cold and uncomfortable.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2014

For individuals, donor levels can be influential in deciding their gift amount, especially if your donor knows that there will be a published list showing donor names and levels of giving. Another plus about creating donor levels, especially with millennials, is that you can influence the donor by telling him what his gift will accomplish.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

It started as a handout for a session that Stacey and I are doing at the California Association of Museums, and then I realized it was so darn useful that it was worth sharing with all of you. The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations.

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Collaboration Community Tools Museum 55

NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2014

For individuals, donor levels can be influential in deciding their gift amount, especially if your donor knows that there will be a published list showing donor names and levels of giving. Another plus about creating donor levels, especially with millennials, is that you can influence the donor by telling him what his gift will accomplish.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2020

Now is the ideal time to reflect on last year and set your course for the N ew Y ear and new decade. For more inspiration, hear from the Autry Museum on how it attract s more visitors and turn s them into members and lifelong donors. . . Personally Thank Your Visitors , Members and Donors . Practice Self -c are.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

You could have your caterers provide pick-up meals for those virtual attendees or provide a delivery service gift card. For instance, the American Herbalists Guild hosted a virtual auction with items like an herbology 101 course and a gift card for botanical medicine. Create a plan for storing and cataloging auction items.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2011

We've been offering a host of participatory and interactive experiences at the Museum of Art & History this season. Design paired activities to reflect or at least respect the sensibility of their work, and where possible, involve them in the design. Encourage gifting. People will talk about what they are writing or making.

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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. A recommendation is a gift, and it is best packaged in some positive or intriguing sentiment.

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Experiment Lesson Learning Museum 44

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Audience segmentation and research has become a hot topic in museums, especially when it comes to crafting appealing offerings that are customized to different kinds of visitors. I sat down with Kristen Denner, Director of Membership and Annual Fund, to learn more about the program's development and the museum's goals for its future.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work. As one participant said, "the museum feels friendly in a way it usually doesn't." People make the museum friendly, not activities. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki. All the photos in this post are on Flickr here.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. So first is how we can reflect on the importance of diversity to our board’s work, specifically fundraising. Again, how many of you have attended an event or go to a museum?

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Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

Did you know that in some countries International Women's Day (March 8) is celebrated with flowers and gifts? 100% of the royalties from Celebrating Women go to the International Museum of Women. For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

She has created a company that is reflective of her diverse professional and personal experiences and her desire to make philanthropy accessible to everyone. Lori’s gift is to help nonprofit organizations communicate powerfully so they raise exponentially more money. Julie Hirshey. philadelphiaeagles.com. ignitedfundraising.com.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2017

58% of crowdsourced gifts were made on a mobile device – Your mobile strategy is no longer optional. In this example, Center for Global Impact centered their campaign on a major gift that was earmarked as a match. Source: Millennial Impact Report ]. Your supporters expect fundraising tools that are accessible via a mobile device.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Website : Your website should reflect your #GivingTuesday campaign, and your donation button should be highly visible. Include options, such as recurring gifts, so donors have the choice to give again automatically. Reviewing each will help you develop a strategy on engaging your donors, specifically for your cause.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2008

In the museum world, we often talk about lowering barriers to entry, helping people get through the door. And so today we look at an educational facility (not a museum) that swabs the deck with these barriers. It's not a shlock gift shop. It makes them walk the plank. 826 Valencia is a tutoring center.

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Education Museum Audience Design 21

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

For many museums, visitor research--how people use the museum, navigate exhibits, and understand content--may be an equally important arena in which to adopt groundswell listening techniques. I spent an hour this morning "brand listening" to what the online world says about one of my favorite museums, the Exploratorium.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

This is the final installment of Museum 2.0’s s book club on Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions , a collection of essays edited by Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean. Ultimately, the arguments against including visitor voices come down to a lack of respect for visitors as meaning-makers in museums.

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Voice Case Study Museum Analysis 20

DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

Others are looking at no demand at all, and with it, no revenue, because their mission involved gathering large groups of people in places like theaters, galleries, and museums. They know that if they put their name on a poorly made product, it reflects on their good name—and degrades their ability to make money. .

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2016

But they do want to see reflections, expansions, and distortions of their experiences in ways that allow them to form new connections. The greatest gift that insiders can give outsiders is to help them build new doors. Outsiders don’t want the room rearranged in their own image. That’s what matters.

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Arts Chapter Sound Story 34

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. A corporate sponsorship usually involves a sponsor supporting an event, donating auction items, or giving a monetary gift to help you meet a fundraising goal. Tap into schools.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. Some museum pros have been puzzled by this. We inspired a community and got real results.

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Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Andrea has been a leader in the museum technology field. We are seated on a legacy of more than 25 years of comprehensive contributions to the museum education field, including formative and summative evaluations of how our exhibitions and engagements with various communities have performed. And it shows.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. When I decided to write a book about visitor participation in cultural institutions, I knew I'd do it in a way that reflected the values behind the book itself--transparency, inclusion, and meaningful community participation. Check out the other parts here.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end. The Love Lounge I LOVE.

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Non Profit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In a recent story, NPQ , quoting Komal Shah, a trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , asked, “How evil is too evil when it comes to donors?” As I described in my previous letter, the acceptance of the Epstein gifts involved a mistake of judgment. September 6, 2019, New Yorker and WGBH.

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Philanthropy San Francisco University Massachusetts 65

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

How can you design museum spaces so that exhibits and artifacts become social objects--things that people want to share with each other? Facebook has a diversified object model--for some people, friend updates are the essential object, for others, it's virtual gifts. This is great news for museums. Turn invitations into gifts.

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