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

Connection Cafe

T alk of “social distancing” alongside announcements about museums and other cultural attractions closing or canceling events or performances may mean that you antici p ate a decline in attendance until COVID-19 passes. American Alliance of Museums: COVID-19/coronavirus Resources & Information for the Museum Field .

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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?

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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. NAKED, BLEEDING THIEF BREAKS INTO MUSEUM, SPENDS THE NIGHT REARRANGING ITS STORAGE FACILITY.

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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." The book of the same title that he edited is rocking my world, both as a museum professional who cares about inclusion and as a new mother. This blog is about shared learning, and I went to engineering school.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 1: Overview

Museum 2.0

"We want our museum to be relevant." Relevant information is ripped from the headlines, hot hot hot. Relevant information is ripped from the headlines, hot hot hot. Here's my first question for you: what's the biggest question on your mind about relevance and cultural institutions? I've heard (and said) this many times.

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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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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

And the headline was that this $471 billion was a new record for charitable giving in the United States. Again, how many of you have attended an event or go to a museum? And I bet if you shoot her a quick note, she won’t mind that at all. So for those of you who guessed B, you are correct. Steven: I love it.