Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Our participants came from a variety of sectors including museums, advocacy, arts, religion, and education. Given the variety of sectors represented, there were a unique range of ideas that leaders shared, such as; • A museum, unable to have visitors, became much more connected with. What was positive? What was negative?”.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

According to The Art Newspaper’s annual survey in 2021, visits to the world’s 100 most-visited museums plummeted by 77% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo Credit: Devon Rose Turner, Natural History Museum, London. . Use props safely and make sure that all items are cleaned regularly, . Exhibition hashtags .

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

MuseumCamp is an annual professional development event at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in which teams of diverse, creative people work on quick and dirty projects on a big theme. Every active research method is an intervention. It strengthens your community. How do you measure that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2011

Also, texting is growing faster than any other communications method and tragically those nonprofits that are pioneering group text messaging are still linking to desktop websites which if you just stop… and think about it… makes absolutely no sense whatsoever ! They are looking for timely news items and recent blog posts.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Of course, this is not a strategy that can be supported by Excel spreadsheets or simpler tracking methods. Finally, you have her son Tim, who is 25 years old and works as a curator at a museum. He donated once several years ago to a fundraiser in partnership with his museum, but has not responded to any subsequent appeals.

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Everyaction

JULY 5, 2018

Arts and culture organizations such as media companies, magazines, public radio stations, museums, theaters, and arts advocates have unique needs when it comes to data management.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

A man walks into a museum. Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. Two years later, this project is still one of the most fondly remembered participatory experiences at the museum--by visitors and staff. He shares a story.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

We want to share the methods and tools that make it work. By building a change network, we will empower diverse organizations to share methods and expertise with each other. The First Wave includes 6 museums, 5 performing arts organizations, 3 public libraries, 3 parks, and 3 community centers.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Understanding the history of Google’s analytics suite is useful in better understanding GA4. In June 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, and in subsequent years we saw the rise of apps as a competing method to websites for how people interact with organizations. Here we’ll summarize those questions and answers. What is Google Analytics 4?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Last month, MAH curator Susan Hillhouse and I sat down and wrote an exhibition philosophy for our museum. Here's the short version (read the whole thing here ): The Museum of Art & History is committed to creating exhibitions that inspire our diverse audiences to engage deeply with contemporary art and Santa Cruz County history.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Better maybe, for the different pieces to keep to themselves, with their own methods, language, and professional development programs? In a recent chapter on the history of the U.S. I can understand why somebody interested in museums wouldn't want to cover ground on health sector management.

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Everyaction

JULY 16, 2018

The database used to track interactions with donors can have a large impact on the efficacy of an organization’s fundraising efforts, and especially for organizations such as museums, theaters, and media companies, it is important to use a software which can manage major donors, planned giving programs, grants, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

It takes you through the technologies and tools for each channel for different goals and offers up lots of case studies from organizations such as National Wildlife Federation, Red Cross, AARP, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, American Museum of Natural History, SEIU and others. Click to see larger version.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. Despite its long history, few researchers studied the use and impact of citizen science until the 1980s. When participants collected data, they learned a great deal about data collection processes but not so much about the overall scientific method.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. CA: One of the best things that happened to me while volunteering for the local art museum is they funded my travel to Los Angeles and my tuition to take the week-long grant writing training bootcamp hosted by The Grantsmanship Center.

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I''ve mostly seen museums employ one of two methods for formal community advisors: Create special "spots" on the board of trustees for certain kinds of community representatives. CON: can feel disconnected from the primary governance of the museum or can feel like a second-class board overall. I struggle with both these options.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

These days, it’s rare to see an auction rely on the old-school method of paper bids. Art & History Museums Maitland is planning a virtual 3-day online art auction for summer 2021. Check out their Instagram homepage: [This is a screenshot of Art & History Museums-Maitland’s Instagram account.].

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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. History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. This can include museums, archives, galleries, etc.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2017

This method helps guide fundraisers to the activity that best fits their needs. The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History used Giving Blueday to raise funds to begin development for their Wooly Mammoth Exhibit. Here are examples of new P2P fundraising events taking place across the globe: Portfolio P2P Fundraising.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

I just returned from the American Association of Museums (AAM) annual meeting in Philadelphia. I led two sessions, one on visitor co-created museum experiences, and the other on design inspirations from outside museums. what is the value of the exhibition experience to non-participants, that is, regular museum visitors?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2019

This guest post is written by Martin Brandt Djupdræt , Head of research and presentation and a member of the management at the Danish open-air museum Den Gamle By (The Old Town). Den Gamle By (“The Old Town” in Danish) is an open-air museum about urban life and the local museum of the city of Aarhus. Falk and Lynn D.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Gabriela Mistral. She won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1988. Marie Curie. Roxane Gay.

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

Donor data collection is not always transparent, and it can sometimes depend on what payment method a donor uses. Her clients include the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the American Museum of Natural History, and the American Red Cross. . Another downside? Making the most of mid-level. What’s Dark Mode?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Last month, I heard a talk by author Jonathan Salem Baskin about his soon to be published book, “ Histories of Social Media.&# The book looks at social media concepts and ideas, asks is this really new? The technology tools certainly are, but history provides a context for every behavioral quality of new media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

They are also creating recycling systems to help manage waste disposal, and developing new methods for cooking through energy efficient cook stoves and recycled material briquettes to replace charcoal. Historical societies and museums might especially benefit from using this app. Find a Clinton Foundation update on the project here.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

There are lots of things visitors can’t do in museums. But what about the things that museum professionals can’t (or feel they can’t) do? This week at the ASTC conference, Kathy McLean, Tom Rockwell, Eric Siegel and I presented a session called “You Can’t Do That in Museums!” And so my question is, why are we keeping them away?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Yeah, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. I’ve been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. Preferred method of contact, how often you want to contact them? You may want to know things like their volunteer interest, their history. They’re so like history”? Steven: And it’s not 2:00 a.m.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

This is the penultimate installment of Museum 2.0's s book club on Elaine Gurian's collection of essays, Civilizing the Museum. As Elaine puts it in the essay, When I was last involved in such an endeavor, it was when the Boston Children's Museum was small, insignificant, and unselfconscious. have portrayed Indians inaccurately."

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

Leveraging a DonorSearch integration , you can identify supporters with a rich history of philanthropic giving and a high giving capacity. Ability to accept multiple payment methods, including all credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, and checks. Attendee screening for giving capacity. Price: Zeffy is free to use.

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EveryAction

JULY 18, 2017

Part museum, part-living institute, visit the King Center for a history lesson on where we've come from, and strategize on where we're going. Condesa Coffee boasts sophistication through its dapperly dressed baristas and rotating selection of impressive coffee preparation methods (choose from Chemex, Aeropress, siphon, etc.).

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

I cut out from the meeting by myself to check out an exhibition called Open House, if These Walls Could Talk at the Minnesota History Center. If there was a way to engage these deep emotions in the context of science museums, then there is an opportunity to expand our impact. Not that it was sad, but that it was human. It hasn''t.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Even before the pandemic, the popularity of digital payment methods had been steadily rising. As a platform for such local activity, more participatory forms of engagement are already envisaged—an area “culture pass” for museums and arts institutions is one exciting example—to further stimulate local activity. Why Go Digital?

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