Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2019

I learned this terminology later, from Beck Tench , who studies, mentors, and leads institutional change in public space. It’s about the leader creating the conditions for new ideas and projects to keep bubbling up from many voices and perspectives. She was being a spacemaker for me and for other creative risk-takers on her team.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2019

I thought I would kick off my tenure around here by sharing stories and reflections about my visits. Here are my top five reflections: 1. Front of House is Hard Work: While I did gallery teaching for many years, for most of my career, I’ve had a desk and a phone in non-public space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. Despite its long history, few researchers studied the use and impact of citizen science until the 1980s.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. Our revolution is predicated on three big ideas: Art and history are something you do, not just something you learn about. You can download all the slides here. We started with couches.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2012

This post is the third and final in a series of reactions to Blueprint , a book chronicling the rise and fall of the Dutch Museum of National History (INNL) in 2008-2011. Information on a label and a short video clip informs the buyer about the history behind objects including a tulip, fishing boat, licorice and tea towel.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Publicize volunteer grant opportunities. A position on an event committee can keep your sponsor happy with their decision to work with you, as they’ll feel they are truly involved and can make their voice heard as you work together to do good in the community. Request a Demo. Partner with local media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Today’s hospitals and philanthropic organizations have more information about patients and potential donors than at any time in history. This can mean collaborations with industry, with similar community organizations, universities, social good organizations, and with public institutions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

Learn the History of Asian Racism to Understand Present-Day Intersectionality . Asian racism runs deep through Asian American history— from Asian labor in the Gold Rush to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and World War II Japanese internment camps to the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin. Photo Credit: Aaron Molo. Photo Credit: Aaron Molo.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

I always assumed that this would be a semi-private endeavor and that the public nature of the blog would just be an efficient vehicle for sharing my ideas with a small group of interested folks. at the Brooklyn Museum , Tech Virtual at The Tech , and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. (By But this blog is mostly push content.

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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. Murasaki Shikibu. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. Roxane Gay.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Developers of the ECHO project are exploring new ways to use web technology to bring native voices into museum exhibits and research.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

A lot of women reflected back to us that they felt oftentimes like the families would treat them as if they were a part of the family, so that then their work was in some ways made invisible. Steve Williams: I think for me one of the things that motivates me is the idea that the world can be a better place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

Social networking sites like Facebook make it easy for sensitive information about us to be made public unintentionally. Normally, voice communication over the Internet is no more secure than unprotected email and instant messaging. Be careful when accessing your social network account in public internet spaces.

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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. Here's a photo of one of the retired couples who came with their family to celebrate her 80th birthday in the exhibition.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

My whole museum career has been predicated on the "museum of ''and''" premise, as championed by Elaine Heumann Gurian and the museum professionals who crafted the seminal publication Excellence and Equity in 1989. Our museum''s vision statement begins with the phrase, "The Museum of Art & History is a thriving central gathering place.".

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It is our turn to make history. New voices energizing conversations. We candidly share frontline experiences, reflect deeply on our impact and find the network and meaning we need to do transformational work. Join us November 3-5 in Philadelphia, a city where revolutions are made, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

When I started at The Museum of Art & History (MAH) in May, one of my priorities was redesigning our website. I didn't want to do anything fancy--just make the site more functional, lively, easy to update, and reflective of the new institutional vision of being a community hub. Thank you, Marty. OK, enough promotion.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

Her research has been featured in tons of magazines and publications and is all over the place delivering those findings, but was again gracious enough to carve out an hour to share all that with us. But for now, let’s talk about this in-group love and reflect a little bit on the other two. So I’m so excited.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

So we’re going to talk about how to communicate with authenticity, how to use your voice to convey your message, that’s one V. Scenario Number 3, your current campaign is doing better in the last two years been in the history of your organization. So we’re at voice, vision, and values. So this is our agenda.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A historic transfer of wealth on the horizon By some estimates, the greatest generational wealth transfer in the history of the world is already underway. They also will pay a premium for products that reflect their philanthropic priorities. After all, a 65-year-old billionaire is likely to be leveraging their dollars in 2050.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

This essay, written in 1991, reflects Elaine's experience on the planning staff for the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) on the Mall as an "insider/outsider"--a "hired gun" with museum know-how facilitating the creation of someone else's museum. And the palette is not really invented yet.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 30, 2007

Some museums start with internal projects (blogs, wikis, tagging experiments) that are then released to the public once the kinks have been worked out and the quality level is adequate. How will the endeavor reflect on the museum’s brand image? How can you avoid getting burned in this way? Who will be impacted resource-wise?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public. Yet, the art world does not reflect that. The purpose of this toolbox is for activists, and just people, art lovers, to have a selection of images that reflect the 21st century - the politics of the 21st century. Everything from thinking about - who is your audience?

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. Emerge gives Democratic women who want to run for public office a unique opportunity. Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

In these conversations, people often say, "don't expert voices matter?" Museums should feel protective of the expertise reflected in their staff, exhibits, programs, and collections. It lets you be the only expert with a voice. Single voices represented on single labels is not scalable. and my emphatic response is YES.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

A blog was really perfect for me, because first of all, it was a very casual voice -- it's not very formal. I want to thank Britt for putting the panel together and just for her work in inspiring women leaders, and getting our voices out there, and recognizing our work - and also to the organizers. We are a 3.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

There is something powerful about hearing Barack Obama's voice or the children's voices from the UNICEF podcasts or Nelson Mandela's voice from the recent ONE campaign podcast , inside your head. The Administration also tells us that they are making progress, but can not publicize the specific successes out of security concerns.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Many of them do really meet our basic criteria of being women-led, of reflecting the work of a group of women, rather than just one or two individuals, and of really tackling critical human rights challenges and societal challenges in which women are playing key roles. It is a good thing we are doing this in Women's History Month.

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