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.
Twenty Hats
MAY 3, 2021
And, despite this ‘freedom,’ retention was low. Whenever I start working with a new colleague who will interact with volunteers, I always brief them on my ‘Iron Hug’ philosophy. Lisa Marie Porter, MA, CVA, has been working in Museums in the public sector since 2001.
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Bloomerang
JULY 5, 2021
Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. .
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The following post was originally published on the Center for the Future of Museums blog. On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. But effort and efficacy are not the same.
Neon CRM
JUNE 16, 2023
Increasing retention: Increases in retention can come from better engagement and improved abilities to track those that are in danger of leaving your organization. Finally, you have her son Tim, who is 25 years old and works as a curator at a museum. Let’s use the following example family. You can segment by: 1.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Museums have used games to engage visitors for decades. SR: I came to games before I came to museums. My grandmother cheated at Candyland and uno. :) Games, I think, have a nice Venn diagram of overlap between museum lovers. I love thinking we're getting new museum lovers through games. How did you get into museum games?
Museum 2.0
JUNE 24, 2010
Last week, I visited the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle. I've long admired this museum for its all-encompassing commitment to community co-creation , and the visit was a kind of pilgrimage to their new site (opened in 2008). I'm always a bit nervous when I visit a museum I love from afar. What if it isn't what I expected?
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