Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. In archives, libraries, and museums, curators use their judgment to select and arrange artifacts to create a narrative, evoke a response, and communicate a message.

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Forum One

MARCH 5, 2024

This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the work that the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum does each and every day to bring women’s stories alive and into focus. Forum One worked with the Museum to create the 10-minute digital experience, which will be available this Friday on the Museum’s website. January 30, 2024).

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This month, we're thinking about the way we do work in museums. A few offered solid concrete suggestions that take the big idea of "advocacy" and make it concrete, like list wages on hiring requests and refusing to use unpaid interns. Sharing articles that work is a great reason to stay on Museum Twitter by the way.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

Museums can have a hard time soliciting smaller dollar annual gifts tied to mission, rather than a new exhibit, and this is a great place to turn the focus to why donor support matters. Pi Day, celebrating math and science, is the Museum’s signature day of giving.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We are honored to share the news that the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Talking About Race and American Jazz Museum rebrand has been selected as finalists for the inaugural Anthem Awards ! Our team partnered with the Museum to bring the resources to life visually. American Jazz Museum.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu. 6) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD20. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism. 21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD20. 25: International Sculpture Day — #ISDay.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Then, I get home, confined to the couch with a terrible sinus headache, to find ICOM was debating the definition of a museum. ICOM matters because museums are a global phenomenon. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed interacting with all the international museum folks at conferences, particularly at AAM. Absolutely.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2021

TL;DR A lot of really shitty people hate museums and hate that museums would even attempt social justice therefore museums are okay, maybe. It is well documented that most jobs in museums pay poorly. Gainful, full time museum employment is also notoriously difficult and competitive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Known as the International City of Peace and Justice, there are more than 160 NGOs in Den Haag working to make the world a better place. The first nonprofit spotted on my #HagueDayTrip is the Mauritshuis – a #museum that holds a world-famous collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings from the fifteenth to eighteenth century.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Denver International Airport. collections or exhibit tours at museums, a fire fighting training center for a city, and the control tower at the – you guessed it – the airport [by now, we were all ready to sign up to volunteer at the airport!) CREATIVE GRATITUDE MESSAGES Social media posts Kudos cards (i.e.,

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DipJar

APRIL 14, 2022

The story of that day, the movement it spawned, and its lasting impact are told at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. The museum opened on February 1, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the sit-in that marked a watershed moment in the movement for justice. Photograph Credit :Mark Herboth, ArchDaily.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

Last but certainly not least on this celebratory list , is our Charleston neighbor and longtime friend, Zinnia Willits , Director of Collections and Operations at the Gibbes Museum of Art. These are just a few of the countless women in the arts and cultural space who we we’re grateful to work with.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

These two adages were both in my mind last week when I asked people for the worst museum trends. In this decade museums worst trends were in labor and tech: 1. Susan Spero brought up the cost tuition rises had to the field: The rise in tuition which in turn has meant that museum studies programs have taken a huge hit.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

While many American museums require 37.5 The whole issue of wages gets at the heart of the faulty systems of capitalism, the culture of women’s work, and museums as privilege-concentrating institutions. In the last twenty years, or so, professionalization has changed museum work. Not the work we do, but the ways we do that work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Amnesty International. Field Museum. Getty Museum. International Princess Project. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum of Modern Art. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Art Institute of Chicago. BeadforLife Store. Best Friends Animal Society. DoGoodBuyUs. First Book.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD19. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism. 21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD19.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

After the International Committee on Museums spent some time debating the definition of museums, many folks took up the charge on social media to give their own definitions. I know I’m missing early innovators of interaction in museums; feel free to tell me who in the comments.) We need new #MuseumVerbs.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

What do Millennials want from a museum experience? Museum development officers and marketing professionals are all wondering if members of the Millennial generation (born after 1979) will support museums like our parents did. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) seems to think we won’t. The New York Times.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism. 21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism. 21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu. 6) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Amnesty International Shop. Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and. Field Museum Online Store. The Field Museum is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. Paul Getty Museum Store. Metropolitan Museum of Art Store.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Is your museum running on interns? It is a strong, museum-focused complement to an excellent three-parter on Createquity about the ethics and future of unpaid arts internships. Free intern labor wasn''t ever right, but it has become glaringly unethical in the current post-Lehman-crash era.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We are excited to share that the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal , NYU’s Congressional District Health Dashboard , and March of Dimes have been named Anthem Awards finalists. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There are billions of historical documents housed in archives, museums, and libraries around the world. Case in point: the Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal , produced by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Two data sets are used in the search portal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

8: International Women’s Day — #MakeItHappen and #WomensDay. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay and #LabourDay. September.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 23, 2008

I wanted to put in a plug for the Tech Museum Awards. Here's the blurb from the nice people at the Tech Museum: Nomination Deadline: March 24, 2008 Nominations are being accepted for the 2008 Tech Museum Awards, an international Awards Program that honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

Without any official IT roles on this small staff, MAH takes advantage of free online tools to manage information and programs internally, and to curate museum activities and art for their community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

8: International Women’s Day — #IntWomensDay or #IWD. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #IntWorkersDay , #MayDay or #LaborDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2012

Amnesty International :: facebook.com/amnestyglobal. Contemporary Art Museum St. Goodwill Industries International :: facebook.com/GoodwillIntl. Goodwill Industries International :: facebook.com/GoodwillIntl. Greenpeace International :: facebook.com/greenpeace.international.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2023

The dotComm Awards are judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP), and are an international competition celebrating excellence in web creativity and digital communications.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Gretchen Jennings convened a group of bloggers and colleagues online to develop a statement about museums'' responsibilities and opportunities in response to the events in Ferguson, Cleveland and Staten Island. Museums are a part of this educational and cultural network. Where do museums fit in? Here is our statement.

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Forum One

MAY 13, 2022

Her technical and management experience working with many of our clients, such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and The Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation , has informed the way that she supports staff and sets up systems for success. It’s wonderful to see Molly’s hard work and dedication recognized.

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Forum One

JANUARY 30, 2024

The judging panel for these prestigious awards is the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), a diverse assembly of social impact leaders and experts dedicated to rebuilding our world. This groundbreaking online platform offers unparalleled access to millions of records from the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 17, 2012

When I started this blog in 2006, I made a multi-media introduction to the concept of "museum 2.0" Venue as content platform instead of content provider: the museum becomes a stage on which professionals and amateurs can curate, interpret, and remix artifacts and information. The museum gets better the more people use it.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The 2022 inaugural competition received nearly 2,500 entries from 36 countries worldwide and winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Talking About Race is a widely referenced and shared section of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ’s website.

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