Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Looking to level up your nonprofit membership renewal campaign? We’re going to take a deep dive into some practical steps you can take to make your next membership renewal campaign a success. What Will Make a Membership Renewal Campaign Successful? What Makes a Membership Renewal Campaign Successful?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Perhaps nothing exemplifies this more than the concept of annual membership. Certainly, there have been some changes to the way members pay (for example: monthly installments and multi-year memberships), but the concept of annual dues remains largely intact. But it might be time to alter your thinking about membership.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

bbcon 2021 Virtual , happening October 13–15, will bring together thousands of arts & cultural professionals from zoos, museums, aquaria, performing arts organizations, gardens, and beyond for three days of cutting-edge thought leadership, virtual peer networking and unforgettable experiences.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

So, you’re starting a membership program —now what? Check out the various nonprofit membership models that exist throughout the sector! Every membership program needs a structure that appeals to its intended audience.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2022

For museums, gardens, zoos, and aquariums to serve all people in their communities, staff must be aware of the societal disparities and gaps that interplay with their operations, decisions, and programs. Leverage visitor profiles to Increase annual giving and membership. Monday, October 17, 1:00-2:00 pm ET.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2021

The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts: Elevating a world-class cultural landmark. Once they established their new brand, they needed an elevated web presence that could bring the brand to life and showcase their vision for the refurbished museum and expanded campus. The Frist Art Museum: Inspiring cultural curiosity in Nashville.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

You can do this by visiting a Black history museum or African American heritage site, by reading and sharing books written by Black authors, and by exploring Black music history. They boast a membership of 30,000 students and professionals and work to empower collegiate and pre-collegiate students to pursue careers in engineering.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

These aren’t just jokes for people who like art — they’re real membership categories at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston. Al though I live a thousand miles away, I almost bought a membership just to support their art puns. . Are you ready to try some fresh ideas for memberships at your organization?

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Donor Search

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Museums house artifacts from the past, but who’s to say your operations have to stay there, too? By implementing museum software, you can get smarter about fundraising, membership management, and collections. Art galleries will require different…

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Donor Search

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Museums house artifacts from the past, but who’s to say your operations have to stay there, too? By implementing museum software, you can get smarter about fundraising, membership management, and collections. Art galleries will require different…

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The conventional wisdom on museum memberships is that they are "one size fits many" programs whose primary benefits are free entrance to the museum and insider access to exhibition openings. But what about all the other people who love your museum? Could you create a membership that speaks specifically to them?

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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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2010

I had too look no further than Shelley Bernstein's blog over at the Brooklyn Museum to find some thoughtful experimentation and useful examples. Back in December, the Brooklyn Museum started to experiment with FourSquare running a promotion to get people to check in and get a free membership.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Author: Seema Rao This month, inspired by the panel at Western Museums Association , we've been discussing all things audience, community, and visitors. I asked the somewhat provocative question: Can museums go TOO far with audience engagement/ being visitor-centered? Membership programs are a good example.

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Read books written by AAPI authors and visit a museum to learn about significant figures in the AAPI community and their contributions. You can even visit virtual museums or look up educational resources online. Founded in 1977, the organization’s membership is primarily made up of Chinese immigrants and Chinese-speaking individuals.

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NetWits

JULY 2, 2009

No, not the super-stylish jackets from the 80s, I’m talking about membership in a nonprofit organization! Through these conversations and having studied several museum, zoo, and aquarium sites, I began to realize that the same offline membership incentives need to take place online too.

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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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Connection Cafe

MAY 26, 2016

I had the opportunity to attend the Association of Children’s Museums annual conference: InterActivity 2016. As I sat in a session, Membership from Here to There and Everywhere In Between, I had a realization: No one is better at managing membership programs than children’s museums. Myrna Llaguno, Miami Children’s Museum.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

After our complete closure on March 16, 2020 due to COVID-19 , our museum staff was busier than ever preparing to navigate these uncharted times. We raised funds with a matching campaign in the early summer, continued to process memberships and send renewals, and kept in touch with non-email members with personalized postcards!

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

They’re so much more than book museums. The Curtis uses them not only to receive direct contributions but also at events and to collect membership fees for the Contemporaries. . “I At DipJar, we love our customers. Knowing our technology is working to support so many meaningful missions is really satisfying.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2020

The most important thing to remember is to find channels to reach your target visitors : the people most likely to visit your zoo, museum or aquarium or to attend a performance. . In the consideration stage, you want to entice patrons to visit your museum, aquarium, zoo or attend a performance. Retention .

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As I was discussing fundraising and membership with a coworker, I realized that my emotional connection to one particular type of organization created a foundation on which I base my giving. You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Can’t think of any?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Audience segmentation and research has become a hot topic in museums, especially when it comes to crafting appealing offerings that are customized to different kinds of visitors. This isn't just a prototype; the Whitney expects to transition all basic level memberships to segmented memberships over the next several years.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2017

If you have never listened to an audiobook and want to try it out, you can sign up for a free trial membership with Audible and get a copy of The Art of Relevance for free. Go to the page for the book and hit the "Free with 30 Day Trial Membership" orange button to the right. The great Jon Moscone lent his voice to his preface, too.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

A woman walks into your museum. They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum. They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2020

Read next: 4 Ways AI is the Next Big Game-Changer in Museum Membership & Attendance. Or, perhaps you’re a museum with the goal of becoming a pillar with your community and cultivating long-term engagement among your visitors. What is a KPI? That’s where the term KPI comes into play.

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DipJar

JANUARY 28, 2022

But the Gardens aren’t the only draw, it shares a campus with several other organizations: a heritage village, an art museum, the Extension services, as well as the county parks department. . The Foundation is a membership organization with a small but growing member base. Fundraising has taken many forms.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Last week Ginny Fitzgerald, the Director of Visitor Services and Membership at Chicago History Museum, joined us to host a webinar about how she prepares her team for peak attendance times. Chicago History Museum defines their summer season as June 1 through August 31. Something that goes along with pricing is membership.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

In addition, some nonprofits also rely partly or entirely on memberships to support their missions. If your nonprofit offers memberships to engage supporters more deeply in your organization’s activities, you need robust software to keep your program organized. Here’s our roadmap: What is membership software for nonprofits?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 26, 2019

4 Important Membership Trends Every Museum Needs to Consider by Brendan Ciecko, Cuseum. A lot has been changing in the museum world. Brendan shares four trends that museums need to be aware of to have continued success with membership operations. 3 Annual Giving Strategies for 2019 by Andy Reeher, Blackbaud.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In addition to the case studies NTEN has compiled , here are some more examples the Communities of Impact and I have spotted: Children’s museum data informs health policy. The nonprofit Splash has developed an entire site called Proving.It Social media trailblazers open up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

My colleague, Devon Smith, a self-described data nerd who loves benchmarking pointed out this glorious example from the museum world from Sean Redmond , a Web developer at the Guggenheim. I asked Sean on Twitter why they didn’t collect metrics like membership numbers or visitors to the physical building?

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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. You just need to show proof of membership. Membership cards: Some people like being card-carrying members of a group. This can include museums, archives, galleries, etc.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2012

In 2008, I wrote a post arguing that museums should focus on the pre-visit, not the post-visit, if they want to capture and retain visitors. I said: In many ways, the ability to successfully set a powerful and useful expectation for museum experiences is MORE valuable than the ability to extend said experience. Reader, I was wrong.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In 2010, the Children''s Museum of Tacoma was getting ready to move to a new, bigger facility. When they moved to the new facility, they decided they wanted to radically expand access to the museum, AND increase revenue. The Children''s Museum of Tacoma is two years into their "pay as you will" model, and it looks like a success.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

Last week I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Association of Children’s Museums annual conference, #interactivity2014, with Julia Kennard, CFO from EdVenture, Carole Charnow, President and CEO from Boston Children’s Museum and Katie Boehm, Annual Fund & Events Manager from KidsQuest.

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