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Guest Post: A Tale of Two University Museums

Museum 2.0

Margaret shared these thoughts about "museums for use" on her blog , and I asked her to adapt a version for the Museum 2.0 Should a museum be a destination or a place for everyday use? During my time at RISD studying industrial design, I developed relationships with two museums on campus: the Museum of Art and the Nature Lab.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. An online database of third-party social media apps and software, there are thousands of free tools listed in categories ranging from photos and videos to music and games. oneforty :: oneforty.com.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the best projects that illustrates the basic idea of Web2.0 - listening and conversation and stakeholders creating their own experience with your organization - comes from the Brooklyn Museum of Art. They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click.

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Getting in on the Act: New Report on Participatory Arts Engagement

Museum 2.0

I've often been asked about examples of participatory practice in theater, dance, and classical music, and this report is a great starting point. Why is a photography contest an example of "crowd sourcing" wheres a community drawing contest is an example of "audience-as-artist"?

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50 Silent Auction Basket Ideas to Bring In the Big Bids

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While artists will love a new set of paintbrushes or acrylic paint, offer a unique experience like a tour of the local art museum for those who simply love the craft. A more experience-oriented basket might include concert tickets and music lessons to provide your guests with unique opportunities they’ll appreciate for a lifetime.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

They were using music, dance, poetry, and storytelling, and they were succeeding. For me, that meant photography, which I have done since I was eight, and traveling, which I love. In order to get a book published, I was told I had to have a museum exhibit. I thought I was going to do a picture book with maybe captions.

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85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. Animoto :: animoto.com. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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