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A Decade of Museums and Museum Work

Museum 2.0

I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. As I imagined a world without the many museum tech projects of the decade, I felt inherently sad about the imagining away the successes that friends and colleagues have enjoying. But I couldn’t get there.

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National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering Results for Arts Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We were surprised, overwhelmed, and delighted at the level of response to our project. The purpose of this invitation-only phase of the research was to make sure we were getting representation from around the country, and not just the coasts and major urban areas. What we learned: a snapshot. The panic is over!

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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s not clear that money awards would be an important driver of this Phase: the gift of attention to the issue would be the main payoff. The bigger question is about how to structure the second phase. Awards programs are around providing incentives to encourage certain kinds of behaviors.

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Participation Starts with Staff: The Ruru Revolution

Museum 2.0

You want to get some projects going, but you're not in any particular position of power. Ruth is a curator of pictorial collections for Puke Ariki, a museum/library/visitor center in the small city of New Plymouth, New Zealand. She came back inspired and eager to get moving on some experimental projects at Puke Ariki.

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On Saying Yes

Museum 2.0

Payne," member of the incredibly popular Santa Cruz roller derby team, wants to pitch a partnership with our museum. She doesn't have a specific idea for a partner event or exhibit, but she feels like we have a lot to offer each other in terms of publicity and a shared focus on enhancing cultural experiences in the community.

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Myth Busters: Why Donors Shouldn’t Rely on the Overhead Ratio

NonProfit Hub

To counter this belief, GuideStar partnered with Charity Navigator and BBB Wise Giving Alliance on a collaborative project called the Overhead Myth. The project started two years ago when the companies launched a website (overheadmyth.com) decrying the reliance of nonprofits on overhead ratios. Is it growing or shrinking?

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Project Development Blogs: Could You? Should You?

Museum 2.0

Recently, I’ve been grappling with the question of whether or not it is useful to create project-specific blogs for big museum initiatives during the development phase. For two years, I’ve been working on the same project at the Spy Museum. So why make it public? But why stop there?

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