Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

A few things were common to both: no one (even those who were successful) had a clear picture of why they were succeeding, how to sustain the good results, or how their efforts and results compared with others’. We were seeing examples of amazing results and also groups who were struggling to catch up on all the latest developments.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2015

It’s safe to say this town is up there trending with those other ‘cool hipster’ cities like Brooklyn and Portland. How can you explore doing something similar at your museum? We blast event invites, pictures and information on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram because our attendees do too! Oh, Austin, TX.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

Elizabeth Merritt is the director of the Center for the Future of Museums , a new project of the American Association of Museums (AAM). When I was given the opportunity to found the Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) I had been working for nearly 10 years with Museum Assessment and Accreditation at AAM.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2007

You look at this picture. Now, write down the words that you associate with the picture. Tagging,” or assigning descriptors to pictures, websites, and other content on the internet, is a huge trend in 2.0. The games on the website at my museum are old. Let’s play a game. It’s called Tag this Image! But is it fun?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

What’s the next mobile trend to consider? What application could this have for: Visitation – Parks, zoos, museums, etc. That’s pretty rad. And it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Plus every organization wants to be sure their website is mobile-friendly and easy to navigate on a screen the size of your palm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2018

For instance, the San Francisco Museum of Art has 34,678 items in its collection. To share its entire collection with art lovers, the museum created the “Send Me” bot allows anyone to send a simple text message and receive a picture of a piece of art matching the idea, words, or phrase texted. They include: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

In my last post about nonprofit bots, I discussed the big picture of automation in the nonprofit space and what I learned from the “ The Beth Bot ” experiment. For this post, I did a landscape scan to identify some of the best examples of nonprofit bots. Museum Visitor Experience. The Anne Frank House Bot. The Pop Bot.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Most people have a trail somewhere near where they live, so encourage your peer-to-peer fundraiser participants to do their hike locally and share their amazing pictures on social media. Here’s a look at the Faurschou Foundation’s Virtual Tour of their Museum in Brooklyn, NY: [link]. Virtual Movie Night.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 30, 2007

But every once in a while, it's nice to go back to the big picture. James Yasko is writing an article for an upcoming issue of Museum News on museums and Web 2.0. Here's the question: What advice do you have, as one who keeps up with technology as it relates to museums, to a group looking to incorporate Web 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

Other academic research has found a related trend: individuals are more willing to give to save one person than to save thousands. These are stories that help illustrate a point, paint a vivid picture of a situation, or put a complex or wonky issue in human terms. Explaining stories. They show, rather than tell.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

We didn’t paint the picture of who potential supporters are for our organization. First off, we have to kind of paint the picture. It’s not going to be a characteristic of everyone, but it helps to paint that picture. I hate to say it, but it just kind of seems to be the trend of fewer people giving more money.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

Who is visiting your museum? Once you identify some common trends, create a constituent persona to help communicate your target audience to the rest of the organization. Check out this infographic for the key trends and statistics! Try including a picture with your Facebook® post to get more attention. Offer a path.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

Who is visiting your museum? Once you identify some common trends, create a constituent persona to help communicate your target audience to the rest of the organization. Check out this infographic for the key trends and statistics! Try including a picture with your Facebook® post to get more attention. Offer a path.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Trending viral challenges – Virtual trends like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge or the “Tom Holland” handstand t-shirt challenge are extremely popular ways to not only raise awareness of an issue but also bring in needed funds. Want to see this in action, check out the Brandywine Valley SPCA Picture Pawfect Pet Photo Contest !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com. An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. Upworthy :: upworthy.com.

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