Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2011

Dallas Art Museum :: dallasmuseumofart.mobi. Harvard Business Review :: m.hbr.org. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art :: nelson-atkins.org/mobileguide. Smithsonian National Postal Museum :: postalmuseum.si.edu/mobile. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum :: ushmm.mobi. Cyber Bulling UK :: m.cyberbullying.co.uk.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 6, 2015

This week, I was on the radio talking museum inclusion (with Michelle Obama!) A review of Elaine Heumann Gurian's essay on threshold fear and architecture program and planning from her book, Civilizing the Museum. Hard to imagine that some people don't find museums welcoming spaces? It deserves better than my quote.

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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. Finally, we’ll review how we evaluate efficacy, an underutilized part of the feedback loop that strengthens our predictive suite.

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Culture Arts Virtual Guide 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2008

What is a Museum without YouTube? Looks like reviewed the YouTube channels for museums. The videos that give a peek behind the scenes at the museum have the most views, like this one of another sculpture installation. Beyond launch: Museum videos on YouTube [link] /mw2008/papers/hart/hart.html.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 30, 2012

This post is the second in a series of reactions to Blueprint , a book chronicling the rise and fall of the Dutch Museum of National History (INNL) in 2008-2011. Due to the political climate of the time, a review of the Museum was commissioned in 2003 to determine whether the museum had complied with the requirements of its charter.

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History Museum Australia National 35

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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Arts Culture Virtual Guide 66

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2015

Trendswatch 2015 , the annual forecasting report from the Center for the Future of Museums , is now available! So when AAM and Blackbaud hosted Trends Watch 2015: Using Open Data and Personalization at Museums with Elizabeth Merritt , Michael Edson , and Stephen Watson , attending it was a definite no-brainer!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2008

Lynda Kelley I'm here in Sydney, Australia and just finished an informal workshop and discussion with Powerhouse Museum staff and other museums. Will post reflections shortly) I met Dr. Lynda Kelly, a blogger and the Head of Audience Research for the Australia Museum. The site is called Museum 3.0.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Revenue Streams: Museums want to maintain control of sales of "officially sanctioned" images of objects via catalogues and postcards.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A user-generated charity review site that’s ideal for nonprofits that are too small to get officially reviewed by Charity Navigator or the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, your supporters can write reviews for your nonprofit that you can then link to on your “Donate Now&# landing page. It is a must download!

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Fun Resource Audio Stats 278

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. Mapping the Change. This is where collaboration is especially crucial.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2010

As many of you know, I've been working for the past year+ on a book about visitor participation in museums, libraries, science centers, and art galleries. The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to visitor participation. The Participatory Museum is an attempt at providing such a resource. Why did I write this book?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now posted – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR opinion blog , or in full below. Museums, tour groups, and history societies could all make use of Historypin for sharing tours and routes, complete with images and stories.

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Storytelling Digital Tools Classroom 201

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Museum passes Offer a local museum bundle for those looking to explore more of the cultural and historical opportunities your city has to offer. For example, you could create a bundle with art, history, and science museum passes. Offer a spa day package at a local spa for a lucky winner to unwind and receive some pampering.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 1, 2006

I started the Museum 2.0 can be applied in museums to make them more engaging, community-based, vital elements of society. that are authoritative content distributors--like traditional museums. I believe that visitors can become users, and museums central to social interactions. I'm Nina Simon. What do I mean by 2.0?

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Museum Virtual Washington Press 48

Robert Weiner

MAY 16, 2009

It provided a restaurant guide with reviews, maps, and walking directions; movie reviews and show times for theaters; museum listings; a guide to bars and clubs; locations and contact info for local businesses; and even bathroom locations for cities around the U.S. .&# I’ve been using Vindigo for at least a decade.

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Info Movie Museum Module 137

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. COST: Museum books tend to be expensive - because they are printed in small runs, the price for a 400-page paperback can be as high as $40. Why Self-Publish?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

When my sister first started working with a nonprofit museum, she had a lot to learn about the fundraising process for the organization. The museum had notes saved in their donor management software about the seating preferences for their major donors and that particular donor preferred their regular seat toward the front.

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Software Management Donor Guide 98

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

I've long believed that museums have a special opportunity to support the community spirit of Web 2.0 This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! Me: Have you ever been to this museum? meetup for Elite Yelp!

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Museum Hosting Model Community 22

NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

Support – Next time that board member calls, saying they are unable to find a specific information on your website, you can review their viewing history to determine what pages they were looking at. By logging on to a website we are allowing that site to track every page we visit and keep that information associated with our account.

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Websites Offline Doc Newsletter 165

Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Pacific Science Center (PacSci) is an independent, non-profit museum in Seattle with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel passion for discovery, experimentation, and science for people of all ages and backgrounds. Truman Scholarship Foundation streamline and modernize its online scholarship application and review process.

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Award Washington National Drupal 77

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Sporting, museum, or concert tickets. Review your initial list and ask yourself if any of your current supporters might be able to donate these types of items to your auction. Unique experiences and vacations. Wine or food baskets. Paintings and art. Holiday decorating services. Fine dining experiences.

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Search Colorado Sponsor Donation 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

QR Codes: fab or a fad for Museums? View more presentations from Museums Computer Group. Museums have been using them to enhance the visitor experience and have been early adopters of the technology. QR codes hold potential for arts organizations.

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South Carolina San Francisco Chad Museum 102

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

George Scheer is the director and co-founder of Elsewhere Collective, a fascinating "living museum" in a former thrift store in Greensboro, NC. In this post, George grapples with the challenges of balancing the care for a museum collection with that of contemporary artists-in-residence who are constantly reinterpreting it.

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Artist Museum Proposal Participatory 49

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. The Brooklyn Museum has done a lot with FourSquare, like sharing promotions and building visible community; check out the write up on the FourSquare blog or on the Museum’s site. Meetup Everywhere.

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Local Global Tools Case Study 143

VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

For example, even museums that have had to shutter their doors have found ways to engage volunteers in new ways – for example by having volunteers work virtually to review and “tag” photos in the digital archives so researchers and others can more easily search the collections.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

The mom has a job at a museum cafe, the older kids are in school, and the youngest attends a wonderful daycare center we are so fortunate to partner with. Review your email carefully and trim any unnecessary words. Review your current, urgent need. We are so excited for them! . Make your donate button huge!

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Results email Fundraising Story 122

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Let’s review these two giving opportunities of which your donors may not be aware. For example, last year I was delighted to receive an email from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco including information informing supporters about new tax deduction benefits made possible through the CARES Act. Current Tax Incentives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.) By publishing these reviews, GNP helps raise awareness about the importance of these groups, and showcases the many reasons to continue supporting their work. Many may be asking, therefore, “Why fund the arts?” The way the campaign works is simple.

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Arts Social Media Support Organization 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Last week I was honored to be a counselor at Museum Camp , an annual professional development event hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Finally, you have her son Tim, who is 25 years old and works as a curator at a museum. He donated once several years ago to a fundraiser in partnership with his museum, but has not responded to any subsequent appeals. Meanwhile, your least-engaged donors can be periodically reviewed to gauge the possibility of future support.

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Database Guide Nonprofit Gift 52

Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2022

Rather than giving you a book review, I want to share some of the major takeaways from this mind-altering book and highlight a few ways that I believe these learnings can apply to working with a creative team. . It is a way to get back to the roots of your creative being and reconnect with a sense of power in the process.

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Team Artist Learning Boston 52

Museum 2.0

MAY 26, 2009

On a recent trip to DC, an old friend showed me around a new exhibit at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide. The paper is perforated with one section for the promise, which visitors keep, and another section for a signature, which visitors leave at the museum.

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Pledge Museum Digital Indianapolis 23

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

But I’d been scribbling notes for an art museum label post for awhile, and then yesterday, the NY Times had a review of a new show at MOMA, Comic Abstraction. The review was harsh. MOMA has standard art museum labels. When I asked an art museum educator about this (“How should I look at art?”) Is this enough?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, a CRM designed specifically for museums might emphasize their ticketing features, whereas a CRM for general nonprofits might have some registration tools but lack a built-in ticketing component. Assess what features are the most important to your nonprofit before reviewing CRMs.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 21, 2020

Though, sometimes when I do literature review for projects, I find myself depressed on the future of the field. First, I think that museums need to think about their staff as a stakeholder group worthy of just as much time, attention, energy, and evaluation as visitors or donors. Usually, I'm really positive and optimistic.

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Work Museum Cancer Leadership 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. You can pick up a copy here.

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