Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Every few months, a major news outlet does an "expose" about data collection on museum visitors. These articles tend to portray museums as Big Brother, aggressively tracking visitors'' actions and interests across their visit. And then I started thinking: we do that all the time in museums. We''re trying to personalize.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Sample impact report from Oxfam America. . . Samples from LCV’s advertising to mid-level and major donors. . . When Sarah’s not at work (and there’s not a pandemic), you can usually find her with her two boys hiking the Billy Goat Trail, swimming at the pool, or exploring the Museum of Natural History.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Me with a friend As I keep saying, I’ve been to a few museums of late. In reflecting on the sample, I’ve made some broad reflections on museum workers and visitors. Our visitors often see museums as a genre, not unlike hospitals or libraries. But, while adjacent, museums differ from formal classrooms in numerous ways.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Ali was expected to make a training video from home on how to extract a bone marrow sample — without an examining room, without equipment, and most especially without an animal. One of the participants had to take an onsite museum role, where volunteers staff educational carts and engage with visitors, and transform it info a remote position.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In a wine-tasting experience, participants sample a variety of wines while evaluating them using criteria such as appearance, smell, and taste. Museum passes Offer a local museum bundle for those looking to explore more of the cultural and historical opportunities your city has to offer.

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Artist Classes Arts Local 74

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. We are trying to change the visitors’ experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2017

You can also listen to a five-minute sample from the introduction to get a sense of what it sounds like. 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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2008

A few days earlier, I read an article where DNA-sampling of freshwater ponds can reveal the presence/absence of the invasive American bullfrogs even when normal monitoring techniques fail - this technique can even detect "ghosts" - species that have been but are no longer present!

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NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

For example, maybe everyone can see a certain resource or sample quiz, but you must login in order to also download the white paper or answer guide. For example, a museum could ask constituents for their preferred exhibits or topics, and the Return User Landing Page can be personalized to show content based on those very interests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Click to see larger version.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The book of the same title that he edited is rocking my world, both as a museum professional who cares about inclusion and as a new mother. As we start the process at our museum of updating our permanent history gallery, one of our specific goals is to increase intergroup understanding in our community. Implicit Associations test.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

Will Cary with the Portland Museum of Art shares how the organization invested and innovated to grow. - Episode #3 with Amy Sample Ward, Mark Rovner, Alia McKee, Melanie Mathos, and Frank Barry. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in a reader. Amy Braiterman with Blackbaud talks about key trends and metrics in peer to peer fundraising.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

About fifty people participated in the booth out of a crowd of 320--a pretty good sample size. As we try to build a brand for "3rd Friday" as an ongoing museum series, I feel like these photos, more than any other collateral, will help people understand what the event is like and what they might get out of it. We got more feedback.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 27, 2011

Having Skype Tea with Amy Sample Ward. Museums and Gardens initiative evolves. A list of some of the people, things, and events that inspired me, or added fun to my week. Reading about "Happiness Hacks" in Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal. It's been super fun.

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Skype Fun Sample Museum 51

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

It started as a handout for a session that Stacey and I are doing at the California Association of Museums, and then I realized it was so darn useful that it was worth sharing with all of you. The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

We welcomed the following experts: Amy Sample Ward , Membership Director of the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). Sample Ward started off the discussion by speaking about creating a community that welcomes user-generated content. Goldman relied on user-generated content for Imagining Ourselves at the International Museum of Women.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. But this is not just for The Tech; our grant mandates that this project be a service to the museum community at large. A contractor, Involve Inc.,

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Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2015

Visitors in front of the African Elephant Diorama at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC photo) This guest post was written by Karen Wise, Vice President, Education and Exhibits at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. “I Familiarity may breed contempt in some contexts, but apparently not in museums.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

If they can no longer make the call, reassign quickly, make the call yourself, or find a VIP on your team to make the “wow” surprise call (imagine how the donor might feel getting a call from a museum curator, doctor in charge of research, playwright, celebrity chef volunteer, lead attorney on a civil rights case, etc.).

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

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. Estrella Rosenburg shares her case study using FourSquared in the 100×100 campaign on the Community Organizers 2.0 Meetup Everywhere.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

AUGUST 11, 2011

Prepare to be astounded by a small sample of these activities: Perkins Products manufactures and sells over 600 items online, including publications, consulting services, and cutting edge assistive technology; this is a multi-million dollar international industry.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I have to say, I'm really thankful for nptech rockstars like Amy Sample. and how your museum, for example, could make good use of it. Check out Britt's list of the 4 things you could do with it for your museum (or park or school. Need a primer on social media online tools for nonprofits? what she's hearing and learning.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

There are plenty of people on the "these ADD boneheads have finally gone too far" bandwagon (see this representative sample from USA Today), as well as some legitimate concerns about how twitter is the ultimate example of the way that 2.0's But how could it be used uniquely for visitors in museums? They are dropping eggs over there!

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history. We wanted to put arcades everywhere: museums, public spaces, insinuations, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

Museums, tour groups, and history societies could all make use of Historypin for sharing tours and routes, complete with images and stories. People can follow along via the mobile application or the website.

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Storytelling Digital Tools Classroom 201

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. Process: A sample exhibition label for one of the collections - incredible toasters from 1906 to 1960. They might not match.

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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. Access to password-protected content like checklists for camping with kids or sample lesson plans for outdoor educators. This can include museums, archives, galleries, etc. Touch the work.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

Really, this is only the tip of a very long fun/good list that would include spending time with my tough and tender little boy, taking him to museums, restaurants, parks, the climbing gym, letting him ride his bike to his friend's house. I love how he comes home smelling like fire and mud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Blog that covers how museums are using social media. Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Rachel Weidinger.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project – Take yourself on an art tour using Google Maps! "One To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Museum APIs: What Are They Good For? In Museums, context can be hard to come by. Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Museum APIs: What Are They Good For? In Museums, context can be hard to come by. Let's discuss: join us!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

She was the one that took me to the overnight events at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) where I had my first go at building robots. Whether it was changing computers, cameras, cd players, or anything else, she was there with an attitude of, “let’s make this work!&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Simply offer ticket sales online, then send your guests a care package of the beverages to be sampled on the day of the event. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. Alcoholic beverage tastings are frequently held as special events and are surprisingly simple to create online.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. 100% of the royalties from Celebrating Women go to the International Museum of Women. For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Exhibit labels in science centers ask more questions than any other kinds of museums, and yet the questions are often awful--teacherly, overly rhetorical, and totally meaningless. asked by a cop or mother, garners the full attention of asker and askee alike, museum questions like "what is nanotechnology?,"

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Reflection Research Question Museum 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 22, 2008

A platform for museum staff to serve as facilitators of safe spaces for difficult conversations? They are often one-offs for events but are increasingly included in the regular slate of programming at major libraries and cultural facilities (but at my count, only one museum). Could this be applied to museums? I think so.

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