Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2018

Take for example the # AskACurator hashtag created by a digital expert who works with museums almost five years ago and still active today. Someone sent out a tweet wondering if London’s Natural History Museum and Science Museum went to war, which would win. Here’s an example of using Moments from a Museum.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2016

It’s not easy to tell a good Snapchat story, but the nonprofits listed below are making a concerted effort to pioneer Snapchat storytelling. Los Angeles County Museum of Art . Stories > Discover. Stories > Discover. Service Works. snapchat.com/add/serviceworks. snapchat.com/add/officialpeta.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2021

To mark its anniversary, NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories from the last 50 years. Our team partnered with NRDC to conceptualize how to capture these highlights in an engaging and informative story. National Air & Space Museum. Canopus – Website for Cultural.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 5, 2012

Finally, to learn more about Instagram and other photo-sharing tools, please see the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Pinterest and Utilize Digital Photography for Nonprofit Storytelling. Brooklyn Museum :: web.stagram.com/n/brooklynmuseum. Greenpeace Australia :: web.stagram.com/n/greenpeaceaustp.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. To provide tools and guidance to empower people’s journeys and inspire conversation about race, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) developed “Talking About Race.” VOTE FOR “FIGHTING POLLUTERS SINCE 1970”.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Stories are the currency of community. Here at TechSoup, we know that successful storytelling does not happen in a blink of an eye, out of thin air, or by pressing a magic button. first installment of our 2013 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge webinar series, Creating a Culture of Storytelling. organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2012

The site operations a Genocide Archive, a Museum, Education and Social programs, and a memorial garden and burial grounds. The exhibition in the Museum has three main sections. They wanted to share their stories on my blog and through video and photos. Here is their stories. Germaine: A Social Entrepreneur.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Their stories, brimming with passion, resilience, and a rich cultural legacy, are deserving of more than just passive acknowledgment. Share Their Stories: Launch storytelling campaigns to showcase the success stories and challenges Latinos face in your community. These narratives can inspire and educate.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To mark its anniversary, NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories and moments from the last 50 years. Our team partnered with NRDC to conceptualize how to capture these highlights in an engaging and informative story. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. The Frist Art Museum.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

To mark its anniversary, NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories and moments from the last 50 years. Our team partnered with NRDC to conceptualize how to capture these highlights in an engaging and informative story. The Frist Art Museum. Outstanding Website.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories and moments from the last 50 years to mark its anniversary. Our team partnered with NRDC to conceptualize how to capture these highlights in an engaging and informative story. The Frist Art Museum.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

We are about to enter into a golden age of storytelling more unbound from resource constraints than ever before. These images could be used for a wide variety of storytelling and attention-grabbing hooks for content. The ability to use the style of a famous artist can add additional storytelling value to the image. Also, whales!

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

According to the blog justgiving.com there are 5 key motivators for giving: to support a particular organization, because we are inspired by other’s stories, to support a cause, to feel good, and. Working with arts organizations there are often concern that your constituent stories aren’t as impactful. to participate in an event.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools like Instagram, WeVideo , Stroome and many new apps to edit our captured video and photos for story creation. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8th.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2014

How does this question play out in museums? At the 2013 American Alliance of Museums annual conference, a group of exhibition designers explored authenticity in a session called Is it Real? They explored a huge range of museum objects and grey areas of "realness." There were different versions of the story.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 20, 2020

For Museums: Putting together virtual tours or coloring books inspired by your collections that help parents who are currently homeschooling kids. For Animal Shelters: Creating an interactive landing page for local walking routes for pet owners For Hospitals: Sharing masked selfie stories from your frontline medical staff.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

She’s known for tackling seemingly impossible fundraising efforts and turning them into success stories. It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. You can tell the story about your nonprofit’s work through its budget. Q: What are the best grant writing courses?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In all scenarios, audiences experience the National Council impact story, strengthening the connection and interest they have in the institution and the important work it is doing. Pacific Science Center. Silver – Science Website. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. Silver – Health Care Services Website.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In all scenarios, audiences experience the National Council impact story, strengthening the connection and interest they have in the institution and the important work it is doing. Pacific Science Center. Silver – Science Website. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. Silver – Health Care Services Website.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2008

What if witty cultural commentators reviewed museums the way they do music and restaurants? If Anthony Lane turned his cutting tongue from movies to museums? If Stephen Colbert "reported" on museums at times other than during the TV writer's strike? It's painful. And instructive. And revelatory. And painful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

This prize will be given annually to an organization that leverages networks. Annie Leonard, the Story of Stuff, was the recipient. “ Adding Tomorrows “, a moving story from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of perseverance and dogged work ethic in the face of chronic illness, won Best Large Organization. .

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (MBWML) was established in 1958 and named to honor the mother of America's first president. The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Celebrating a Region Rich with History.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Read the transcript of the Nonprofit Commons meeting, featuring Dr. Valerie Hill of Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Science discussing libraries, museums, and immersive learning. July is digital storytelling month Down Under. Learn how not to make three digital storytelling mistakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. The platform attracts many brands because of the opportunities for brand story telling. One of the best personal brands that I’ve seen on Instagram from a nonprofit leader is Thomas P Campbell the CEO of the Metropolitan Museum. Visibility. What to Post?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

Meg is a writer, speaker, storyteller and a certified Holistic Health Coach. Also, I am a writer, storyteller, and part time editor of other people’s novels. Story is incredibly important to me. Learning how to tell a personal story is a powerful tool for healing. I love how he comes home smelling like fire and mud.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

And that got me thinking about how bad museums are at doing the same thing--using passion to promote visitor engagement in new content. Museums shy away from presenting passionate views. Museums don't have a cheering section. Museums do a decent job addressing the first two questions, but we rarely tackle the third.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I was planning to write a post today about the use of story in museums. A lot of museums--and web, radio, etc--are pursuing projects in which visitors share their personal stories around a topic, whether that be broad and profound ( storycorps.net ) or light and specific ( map mashup of Overheard in NY ). Holy schmoly.

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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. MOMA has standard art museum labels. When I asked an art museum educator about this (“How should I look at art?”) Should you read it like a story? Is this enough?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

One of the best parts of developing a book is learning new stories. For me, the early stage of writing a book is a treasure hunt--an excuse to seek out new examples and ideas that strengthen the story. Ravon and Amanda are using several social media channels to explore and share museum exhibitions, programs, and projects.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

The story of Peter Pan is well-known, but it's just as unique for its tone as its content. But it's not so easy to integrate into larger-scale museum writing. The key is not to write the story/label/instructions. Have you ever walked someone, a non-museum professional, through an exhibition you have or are working on?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 4, 2007

If anyone out there is considering creating an industry catch-all site for museum-related content, I highly recommend Gamasutra as a model. Two of the articles that most influenced me were written by Don Carson, Disney imagineer turned video game designer, about "environmental storytelling." (You I eat dots and avoid monsters."

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Their new report dives into lessons on how to engage volunteers in community change efforts, telling the unique story of KaBOOM!, In return, she'll invite you to join her no-charge webinar in July, "How to Tell Your 5-Star Stories" Hurry, the deadline is Wednesday, June 13th. The Knight Foundation published KaBOOM!:

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Museum 2.0

MAY 24, 2011

Giskin Anomaly Right around Thanksgiving 2010 a strange story began to unfold in Balboa Park, San Diego. As I said, a strange story. Lessons Learned 3: This is not a museum talking (what a relief!) Being a museum must be exhausting – you have to know so much and speak so carefully. It’s a great storytelling arc, but.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2014

Last week, I was talking with some colleagues at my museum about the upcoming American Alliance of Museums conference and asked them what kinds of people they wanted to meet at AAM. storytelling session, talking about how I built confidence identifying as an activist. Tuesday at 1:45pm in the "I wish somebody had told me."

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2007

there may be some great opportunities for collaboration for museums, too. Tags: storytelling Technology Tools Worth Checking Out web2.0 They are committed to making this technology accessible (and free!) to educators permanently. Unusual Projects and Influences.

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