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Indianapolis Museum of Art: Transparency

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This came the "dashboard" for the Indianapolis Museum of Art , an ongoing effort to measure various aspects of the Museum's performance. According to the web site, the goal is to seek to quantify and report out on areas of activity of general interest to museum studies specialists, colleagues, and patrons.

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Show Me Your Nonprofit Dashboard!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many customer relationship management systems, for example, like Salesforce and Raiser’s Edge , include dashboards to make it easier for the development staff to track fundraising activities, donations, and other performance measures. The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s dashboard is an oft-cited example. 2) Status Dashboards.

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Supporting Museum Tribes & Fans through Shared Ritual

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Many people ( Paul Orselli , Linda Norris , Pete Newcurator ) in the museum field have written about the question of museum "tribes"--based partly on Seth Godin's book , partly on the longstanding fan culture that pervades our lives through sport , celebrity, and shared experience of mass events. There are staff in plush costumes.

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A Tribute To Simone Joyaux

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As our trip wound up we decided that the first week of August would be our annual Extended Family Reunion for all of us at our home in Indianapolis. We had two unbelievable versions of this before COVID hit halting last year’s plans. .

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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

As Robert Stein, Deputy Director for Research, Technology, and Engagement at the Indianapolis Museum of Art told us, “Museums have tended to use [websites] as extensions of marketing.” But as digital media matures as a tool for cultural organizations, groups are using it as a gateway to connect people with art.

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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

Museum 2.0

I just got home from the Museums and the Web conference in Indianapolis. I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Instead, I found a standard art museum. Impersonal guards.

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Challenges, Rules, and Epic Wins: Using Game Design to Build Visitor Loyalty

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Last week, as part of my museum's year-long Loyalty Lab project , we hosted a workshop for Bay Area museum professionals with special guests Ian Kizu-Blair and Sam Lavigne of the game design firm Situate. Here's what we learned from each of these activities. Our goal was to help people see the museum as a Friday night habit.

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