Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

The Analysis Exchange is a first-of-its-kind effort to freely provide analytical insights to nonprofits and non-governmental organizations. Joining Analysis Exchange is completely free and the entire process takes about three weeks beginning to end. What I love about the Analysis Exchange is the learning is reciprocal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particularly its Click Exhibition , an experiment in crowd-sourced exhibits. This compelling experiment in the wisdom of the crowds started off with an open call for works through the museum's various Web 2.0 Nina Simon wrote an analysis of the project when it launched here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

For example, when I did this workshop in Australia, I met Dr. Linda Kelley who had just finished an analysis of the technographics of Australian museum goers. And then it clicked, he did an analysis of Forrester's Social Technographic profiles in India using secondary data. I have seen the framework used in other countries.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Software giant Autodesk created Total Carbon Analysis for Architects, a digital tool that makes the evaluation of embodied and operational carbon far simpler and more intuitive than it had been for most designers. Not all advances in architecture involve physical buildings.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This analysis took a look at digital revenue from email subscribers at end of year that was not sourced to email. This analysis looks at data from 22 of the nonprofits who we worked with on end-of-year fundraising. BORING DETAILS EXCITING METHODOLOGY DETAILS. Sarah DiJulio is a Partner at M+R. You can reach her at sdijulio@mrss.com.

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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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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It belongs in a museum, but it actually still exists. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion' Search engines are one of the very best examples of this dynamic. The creation of the Internet created a challenge: how do people find information? Remember Yahoo Directory? MDM’s time has passed. Let’s see if the cloud can deliver.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

This type of documentation is often a critical step in the large-scale data analysis projects conducted by Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) in partnership with human rights organizations. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Examples: Wildlife Direct and Brooklyn Museum. Example: Northern California ACLU social network analysis of their followers on Twitter. I introduce a couple of basic social network analysis concepts and how they apply to an organization’s friends, fans, and followers on social media sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

Last week, I wrote a post that summarized some tips, resources, and tools for using Pinterest. I took a look at a couple of the measurement tools available for Pinterest and got on the waiting list for Pinerly after reading this analysis from the Poynter Blog based on stats provided by Pinerly. I was [.]

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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. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT ®—a complete fund accounting software solution with unparalleled reporting, budgeting, and analysis tools.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2011

want to move to Santa Cruz and work at my museum? We are looking for an obsessively detail-oriented, highly resourceful, financially savvy, culture-loving individual to be the Administrative Manager of The Museum of Art & History. Or do you know someone who might be perfect for this job?

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The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

Still, there are hindrances to the overall development of the ecosystem, including under-developed infrastructure, limitations of the education system, lack of protection for intellectual property, all of which found their place within JP’s analysis of the problem.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

What does "big data" look like for museums? Several museums around the world have worked hard to make their data accessible by providing free access to datasets, applying Creative Commons licenses to digital content, or creating APIs (application programming interfaces) that allow programmers to build their own software on the museum''s data.

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sgEngage

JULY 22, 2024

Just as organizations started to see patrons coming back to museums, live performances, and art classes, this year saw state governments from Florida to California severely reduce financial support for arts and cultural organizations. The last few years have been exceptionally hard for arts and cultural nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

In A Museum? Key skill is pattern analysis. Link listening and analysis to decisions or actions. Here's a question I get all the time: How much time and resources does it take to implement social media? In my presentations, I use a slide from Nina Simon's blog post called " How Much Time Does It Take To Do Web2.0

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2019

At the end of February, I attended the first of (what I hope will be) many Museums Advocacy Days (MAD) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. There was something magical about the combination of something I love – museums – with something that scares me: US politics. around something I’ve suspected for a long time: everyone loves museums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

Benchmarking comparing your organization’s past performance to itself or doing a formal or informal analysis of peer organizations can help. Want to look at a few inspiring custom landing pages, check these out or cruise through these landing pages of art museums or other nonprofits. SMART objectives can be revised along the way.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

This week at my museum, as we are wrapping up our current set of exhibitions on collecting, I noticed a simple, subtle example of this that I thought might interest you. I am fascinated by the incredible differences in what people contribute based on format and phrasing of the invitation to participate.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

A man walks into a museum. Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. Better yet, the graduate student who led this project, Anna Greco, documented the whole project and did in-depth analysis of the visitor contributions.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

I recently read the BERI report on bilingual labels in museums and was blown away by its findings. in Applied Social Psychology and has evaluated and researched informal learning experiences in museums and other visitor institutions for over 20 years. is a controversial topic, and the same is true in museums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I’ve been finding RowFeeder useful to do a quick and dirty content analysis and grab all the tweets into a google spreadsheet. The content analysis gives you some insights into what lines were Tweeted most.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Laura Quinn is the founder of Idealware, which offers a consumer reports like analysis and comparison of nonprofit software. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Blog that covers how museums are using social media. Jordan Viator. writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog. Deborah Finn. Social Change Activists. Nina Simon.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Finding your audience part 1: file analysis. The chart below is an excerpt of an analysis that we conducted for one M+R client, looking at a range of digital platforms, and the “match rate” of our donors to those platforms. Her clients include Oxfam America, the American Museum of Natural History, and the American Red Cross.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 30, 2014

Our work to transform the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History into a participatory and community-centered place has been heavily supported by the James Irvine Foundation. Core Museum 2.0 I''ve learned a lot from Irvine Foundation staff and partners directly. I''d like to understand more about the basis for that recommendation.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

This guest post, written by Philippa Tinsley, Collections Manager for the Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (UK), describes the innovative Top 40 exhibition they mounted in the summer of 2009. In my experience, museum professionals aren’t big reality TV viewers.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

First up is Colleen Dilenschneider, the Chief Market Engagement Officer for IMPACTS, a global leader in predictive market intelligence and related technologies, and the publisher of one of our team’s favorite websites, Know Your Own Bone , which shares data and analysis about how cultural audiences think and behave.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

You can also look for colleague organizations that done a great job in a particular area and learn from them. Stowe Boyd wrote about this “ bench learning ” and there are a few examples from Aquariums and Museums. In the preliminary analysis we are seeing some useful trends and some areas that will require more examination.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 15, 2015

I decided to give myself a gift this year: permission to change the Museum 2.0 But I also know there is huge potential to improve Museum 2.0. But I realized, reading their fine posts, that my current blog format doesn't enable me to go into the depth and analysis I want to. Dear reader, Today is my birthday.

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TechNode

AUGUST 1, 2024

Based on the details from the Weibo photos, the Shanghai Akihabara area may include gaming-IP sculptures, comic merchandise stores, VR experience store, a performance stage, a multifunctional theater, an anime museum, and an AI digital human virtual experience store, among other commercial facilities. million ($93.05

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

At The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, fundraising is all about data and their data is all about their donors. The Museum uses their data to get know their donors at a deeper level: what they care about, what motivates them, and how to keep them engaged with their organization. “We

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

As in the contributory model, in the collaborative model of citizen science, the scientists still determine the research question and the overall data collection and analysis methodology. For this reason, some citizen science projects are now moving towards collaborative and co-creative models.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

These organizations are defined by Giving USA as museums of all kinds, historical societies, humanities organizations; and media and communication charities, including public broadcasting. Bell, President, American Association of Museums (AAM). This trend is based on $19 million in 12-month revenue from 153 organizations.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our volunteers, docents, and donors are instrumental in the success of the museum and its programs,” said Madelyn Strubelt, Director of Visitor and Volunteer Services for Holocaust Museum Houston. Why Volunteer Management Software. The point-based reward and recognition program we have created in VolunteerHub is awesome!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Museum of History and Industry ( MOHAI) uses social media to engage with Seattle residents whom they would not be able to connect with otherwise and have a say in how history is being interpreted. After my keynote, I was to tweet a few good links to help people get started, something they could read back at the office.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

But here, there are many "evergreen" posts dating back to the beginning with design ideas, analysis, links, and interesting projects. and starting points ("I'm a curator from a small art museum.") So I've decided to make a better archive , one that organizes posts by questions ("How do I get familiar with Web 2.0

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