Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. The majority of foundation funding for the arts goes to large, established organizations that present work that is based in the European canon for a primarily white, upper-income audience.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We connect with people both professionally and personally, at the museum and on the street. This weekend, I got my answer in Seoul--the 18th biggest city in the world--at Hello Museum. Nestled in a forest of high-rise apartment buildings, this small museum connects children and families with contemporary art.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2014

Individual donors give for completely different reasons than companies do, so it’s important to determine why you’re creating levels in the first place and how you want those levels to influence your donors, for both individuals and corporate sponsors. This group was geared for the 20 to 40-something crowd, and they met for quarterly events.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Recently, modernist and impressionist paintings have been selling particularly well in the art world. Recently, modernist and impressionist paintings have been selling particularly well in the art world. Art that has personal meaning for your community is also a safe bet.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2006

While writing my mentor post last Sunday I got to thinking about how artists use art for social change and accumulated a bunch of links for related projects, programs and organizations that I thought I'd share: Change Me: The Power of Imagery to Create Change. This is a project of the Getty Museum. (I art activism social change

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2014

Individual donors give for completely different reasons than companies do, so it’s important to determine why you’re creating levels in the first place and how you want those levels to influence your donors, for both individuals and corporate sponsors. This group was geared for the 20 to 40-something crowd, and they met for quarterly events.

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Culture, arts, and environmental organizations live and breathe memberships. Consider getting a corporate sponsor to invite their contacts and underwrite the event. Nonprofit membership models are all around us. Advocacy and professional associations thrive on them. What is a membership model?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Here are some tips to consider: Reach out to sponsors or partners for auction prizes. Ask sponsors to promote your event on their social media channels. To make this process easier, provide graphics or dedicated videos for sponsors and partners to share themselves. Provide text and graphics so sponsors know exactly what to send.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

That support could come in the form of employer-sponsored “no-cost rainy day funds” and on-demand financial therapy with the goal of “creating a healthier workforce environment.”.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

This is an amazing April Fool’s idea from the Frederic Remington Art Museum : Their annual April Fool’s Day Ball invites users to contribute at normal event-pricing tiers (attendance, attendance + pre-party, attendance + after-party), but then not show up. Art Show and Silent Auction. Have a Gala Where No One Shows Up (April 1).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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. This shot is a painting at a museum visited during a professional conference for museums. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. Visibility.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

I don’t know about you, but one of the things I love most about the arts is the opportunity it provides. Regardless of who you are or where you come from, art has a way of tapping into something core to all of us that can open new worlds of learning in a way that nothing else can. Q: Why was it created? Q: Why was it created?

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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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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Partner with a corporate sponsor or a major gifts supporter to host a matching gifts drive. Virtual tours for museums. Your local museums may not be open for admission, but that doesn’t mean you can’t explore all they have to offer. Student art show. Matching gifts drive.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Though we’re disappointed to not be exploring Seattle with all of our awesome Arts and Cultural friends, we are super excited for our first-ever virtual bbcon 2020 ! Arts and Cultural will have thousands of professionals represented from organizations ranging from zoos to museums, performing arts organizations to libraries, and beyond!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. First published in Curator magazine in 2002, this essay presents five different museum "types" and their distinct opportunities and challenges.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

For the past five years, each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has hosted MuseumCamp. And it's not just for museum people. While we will tour some of the MAH’s participatory programs and exhibitions, this bootcamp is not museum-centric. We'd love to have you here for this pilot year.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2020

To help, here are some thought-starters from the Blackbaud Arts & Cultural team – along with a sneak-peek at what we have planned for 2020 so far. . . Instead of waiting for them to come to you, go to them by participating in or sponsoring local events such as festivals or community block parties. Practice Self -c are.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Sporting, museum, or concert tickets. Paintings and art. In addition to combing through your CRM for potential donors for your auction, you should also ask any corporate sponsors if they’d be willing to make in-kind donations to the event. For example, you might make a list containing items like: Sports memorabilia.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2016

This month, I'm sharing a few chapters from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. One of my biggest aha moments while writing The Art of Relevance was moving away from the idea that there are "traditional" audiences and "new" audiences and instead thinking about people in terms of "insiders" and "outsiders".

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. Museum of Children's Art is an arts program where low-income Oakland families can explore interactive spaces where they create, share and connect with each other through art.

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

They’re assets, like Pokémon cards and also like actually awesome digital art, that can be owned and traded—only they’re all digital. And, it’s a great away to get corporate sponsors involved, to back fundraiser events with higher-value incentives. . This, I think, is what buying NFTs are like. Not all fun and games.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Paul will be joined by Nik Honeysett, Guru board member and keynote speaker for bbcon’s Arts and Cultural track! Guru is also sponsoring the arts and cultural reception on October 17th from 8:00 to 10:00pm ET, at the Museum of Industry. Don’t miss out on bbcon 2017. Register today!

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 7, 2025

For example, when supporters become members at an art museum or buy season tickets to the ballet, theyre supporting a nonprofit. They also receive tangible benefits discounted admission to the museum, or simply seeing Swan Lake. Season ticket holders care about the arts. Someone else is the beneficiary of the donation.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2017

This year, I had the privilege to join fellow museum professionals at Museum Advocacy Day. A Closer Look at Museum Advocacy Day. Museum Advocacy Day, created by the American Alliance of Museums and sponsored by Blackbaud, provides supporters the tools they need to spread the word about important issues regarding museums.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 11, 2007

On Musematic , Holly Witchey has rigorously recorded her recent experience at WebWise, a " IMLS/RLG/OCLC/Getty sponsored conference" on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World that was held March 1-2. To museum ears, this is fairly blasphemous--the idea that people want to use our content, not our exhibits. I like this.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Sponsors: Sponsors can be a major source of income for an in-person gala, and you don’t want to leave them behind. Luckily the virtual format gives you a lot of flexibility to make sponsors happy. You can buy art supplies online at Michaels ! The Brooklyn Museum let a local artist take over their Instagram for a day.

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Community festivals, government-sponsored activities, and educational activities for students are all essential parts of this month-long celebration. Read books written by AAPI authors and visit a museum to learn about significant figures in the AAPI community and their contributions. Donate to support their work here.

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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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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 17, 2017

Dear Museum 2.0 friends, I want to share two great opportunities to get involved at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in 2017. Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

If you are just beginning to use tags, it is often helpful to explore and use tags on broad topics such as "nonprofit," "art," and so on, to reach out to a broad audience if you are not familiar with more specific tags for your content. What Value Do Folksonomies Bring To The Online Museum Collection? You're It!

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Here are some tips to consider: Reach out to sponsors or partners for auction prizes. Along with reaching out to past sponsors, you should also set a goal to find new sponsors. Ask sponsors to promote your event on their social media channels. You might even ask sponsors to send emails to their own contact lists.

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DipJar

JANUARY 28, 2022

But the Gardens aren’t the only draw, it shares a campus with several other organizations: a heritage village, an art museum, the Extension services, as well as the county parks department. . The Foundation also works with corporate sponsors around specific exhibits. It also operates a small gift shop.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. Yes you can sleep at the museum. You do NOT need to work in a museum to attend. MuseumCamp will be August 31-September 2, 2016.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Can you really use the same criteria to measure the effectiveness of a rural food bank that works locally and an internationally renowned art museum located in a major metropolitan area? Nonprofits’ missions vary too widely, and size and location matter, too. My colleagues and I would say that you can’t.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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