Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: Prioritizing Collaboration and Sustainable Funding Arts and Culture Alpine County (ACAC), a local arts agency, has obtained small grants from the Alpine County Board of Supervisors and Live Healthy, an organization under the Alpine County umbrella.

Goal

Forum One

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This achievement highlights our commitment to providing top-tier digital solutions for nonprofits, cultural institutions, and other mission-driven organizations. The platform not only provides a wealth of resources but also encourages collaboration and community building among users. Department of Health and Human Services.

Award

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

As it zips through international borders and across cultures, the train doesn’t slow down, and the people aboard hardly notice. 21st Europe’s approach is that we build on existing studies and existing policy frameworks,” Pour says. “We have then expanded the ambition of that network.”

Proposal

Fast Company Tech

JULY 21, 2025

Formed in 2004 in response to the looting of Iraqi museums and growing international art trafficking, the Art Crime Team was designed as a specialized unit of agents trained in cultural property law, art history, and international smuggling. It no longer required sophisticated training or access to museum archives.

Arts

Mashable Tech

JUNE 27, 2025

The weekly show delves into sexuality, culture, religion, politics, and more. Online, I’m sharing stories behind my books — especially The Pengrooms , which celebrates queer family — and offline, I’m working with museums and bookstores to amplify LGBTQ+ representation in children’s literature.

Discussion

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

As the only company in the world selling cultured meat, Australian biotech startup Vow is in the unique position of shaping the publics perception. Its first foray into cultured meat was actually a meatball made using wooly mammoth DNA that Vow unveiled two years ago at the Nemo science museum, in Amsterdam.

Asia

Museum 2.0

JULY 22, 2022

I asked my friend, Paul Bowers, to share some of his thoughts about leaving museums. If you have thoughts about leaving museums or why you're staying, reach out. Beyond the walls – a post-museum career There’s a lot of talk about people leaving their museums jobs – if you’re thinking that way, this might help.

Museum

Engadget

JUNE 6, 2025

Gameplay is a mix of puzzle and action as you case each building, set up your run, and then execute the plan. That is millions upon millions of deeply important cultural, spiritual and personal artifacts, including human remains, that aren't in their rightful place."

South Africa

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

Our main goal for 2025 at the Shirley-Eustis House Association is to build a broader network of businesses, institutions, and well-connected individuals who know about us and what were doing. That may not seem like much in absolute terms, but it will make a world of difference and building authentic support does not happen overnight.

Advocacy

Medium Technology Section

JUNE 19, 2025

It’s like a priceless painting locked in a dusty, forgotten wing of a museum. This is the dirty little secret of our cultural heritage. This is a calculated, high-stakes cultural power play. Cultural Relevance as a Weapon: This is about legacy. China is ensuring its cultural icons don’t just survive, but thrive.

Movie

NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

million volunteers making things happen in the arts and cultural space. In order to sustain this type of impact tech savvy art museums, zoos, historical sites, botanical gardens and many other types of arts and cultural nonprofits understand that technology is key to sustaining their growth. That’s almost 4 million people!

Social Media

VentureBeat

JUNE 16, 2025

VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. If you’re if you’re walking around with AR glasses, you’re going to need a seamless map, so as you walk around on proximity, as you’re walking near a hotel, you can instantly interact with their service that they build on their own servers.”

Avatar

Fast Company Tech

JULY 18, 2025

Quickly, the Art Deco landmark, which hosted presidents, royalty, celebrities, and major global events, became synonymous with power and cultural cachet. Over the years, however, the celebrated building underwent a patchwork of renovations that gradually chipped away at its character.

New York

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Field Museum Online Store. The Field Museum is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. Paul Getty Museum Store. Metropolitan Museum of Art Store. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world’s largest and finest art museums.

Gift

Medium Technology Section

JUNE 18, 2025

Today, we can still find the old technology in a dusty closet or museum somewhere while we prefer the newer technology to walk, ride or fly in life with a screen 6 inches from our noses! Modern technology clears and converts thousands of acres of Nature’s land to build cities, roads and farmland.

Technology

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.

Culture

TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

What if museums were curated and funded by the internet, and allowed pieces to stay close to their cultural roots, displayed in a context that made sense? Native art in native museums, religious artifacts shown in temples, mosques and churches, and so on? This idea evolved into having an on-chain Museum,” says McLeod.

Museum

sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Facebook aka Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have become integrated into how people communicate with one another and access culture. With hours of mindless scrolling available with just a few swipes and taps, it’s crucial for museums to get savvy and creative with social media campaigns to stand out. METTWINNING.

Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Building Your List of Cell Phone Numbers. Once an organization decides to communicate via text, the next logical step is to build a list of cell phone numbers—not an easy feat without permission. So how can you legally and easily build your list? Spamming is illegal, and often goes straight to a junk mail folder.

Communication

Forum One

MARCH 30, 2021

We are very excited to connect with the amazing people who work hard to amplify the online museum experience at this year’s virtual MuseWeb 2021 conference in April. The Cultural Institution as a Brand: A New Way of Thinking. Conversational Marketing: Can Chatbots Increase Engagement with Your Museum?

Museum

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Funding Priority: Arts & Culture.

Arts

sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2022

.” You’ll also hear exciting updates from Blackbaud executives and discover how we’re building software solutions to help you maximize your organization’s impact. While there are dozens of sessions designed to pique anyone’s interest, we wanted to highlight some specifically created for the arts and culture audience.

Culture

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.

Arts

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 3, 2014

She would bring books especially for children and women, and conduct a couple of days of workshops on wide-ranging topics about enterprise, culture, history, poetry and books. She''s very proud of her country, and thinks that her fellow Moroccans need to know more about their culture and history.

Morocco

Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. Their mandate is to exhibit and preserve the collection of the best assets that represent the story and chronology of a culture or a society. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. Using data to optimize content.

Museum

sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A genuine social media shout out from a happy visitor is fantastic for marketing your arts and cultural institution; consider it like a testimonial but not as arduous to solicit. According to The Art Newspaper’s annual survey in 2021, visits to the world’s 100 most-visited museums plummeted by 77% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Arts

Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

When you look at more niche nonprofits—like those focused on arts and culture —fundraising plays a critical role in enabling your organization to make a positive impact on their communities. The arts are important to modern culture and society, yet competition from other causes can encroach on the ability of your nonprofit to raise funds.

Arts

Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2012

Last week, I sat down on a toilet in our museum and found myself looking at an interactive station intended to test a “Legends of the Stall” sign concept for the restrooms. Some of my happiest moments as a director come when I encounter awesome things in our museum that I had absolutely nothing to do with. Sorry for the delay.

Culture

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This month, we're thinking about the way we do work in museums. As someone texted me recently, Art History grad school didn't teach us anything about working with others in museums. Dan Hicks suggested: Build #PositiveAction training—as defined in the 2010 Equality Act—to make a 'pipeline' to begin to address under-representation.

Museum

Forum One

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There are billions of historical documents housed in archives, museums, and libraries around the world. Case in point: the Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal , produced by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Two data sets are used in the search portal.

Search

Forum One

MARCH 25, 2021

While the pandemic has had a significant impact on artists and cultural institutions, it has forced many to take a fresh look at how they are building immersive, innovative digital experiences for arts and culture. The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts: Elevating a world-class cultural landmark.

Arts

Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Funding Priority: Arts & Culture.

Arts

Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

million volunteers making things happen in the arts and cultural space. In order to sustain this type of impact tech savvy art museums, zoos, historical sites, botanical gardens and many other types of arts and cultural nonprofits understand that technology is key to sustaining their growth. are beginning to adopt social media.

San Diego

Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

Dear Museum 2.0 As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). I am closing down my consulting business at the end of April, but the Museum 2.0 Here are a few things that make the MAH an exciting museum to me: It's small.

Museum

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It gave me a chance to really think about how we have been opening up our museum and what it means for our community. Museums can be incredible catalysts for social change. We can change that by embracing participatory culture and opening up to the active, social ways that people engage with art, history, science, and ideas today.

Museum

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Before the session, I spent some time reviewing Museum Facebook Pages – luckily the MIDEA project has them organized into this handy list. I had hoped to find a good example of a museum or an arts organization with a custom landing tab. Aliza Sherman's "Birth of A Superfan" as it applies to Facebook and Museums.

Facebook

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2011

This is the casual attendance data from my first full month as the Executive Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz. This graph is making me change the way I think about what our museum is for and how we should market it. Simply, I'm shifting my perspective from an exhibit-driven model to an event-driven one.

Museum