Forum One

MAY 28, 2024

Forum One’s 11 awards included two platinum, five gold, and four silver awards across focus areas, including cultural institutions, health and wellness, environmental awareness, and government. These awards honored Forum One’s work in building websites, digital tools, and virtual experiences for our clients. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

By shopping at any of the 48 online stores listed below, socially conscious and ethical consumers can channel some of their consumer spending power into the nonprofit sector and the Greater Good. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu. 6) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Davey Award winners have been announced, and we’re proud to say that Forum One and our amazing clients have officially won 10 awards in website and app design for nonprofits, health, government, cultural institutions, and more. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

It’s 2019, and a whole lot is changing in the museum and nonprofit world. That’s not to mention how strained museums already are in terms of resources. According to the American Alliance of Museums, the average museum has 6 volunteers for every paid staff member , a ratio which s oars to 18:1 in museums with budgets under $250,000.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Why does your museum open its doors each day? Every arts and culture organization has a brand and that brand has a purpose. For arts and culture organizations, brand purpose is often about facilitating learning and engaging visitors in unforgettable experiences that provide educational and social value. Where are they located?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2020

Let’s consider each stage from a n arts & cultural point of view and for our purposes rename this a visitor’s journey. . A patron can’t visit your organization if he or she doesn’t know about you. T ypical marketing channels used at this stage are PR and advertising. Awareness ? Consideration ? Awareness .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

By shopping at any of the 27 online stores listed below, conscious consumers can channel some of their spending power into the nonprofit sector. Syracuse Cultural Workers Store. SFMoMA Museum Store. Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop. Either way, give back this holiday season and shop for good. UNICEF Market.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

By shopping at any of the 48 online stores listed below, socially conscious and ethical consumers can channel some of their consumer spending power into the nonprofit sector and the Greater Good. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu. 6) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

Know Your Audience You’ll find that you have a unique community on each of your social media platforms based on the demographics they draw and the culture they foster. A poll on your Instagram stories, e-newsletter, or other active social channel will give you insights into where your supporters are most likely to engage.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

This fosters a culture of open communication and empathy within the team. While I was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art working on a website redesign, we recognized the need to be transparent with our internal audiences and started hosting a series of monthly open forum presentations called “Website Wednesdays.”

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2018

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh utilized their resources to develop an innovative retention strategy. Participants earn special stamps when they visit one of the museums or attend an event for a chance to win a grand-prize. The creative technology comes from how Carnegie Museums tracks the stamps. Register today !

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2016

So I went ahead and picked out some of the top sessions for Arts & Cultural organization to make planning your conference journey just a little bit easier. Maximizing Engagement at Your Arts & Cultural Organization – Learn how you can move your visitors from “hello” to “I do” with a personalized journey for your supporters.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

So when I stumbled across Austin Museum Day , project of the Austin Museum Partnership, I loved discovering that this event is offering free admission to thousands of Austin residents who likely wouldn’t otherwise visit cultural organizations. A: This year will be our 18th annual Austin Museum Day! Q: Why was it created?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Each of these women push the boundaries of cultural institutions in different ways, with digital and physical manifestations. Ravon and Amanda are using several social media channels to explore and share museum exhibitions, programs, and projects. She writes about race, history, parks, culture, and politics.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Revenue Streams: Museums want to maintain control of sales of "officially sanctioned" images of objects via catalogues and postcards.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. Skill-sharing free schools. Community science workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. The book offers some recipes for culture change.

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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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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Even better, email fundraising has the highest return on investment than any other marketing channel with a $40 return for every dollar spent. 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. Social media campaigns.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

So, do whatever you can to push more sales to this channel. My kids love to print helmet stickers at the local fire museum and I’m inclined to add my email address to get it sent to my inbox for a record of our visit. Integrated Marketing Arts & Cultural Membership online ticketing ticketing'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The art part includes all the ways nonprofits and schools can engage and connect with alumni of their programs through social channels. It is also about reconnecting with those who have already graduated. Social media is an important channel for both these groups. CTA matched to the right channel or combination of channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We could tell that some of the confusion and resistance we were seeing around adoption was due to organizations’ inability to look past the technological nature of these new channels. But what sorts of hurdles are arts groups facing in terms of human resources and management attitudes, and which channels are working for them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

This year’s Give Miami Day saw increased efforts on social media across funding categories, but the standout for Miami Foundation Communications Director Matthew Beatty came from Miami’s local arts and culture organizations. Using more visuals, such as memes, also helped.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

These " Ask the Expert " chats take place on the phone with a online chat back channel. There's no better example than the public dashboards of the Indiana Art Museum - Innovation is about opening up and letting the outside in. The back-channel had a poll feature and one of the questions about change agents inside of nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

The principles cover strategy, learning, capacity, and organizational culture. Examples: Wildlife Direct and Brooklyn Museum. Organizations must begin with listening, but an integrated listening channel that includes social media and traditional marketing channels. Example: Red Cross.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2008

I once asked Elaine Gurian how museums can change. Here's the problem with both of these ways: they require circumstances that are outside of most museum employees' control. Here's the problem with both of these ways: they require circumstances that are outside of most museum employees' control. There's no client, no cash.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Imagine that your museum is ready to start creating content on a small-scale in Web 2.0. Rather than starting your own blog or YouTube channel, find the sources out there that relate to your topics of interest and respond to them. Imagine you are the Boston Museum of Science, and you are ready to make some videos to post on YouTube.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

On Monday, I gave the keynote at the Museums in Conversation conference in Tarrytown, NY. Greed, because creative greediness motivates us to hunt down and steal the best design techniques the world has to offer, and generosity, because giving those great ideas and applications away is the only way to change the larger cultural landscape.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2013

The competition your organization faces for patron dollars has never been hotter, and savvy organizations have started taking advantage of channels, like Peer to Peer, that have not been traditionally part of their fundraising mix. The competition for a share of the beverage market was heating up – so they branched out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Stowe Boyd wrote about this “ bench learning ” and there are a few examples from Aquariums and Museums. The good news is based on survey results, it seems organizations and projects are connecting through similar channels to where they see their audience connecting.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. You can promote a match through all your frequent channels of communication whether it be social media, email, or a newsletter. Virtual Race. Birthday/Holiday Fundraiser.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. The back-channel was an especially active and important part of the conference this year.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2014

Those fundamentals include effective integration of communications using multiple channels. Arts and culture – Giving for impact. Arts and culture – Giving for impact. Fundraising Industry Trends Research & Trends arts&cultural donations education fundraising Major gifts'

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

"Mapping Your Communications Mix," from Idealware's Laura Quinn, with tips and examples for mapping the right mix of content for your channels--and organizational goals. Case Study: Pinterest for Program Planning," documenting one museum's application of Pinterest to meet internal program and project planning needs.

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Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I’m worried about the lack of nonprofit leadership creating a culture of innovation. While multi-channel outreach such as action alerts, microsites, social media, fundraising appeals, direct mail and telemarketing are good strategies to have in your toolbox to fundraise and market your organization; it’s simply not enough anymore.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Channel Marketing Manager. Whether you’re a general admission museum or a symphony that has dynamic pricing strategies and reserved seating, you should be allowing your constituents to make their ticket purchases from the comfort of their living room. Guest post by Ryan King, Blackbaud’s Sr. Okay, so it was IKEA.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2016

We believe that partnerships build a stronger museum and a stronger community. We were seven people in a room, laser-focused on making the MAH a community gathering place and cultural center. Conversations are grouped into channels (for projects, teams, initiatives, etc.). Every channel in Slack is public by default.

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