Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

People love to stretch their dollars , so try to offer opportunities for challenge grants, gifts made possible through economies of scale or ripple effect giving. . For example, at one organization where I worked, customer service was a full chapter in the employee handbook and people, with great pride, really took it to heart. .

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. The Museum 2.0 In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Nonprofit funding comes from various sources—regular and major gifts , grants, in-kind donations, corporate sponsorships , planned gifts, and eCommerce sales are a few of the most common. In addition, some nonprofits also rely partly or entirely on memberships to support their missions. transaction fee.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2007

This week, we consider Chapter 11 of Elaine Gurian's Civilizing the Museum , "Function Follows Form: How mixed-used spaces in museums build community," but first, a short and relevant note about my writing process. Museums are naturally tuned to some of these but not all. a disparate mix of useful services.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. A stellar volunteer photographer, Tony Grant, took a portrait of each collector in his/her element. A million thanks to them.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Publicize volunteer grant opportunities. Through volunteer grant programs, companies provide grants to organizations where employees volunteer on a regular basis.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Not chasing those sponsors, not writing another grant. We are going to do one on foundations here from grant research. So grant research, not just saying, “Oh, I saw this foundation supports that organization. So this is the Foundation Center grant database available for free use as part of the funding information network.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 9, 2007

Last week, I went to an event at the National Museum of the American Indian to support the publication of Elaine Gurian's new book, Civilizing the Museum , which comprises 22 essays written over 35 years of experience developing and leading museums around the world. So do museums. What does this mean?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

I created a directional pyramid to make a point about social content in museum; namely, that museums are not offering networked, social experiences—and therefore will have a hard time jumping to initiating meaningful social discourse. And I’m not advocating that the dream museum would be all level 5 experiences, all the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Instead, Pepsi is using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project , a crowdsourced cause marketing effort to give away $20 million in grants to help revamp communities. . The grant categories will be: Health. Arts & Culture. Food & Shelter. The Planet. Neighborhoods.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the first of a four-part series on the behind-the-scenes experience of writing The Participatory Museum. Overview: Stages of Development and Participation Types The Participatory Museum was written over a 15 month period that began in December of 2008. Many of the book sections started as blog posts on Museum 2.0.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

Most museums that offer interactive exhibits, media elements, or participatory activities offer them alongside traditional labels and interpretative tools. They are often segregated to specific grants, programs, or departments rather than being integrated as core offerings. I employ the parallel strategy all the time in my work.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

For me, it's the beginning of chapter 8, in which J. William Goldman does something similar with The Princess Bride, commenting about dreadfully dull chapters he has omitted for the reader's sanity. But it's not so easy to integrate into larger-scale museum writing. What does Peter Pan make you think of? A ticking crocodile?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Yeah, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. I’ve been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. Hey, grants. It could be your grants category for 2021. And then funds should be categorized based on specific use, like scholarship funds, restoration funds, unrestricted, unsolicited, grant, whatever. Robin: Yes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

In order to get a book published, I was told I had to have a museum exhibit. Fortunately, the Field Museum in Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photographs for In Her Hands. I did get back to her, and I said that I would consider doing the other chapters about their grantees with two stipulations. PG: My website!

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