Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Activities are designed to support organizational wellness for greater productivity and morale boosts. When identifying and designing activities for the workplace, it is important to understand: “What’s in it for me” or the value proposition for staff. Motivations and barriers for individuals to participate.

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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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APRIL 26, 2018

The Washington Post covered the MAH's transformation as part of an article about museums engaging new audiences. The whole second half of the article was dedicated to our work: Smaller museums can be especially scrappy in finding ways to connect with the community. It’s something that any museum, of any size, can work toward.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Thanks to the pandemic, online giving grew 21 percent in 2020 alone, and that growth isn’t slowing down any time soon. Text fundraising is a very popular option for nonprofits because you can reach your donors directly and make it convenient for them to give from anywhere at any time. Virtual tours for museums.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

Margaret shared these thoughts about "museums for use" on her blog , and I asked her to adapt a version for the Museum 2.0 Should a museum be a destination or a place for everyday use? I immediately recalled a phenomenon I witnessed as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. The project is designed to scale. You can also watch time lapse video of any frame being created. The collective outcome (a cool music video) is clear.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Spending time in Europe, I'm reminded how complicated it gets when you have to interpret exhibits for a multi-lingual audience. This certainly could work well in an art museum, where visitors can make art, or science museums, where they could participate in citizen science projects, without sharing a language.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. Sheet music is a beautiful analogy for this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. Based in the U.K., 2d Code is a must read for the early adopters.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Musical Instrument Museum. The newly revived/revamped program this year paired about 25 business leaders and principals, and is designed to foster more meaningful, longer-term relationships between the participants. Click here to read Kayla McKinney's "Time to Give a Little.". Like this article? Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

Submitted by Nina Simon, publisher of Museum 2.0 On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggl es with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. I love this question.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. This blog is about shared learning, and I went to engineering school.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

If you run a nonprofit museum, advocacy group, animal shelter or environmental protection organization, starting a summer camp could be a logical next step toward rewarding your members, donors and supporters. Design a camp that aligns with your mission. Managing a summer camp can turn into a full-time job.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 28, 2009

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggles with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. It's a two-parter I've been puzzling over for a long time.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2016

Here's one of my favorite stories about the London Science Museum and their work to make their science shows relevant to families with deaf or hearing-impaired family members. Remember New World Symphony, the Miami orchestra that used night club marketing techniques to attract young urbanites to classical music?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Donors could be featured in your email newsletter 1x or multiple times.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

In the final installment of Museum 2.0’s s four part series on comfort in museums, we get down to the basics: creature comfort. So for this last piece, we look at going the other way: making museums more physically comfortable. There was funky music. And on the walls, my friend explained, was art from the museum itself.

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JUNE 21, 2015

Museum of Contemporary Art. Learning Labs are a chance for individuals attending MCON 2015 in-person at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago discuss ideas and get practical advice from experts across many industries. In each of these five Learning Labs, participants will gather for an interactive time of teaching and discussion.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It is an incredible museum experience. I happened to be at DAM for work and got to experience this amazing exhibit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

In most cultures, philanthropy existed a long time ago. One of them was the curator of the world largest archaeological museum, Grand Egyptian Museum. It was her first time to attend such a large conference. 3T stands for Time, Talents and Treasure. In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Last Friday night, my museum hosted a fabulous (in my biased opinion) event called Race Through Time. We created Race Through Time in partnership with a local networking group called Santa Cruz Next , whose primary aim is to support and celebrate ways that young professionals can and are changing our community for the better.

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JUNE 29, 2021

Livestream some 60s music and entertainment. Music can always add a fun touch to any decade-themed event! How about creating a virtual auction event themed around a type of collectible, like sports memorabilia or music memorabilia? The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

When I was in college, I spent almost all of my free time in the slam poetry scene. Some had no clear time limits or criteria for participation, and the poetry swung between brilliance and poke-your-eye-out horror. Wackos and experts all get the same amount of time. This is an issue we are actively grappling with at our museum.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2006 We have spent all this time finding out what women around the world think about the world and the issues affecting them. But now we’re taking the time to ask young men the same question. We are looking for original clothing designs, photographs, film, essays and more. Tell us yours.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2008

For years, we'd discussed getting tattoos instead of rings to memorialize a marriage commitment, and last week, wedding over, design concept in hand, fears somewhat in check, we finally put ink to skin and made it official. I'd love to see a museum offer temporary tattoos instead of stickers at entry. The music was loud and angry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

They offer a chance to dress up, get together with others, and have a good time — while also raising money for a good cause. Maybe you could even send out dinner packages to all of your guests ahead of time so they get the full dining experience as well. Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising.

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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. One of my favorite places for a long time now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

This can be sensitive issue for some orchestras at particular times. To encourage them to use their valuable free time to create content you have to first demonstrate that it’s worth doing. Spend time finding the right musicians for the job. Also, don’t expect everyone to want to be involved.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

I don't usually fist-pump while reading the New York Times. But I’d been scribbling notes for an art museum label post for awhile, and then yesterday, the NY Times had a review of a new show at MOMA, Comic Abstraction. Half the time, I’m the one who doesn’t know what I’m missing. MOMA has standard art museum labels.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

If you''re willing to brave several hours of wait time, Franklin Barbecue is a tasty legend, and Russell Feldman is determined to make it this time! For a unique sight, view La Belle, a famous 17th century shipwreck, preserved and being restored in its entirety in situ at the Bullock Texas State History Museum. Find your flock!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. To be eligible for the prize, your exhibit must be on the theme of "Art, Film, Music & Technology." The meat is people coming together to design exhibits.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. During the ensuing discussion, one woman asked, "Which audiences are least interested in social participation in museums?" So what's a museum to do--especially one that is funded to encourage youth and teen participation?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

Dear Museum 2.0-ers, ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S. Why are our current models failing?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

Also, I am a writer, storyteller, and part time editor of other people’s novels. Really, this is only the tip of a very long fun/good list that would include spending time with my tough and tender little boy, taking him to museums, restaurants, parks, the climbing gym, letting him ride his bike to his friend's house.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. My answer: neither.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

If people on the street are talking about X, the museum should be talking about X too. I used to work at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. Our mandate was to be the museum of Silicon Valley--not of its material history, but its pulse of innovation. The pedestals will keep changing with the times.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. In January, I wrote about the challenges and opportunities of using Second Life as a design space. It's lovely. It's mu ltiuser.

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