Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Nina Simon, Museum 2.0   (We'll be doing the nitty gritty in October)    For some reason, I landed on this excellent post by Nina Simon that categorizes different types of museum blogs.     This framework could make a terrific card/training game for blogging workshop, too. . 

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Golf – For those who like to spend their weekends out on the green, this golf basket has all the tools they need to up their game, whether they’re playing for fun or prepping for a tournament. Include team jerseys, branded beer coolers, and tailgating games to go with their tickets to the big game.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

It's my second week as the Executive Director at The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA, and boy is my everything tired. And despite the fact that I've enjoyed being at the museum for 12 hours plus for ten days in a row, I'm quickly realizing that if I want to really get some fun participatory projects going, I need some help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

is a new art form that re-uses commercial video-game environments to make animated films. Combining aspects of animation, game development, puppetry, graffiti, fan fiction, and improvisational theater into a moving image art form, machinima represents the latest frontier of digital popular culture. Check this out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. Animoto :: animoto.com. TechSoup.org :: techsoup.org.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Maybe it's a live music concert, or a museum visit, or a play. Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. For myself personally, this gulf rears its head every time I go to a live music concert.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

When mobile wallets go mainstreaam, this simple tweak in text-to-give fundraising will be a game changer. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. SupporterWall :: supporterwall.com. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

But then I started finding more humble projects related to broader issues, and I began to see Kickstarter as a potentially fascinating space for museums and cultural institutions. game and the Neversink Valley Museum's capital campaign launch materials. Jim's is a fun game involving sock puppets.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Host a watching party for major games at a bar where the tips and certain drinks go to the charity. Picnic & Park Games Tournament. Get your supporters to gather their classic lawn games and host a day-long olympic tournament at a local park. For a laugh, put different donation amounts in the eggs that kids are finding.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I like to ask myself this question periodically, challenging myself to find substantive ways for visitors to contribute to our museum. And when I think back on the past year, some of the most magical things that have happened at the museum have NOT been designed by us. Evergreen Cemetery Board Game. Happening Couch.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Here’s a look at the Faurschou Foundation’s Virtual Tour of their Museum in Brooklyn, NY: [link]. Unfortunately, concerts have ground to a halt, disappointing music lovers and leaving musicians with an unexpectedly free schedule. You can sell tickets as well as run some games throughout the night that require an additional donation.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Musician’s clothing Costumes Musical instruments Include a certificate of authenticity with the item to reassure donors of its credibility. For example, a baseball basket could include a ball signed by a famous player, a jersey, and season tickets to home games.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 13, 2007

But this yearly music/film/interactive conference/festival/creative happening has risen to the top of must-gos for techy, arty, gamey folks. This year, one of the keynotes at the Interactive festival was delivered by Will Wright, legendary game designer who created Sim City, the Sims, and now, the forthcoming Spore. Me neither.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 29, 2008

I'm talking about a product that uses the tools of tracking, gaming, and me-to-we design to give a fabulous experience: Nike+. Nike+ provides a brilliant trifecta of sticky experiences, combining tracking, game mechanics, and me-to-we design to support a product, an activity, a community, and ultimately, healthy lifestyles.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 19, 2007

Earlier this week, I found myself wondering if these Game Fridays are worthwhile. Then I went to a museum exhibition yesterday featuring a computer interactive component with a lousy interface, and thought, Yes. There is still plenty for us to learn about content delivery and engagement from the gaming world.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

Last Friday, I witnessed something beautiful at my museum. They were in a playful mood, talking about the objects, playing the games, responding on the comment boards. I've been documenting lots of small bridging incidents at our museum over the past few months. It could have been the friendly, low-key setting.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I’m one of many people associated with The Electric Sheep Company who have worked on this (free, still available) cross-platform experience , and I was lucky enough to write the narrative games that weave through the Second Life experience. We want the lights to go down, the music to swell, and the experience to sweep us away.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

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. Both staff and visitors host TV programs in the space that range from interviews to game shows to salon chair ministries. is in conflict with (currently, Iran).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2007

Gamelab, the people behind Diner Dash and other casual games, have posted a contest on their forum, the Subway Scramble Commuter Contest , in which they are soliciting stories of games people play while commuting by train, car, bike. We all have these games--whether played from school bus windows or bicycles built for two.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. Tweets about #marketing, #nonprofit and #nptech,#arts and #museum best practices. Play the Game. Know Your Type. Find Scott On Twitter. Think Speed-Dating, Not Dinner and A Movie. By Ryan King : Senior Marketing Manager. Crossfitter.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

Two very interesting articles today by Ian Bogost , courtesy of Gamasutra , about the potential of games as a more generalized medium for interaction with content. In the first article, Why We Need More Boring Games , Ian argues for a wider application of gaming to our daily experience. Serious games offer one example.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2007

I got my copy of the fall issue of Museums and Social Issues this week. The theme is "Civic Dialogue," and the journal includes articles on the historical, cultural, media, and museum practice of getting people talking to each other (including one by me about such endeavors on the web). It's fine to drop in and out of the game.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 2, 2007

This week, two lovely games from the annals of Casual Gameplay. It's a really, really simple game in which you stay within the lines and generate music and pastel bricks as you move along. Second, for the hipster set, a puzzle game with edgy graphics called The Machine. Tags: game. Check it out. I love ratings.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

A simple little game today, Lonely House Moving , which caught my eye not for the gameplay (urban Mario) but for the intoxicatingly simple story. And the impact is powerful; in the discussion area of Casual Games , comments ranged from “Go nameless lonely guy! There’s no carefully composed heartstring music. Girl and boy talk.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 23, 2008

I've written before about three types of museum users: contributors, lurkers, and judges. The social media user types, like learning styles or gaming styles, are more like personality traits than exclusive groupings. You wouldn't create an exhibition on music that only appeals to musical learners.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

I've become convinced that successful paths to participation in museums start with self-identification. The easiest way to do that is to acknowledge their uniqueness and validate their ability to connect with the museum on their own terms. Who is the "me" in the museum experience? Not so at museums.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

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. If you''re in town for a few extra days, Karly recommends heading over to Zilker Park , a great green space for pick-up sport games. Take home a unique souvenir.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Participants garner support from their friends and family leading up to the big day and accept gifts during the game itself. If you can’t host a dodgeball tournament in person for some reason or another, you can look for online game simulations that mimic it. There’s plenty of online cornhole games to try out.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

Out on the boardwalk, or at the zoo or a museum, there's a common experience of the sights, sounds, smells, activities of the place. It's also a reason that people will game with strangers; in that case, the games' rules form the partial barrier that facilitates social interaction. Tags: Core Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 22, 2008

Why discuss gifting on Museum 2.0? One of my greatest interests is the "p articipatory museum," in which there is substantive, unfacilitated visitor-to-visitor interaction. When I heard the tollbooth story, I started thinking about gifting as a model for participatory experiences in museums. Gifting is a powerful game mechanic.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

Last month, the Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, "Museums' new mantra: Connect with community." It took me a couple weeks (and various museum blog responses ) to realize what bugs me about this article--it treats "connecting with community" as a marketing ploy, a "mantra" rather than a mission.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

I'm gearing up for some conference talks next month, and one of these is part of a very cool session, Eye on Design, at the Western Museums Association conference. The coordinator asked several folks to pick a design trend from outside the museum world and discuss how they might be applied to museum design. the list goes on.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2010

Eventually, one competitor overpowers the other, and the game is over. I've learned that holding up signs or puppets, or playing a musical instrument, helps lengthen chat time. I could imagine a delightful application on a museum website that would allow me to chat with a stranger about a featured artifact or artwork.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

What application could this have for: Visitation – Parks, zoos, museums, etc. So let’s brainstorm – how could you leverage a “tap-to-pay” or even a “tap to get more information” feature on a smart phone? Events – Galas, walk/run/ride-a-thons. Peer-to-peer Fundraising. Direct Mail.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2007

If the visitor leaves the interactive before it's over, they haven't let anyone down or "ruined the game." The design questions my museum faces are not about serving individual learners but serving them en masse. In the museum, there's an added challenge: social fear of strangers. You can focus the content to a single learner.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Imagine workshops led by inspiring rock stars from gaming, festivals, and special effects. Imagine bonfires, musical jam sessions, and iron chef exhibit design. Imagine a small enough group that you can spend meaningful time with brilliant people in your field. Imagine making and playing together. Sounds good?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

The recording starts with two and a half minutes of music without talking. At 4:30, Steve starts a “pointing game” in which he asks you to point to the tallest building you can see, then the Statue of Liberty, then Nicaragua. It’s a friendly kind of discomfort, and you’ve had enough build-up to feel okay doing what you are told.

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