Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I believe that the museum blogosphere is still underdeveloped and there's lots of room for people to share their inspiration, experience, and ideas. Diane is still getting her "blog legs" and the posts are a bit haphazard, but she's one of the most brilliant minds in arts innovation, and I can't wait to see where this blog goes.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2017

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History keeps growing and experimenting in our quest to build a stronger, more connected community. The MAH now oversees a museum, a community plaza, a garden, a market, and all the activities that go with these diverse offerings. We are dreaming big, reaching out, and going deep.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Nina Simon, a long time colleague and author of the Museum 2.0 blog and executive director, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History , told me about this amazing and fun co-created card game to help you think about self-care activities called the The Space Deck. STILLNESS : quieting the mind and body to develop calmness and focus.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 12, 2020

By Lori Byrd-McDevitt After a decade spearheading the social media presence at the world’s largest children’s museum, Lori now co-owns her agency 1909 DIGITAL where she helps others with their digital strategy. She is an adjunct in JHU’s museum studies faculty. She is an adjunct in JHU’s museum studies faculty.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. I did this for about a year when my skills were spotted by other members of the staff, and I was invited to apply to work jointly with the fundraising and media relations offices. My mind was a sponge. This ultimately led to full-time employment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A month or two ago, museums and galleries around the world participated in a Twitter event called Ask a Curator. I asked Jim Richardson, who blogs at the Museum Next Blog and is the brainchild behind the event, a couple of questions: How did #askacurator come about? How did you get 340 museums to participate?

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Everyaction

JULY 16, 2018

When looking for a data tool for social services organizations, four functions are especially important to keep in mind: 1. For online fundraising, it is important to utilize clean, simple, and easy to use forms, showing donors that they can trust your organization to provide them a simple and enjoyable experience in every interaction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). 13 Tips from the Experts – Social Media Examiner (2015). Instagram Scheduling Tools (2015) Social Media Examiner.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 9, 2009

Yesterday, I enjoyed three hours of graduate students' presentations of social media plans for museums in the Pacific Northwest. Jill Hardy worked with a museum that is trying to attract a younger, more diverse adult audience. Jill Hardy worked with a museum that is trying to attract a younger, more diverse adult audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Last week I was honored to be a counselor at Museum Camp , an annual professional development event hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. This is more a mind shift than anything else.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

The best advice is to take a tip from libraries and museums and curate all that information. Audience matters, and being mindful of what your community is interested in should inform the curation process. For example, Summify measures sentiment and a user’s reading history to highlight content. What Is Content Curation?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. Before the Princes of Surf exhibition, these boards rested deep in the collection storage of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. Grown men fighting for seats at lectures about the history of the boards. Killer content. Muscle and bone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. 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. On your social media pages, “pin” or prioritize acknowledgments to donors. It is seen as wasteful overhead.

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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. I learned to cultivate creative greed while working on Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum, where I was lucky to be working on a project that was so new to us that we didn't have any pre-established models or structures for doing it.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Surely this doesn’t apply to zoos, museums, and theaters does it? Look at your purchase history and see if there are any trends. For example, if you have a Monet exhibit coming to your museum, you can create content about Monet’s biography, France in the time of Monet, or how Monet’s work is still applicable today. Absolutely!

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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. They have an open collections policy, and they see media artifacts as objects that connect people--to art, to history, to politics, and to each other.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

It requires trading a certain history for an uncertain future--a nerve-wracking prospect no matter the situation. Most museums that offer interactive exhibits, media elements, or participatory activities offer them alongside traditional labels and interpretative tools. This is incredibly scary. You can't always do "and."

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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. A volunteer recruitment letter is a more formal way of soliciting volunteers, but you can have your current volunteers personalize them for the prospects they have in mind. Do so frequently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2005

" Mal Booth, Head of Research Centre, at the Australian War Memorial Museum comes word of museum podcasting from down under. These are designed to accompany a 'treasure trail' in our museum over summer (in the southern hemisphere). Technorati Tags: museums , podcasting , nptech , net2

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2008

Frequently, we discuss projects and ideas on this blog that fit into the theme of "can't do that in museums." They let Stephen Colbert put his portrait in the museum, where it will hang for 6 weeks. but I'd argue that this is more than just a media ploy, and it's a long way from cheapening the museum experience.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. Never mind your work experience, what do you really want to be doing that the library can help you accomplish? Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 4, 2007

If anyone out there is considering creating an industry catch-all site for museum-related content, I highly recommend Gamasutra as a model. When I read this list, my mind leaps to fantasy. Can museums afford to indulge in this kind of fantasy? In my head, I say, “I am in a museum. Lets me be someone I could never be.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Gabriela Mistral. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. Roxane Gay.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Andrea has been a leader in the museum technology field. This work led to my appointment as an organizing committee member of AAM’s Tech & Media MUSE Awards, my election as Program Co-Chair of MCN, being part of Knight Foundation’s initiative to support positions with digital expertise, and receiving grants to continue digital efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

More and more people are adopting social media messaging, including Facebook Messenger , to contact nonprofits with questions, comments, or requests. You can discuss life, love, and science—although he’s quick to warn that “I become absent-minded during light conversations that do not involve the physical properties of light.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

What comes to mind when you think of the word crowdsourcing either for funding or doing? Therefore, my new question in presentations about social media has been to ask: Is this new? Collective activities are not new to social media. Therefore, my new question in presentations about social media has been to ask: Is this new?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. And earlier last month, the Museum of Television and Radio announced a name change to the Paley Center for Media. Museum means different things in different markets.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

They are larger in our minds. It provides much needed difference and rhythm we are attracted to, over the often mind-numbing flat Twitter or Facebook feed. As of Febuary 2011 however, they have added a feature that goes a step beyond: streetview history. Our Collective Stories. What kind of story would that tell?

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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. So just keep that in mind. You may want to know things like their volunteer interest, their history. They’re so like history”? Steven: And it’s not 2:00 a.m. That’s right. Robin: Yes. Right, Robin?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. 99, the app is a must-download for mobile social media managers. e-Newsletter. Flipagram :: flipagr.am.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Timikiwi allows you to create a chronological display of your social media accounts with just a few clicks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

What should nonprofits keep in mind when browsing event software? What should nonprofits keep in mind when browsing event software? With that in mind, here are several key considerations to discuss with your team before investing in event management software: The size of your event. Constituent interaction timeline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme.

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