Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2010

I had too look no further than Shelley Bernstein's blog over at the Brooklyn Museum to find some thoughtful experimentation and useful examples. Back in December, the Brooklyn Museum started to experiment with FourSquare running a promotion to get people to check in and get a free membership.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. Their website, e-newsletter, and blog all include links to their social networks. They have found the right balance of what kind of content to post on their social networks and how often.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 28, 2010

Part social networking site, part smartphone App, Foursquare is a tool meant to be primary used on the go on your smartphone. Museums and Art Galleries :: Museum of Modern Art. Foursquare now has 1.6 million users. Quite simply, you “Check-in” to venues while physically at the venue and offer “Tips” and send out “Shouts”.

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AUGUST 5, 2012

Brooklyn Museum :: web.stagram.com/n/brooklynmuseum. Finally, to learn more about Instagram and other photo-sharing tools, please see the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Pinterest and Utilize Digital Photography for Nonprofit Storytelling. Greenpeace Australia :: web.stagram.com/n/greenpeaceaustp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance. There were no examples – so the last chapter of the book is speculative, based on the best thinking of the people who have looked at networked governance. But getting to networked governance governance is a big step.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit’s cause on cause awareness days and provided your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance, cause awareness days provide ample opportunity to create visual and text-based content that inspires engagement and interaction on your social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

In the Networked Nonprofit “ Learning Loops , we illustrated how networked nonprofits do a real-time, lighter assessment process as they engage their community and make improvements and adjustments along the way. No one knew what I was talking about. I’m not sure I did, but fast forward two years and it is here.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Museums and cultural organizations, like the family of Smithsonian institutions and others we’re fortunate to work with at Forum One, have a wealth of opportunities when it comes to digital engagement. Consider all the ways that museums engage online. We help museums create these campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. Yet tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of nonprofits every day send messages to their communities on social-networking sites with completely wrecked logos.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Or, if one of your volunteers works at a local museum, have them ask their boss about contributing an annual museum membership as an auction prize. Choose the Right Procurement Method for Each Item As you send your committee members out to procure their assigned items, make sure they’re familiar with the three primary ways of doing so.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. Networked Nonprofit in Vegas. And, they all got copies of Networked Nonprofit (thank you James!) Photo by KK. Here’s a few.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Susan Neyman, US Marshals Museum Resurrect Events Planned Givers Can’t Forget “We reinstated a beloved event, the 1892 Society Luncheon, which brings together planned giving donors and prospects for an afternoon of a delightful lunch, a brief history of the Society, a presentation about current projects and future plans, and questions and answers.”—

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

It’s also smart to link to your social networking communities, but to the mobile versions i.e., m.facebook.com/nonprofitorgs , m.twitter.com/nonprofitorgs , m.youtube.com/nonprofitorgs , m.flickr.com/photos/nonprofitorgs , etc. In museum tour materials. At fundraising events – galas, marathons, etc. At protests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

National Museum of American History :: @ AMHistoryMuseum. Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network :: @ RAINN01. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless. National Council of La Raza :: @ NCLR. National Parks Conservation Association :: @ NPCA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook Smart.ly. Networked Nonprofits have a created a Facebook culture inside their organizations. Another common barrier that keeps many people inside of nonprofits opting in to participate on social networks is privacy and security. Here’s an example from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days provided that your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay and #LabourDay.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. During the period that the 500 were selected, they learned a lot about how various social networking tools could be used as they saw participants start partnering up and organizing themselves for the game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

online exhibit developed by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and Ideum. I picked up the phone and got a hold of Jim Spadaccini, founder of Ideum, whose blog post I discovered via a discussion thread on flickr and museums on the museum technology list. Nina Simon from the Museums and Web2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2012

Every second of every day nonprofits around the world are posting status updates, tweets, and messages on social networks attached to avatars with cropped art work and/or unreadable text. Be used consistently on all social networks to build a synergistic, recognizable brand across the Social Web. Museum of Modern Art.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K., Instagram :: instagr.am.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’m honored to be part of the Schusterman Philanthropic Network and Jim Joseph Foundation for #NetTalks , a free, five-part webinar series for Jewish professionals who want to tap into the power and potential of alumni networks. The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

And Haiku has developed virtual twins of real-world digital networks to help train students and experts on cybersecurity operations and respond to diverse attacks through a game-like environment. In 2024, the company released support for new digital protocols, operating systems, and 5G network emulation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. Only add your location if you are a location-based nonprofit, such as a museum, zoo, performing arts venue, etc.:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K., Instagram :: instagr.am.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. If you are a location-based nonprofit, such as a museum or zoo, then also add your address. People had joined the social network primarily for the visual experience – not to read. Verified Badges. Write Good Captions.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Is your museum running on interns? It is a strong, museum-focused complement to an excellent three-parter on Createquity about the ethics and future of unpaid arts internships. I got my first real job in a museum (at the Guggenheim) after a life-changing internship. It''s probably a path you had to navigate too.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

What do Millennials want from a museum experience? Museum development officers and marketing professionals are all wondering if members of the Millennial generation (born after 1979) will support museums like our parents did. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) seems to think we won’t. The New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Note from Beth: It is strange sometimes how social networks can have your past, present, and future collide. Recently, James wrote about some interesting ways museums are using Twitter for offline/online engagement. The San Francisco Bay Area has seen some extraordinary museum openings over the past several years.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

Do you have a hyperlocal online network/space? Museums, tour groups, and history societies could all make use of Historypin for sharing tours and routes, complete with images and stories. Encourage volunteers, program officers, donors, or other community members to become social reporters and document events in their neighborhood.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2011

This is especially true if your nonprofit is location-based, such as museums, hospitals, animal shelters, food banks, etc. Social networking icons that link to your mobile profiles and pages. Many people will use their smartphones when in proximity of your nonprofit to find your location.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

In order to sustain this type of impact tech savvy art museums, zoos, historical sites, botanical gardens and many other types of arts and cultural nonprofits understand that technology is key to sustaining their growth. As part of understanding the need for technology , the more than 17 thousand museums in the U.S. YouTube - [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2008

Lynda Kelley I'm here in Sydney, Australia and just finished an informal workshop and discussion with Powerhouse Museum staff and other museums. Will post reflections shortly) I met Dr. Lynda Kelly, a blogger and the Head of Audience Research for the Australia Museum. The site is called Museum 3.0.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In 2024, Forum One partnered with the Smithsonian to launch Kaleidoscope , a cross-museum experience focused on resilience, designed to engage Millennials and Gen Z. By leveraging modern techniques like lazy loading and responsive image handling, Gesso ensures a smooth experience even on slower networks. starter kit.

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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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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Gretchen Jennings convened a group of bloggers and colleagues online to develop a statement about museums'' responsibilities and opportunities in response to the events in Ferguson, Cleveland and Staten Island. Museums are a part of this educational and cultural network. Where do museums fit in? Here is our statement.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

At our museum, Pinterest is a primary tool for brainstorming and sharing ideas. But what''s awkward for me is actually probably very good for museums. Museums, and museum staff members, tend to be highly visually-oriented. This is great for museums looking for authentic ways to engage with people online.

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