Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

Source: Powerhouse Museum. Powerhouse Museum Electronic Fabric Swatch Book is a really cool project and an example of using a folksonomy as a way to address the reality that Museums often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online. think flickr and del.icio.us ???

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Its tours included 360-degree panoramas capturing museums, festivals, and far-flung wonders of the world. The company discontinued its Daydream VR platform and made Cardboard an open-source community project last year. But Google has since retreated from VR.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2006

The Art Museum Social Tagging Project is a group of art museums is looking at integrating folksonomies into the museum Web by developing a working prototype for tagging and term collection, and outlining directions for future development and research that could benefit the entire museum community. A tag is a user???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

open source: Gizmodo has this post explaining how to export your bookmarks and a pointer to an old Lifehacker post with some alternatives. I queried my friends on Twitter and my library, museum, archivist, and educator colleagues suggested Diigo. So, I’m half hoping his tweet isn’t tongue in check.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In addition to the case studies NTEN has compiled , here are some more examples the Communities of Impact and I have spotted: Children’s museum data informs health policy. Social media trailblazers open up. Building a movement through innovative open source tools. million in one day. Now it’s your turn.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

My interest in gaming in museums was ignited by working on Operation Spy, an immersive, narrative, live-action game experience at the International Spy Museum, and fueled by the CSI:NY virtual experience. The Open Source Museum project at The Tech is a grant-funded grand experiment.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Universal CMS You’re likely aware of traditional open source CMS platforms like WordPress and Drupal or traditional enterprise and SaaS-based content management systems such as AEM and Sitecore. Universal CMS represents the next evolution, combining the benefits of both open source and headless platforms.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Green Building Councilis an open-source tool that gives designers, manufacturers, and clients a data-backed road map on specification, prioritizing sustainability and health. GPSdeveloped with input from third-party organizations like the Carbon Leadership Forum, Mindful Materials, and the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

The Frist Art Museum. The Frist Art Museum is a destination for art, culture, and community in the heart of Nashville, TN. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History DIY Exhibits. Excellence – Website for Cultural Institutions. Excellence – Website for Cultural Institutions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Like a museum, but on the blockchain : Despite his usual misgivings for crypto tech, we spot Haje covering a rare blockchain story, about Arkive, and its building of the world’s first decentralized museum. OnlySims : A first for OnlyFans, the platform invests in U.K. creator Chloe Sims and her sisters , reports Lauren.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Blog that covers how museums are using social media. Laura Lee Dooley. Michelle Murrain. Connie Reece advises nonprofits on social media strategies and is the visionary behind the Frozen Pea Fund.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As a Program Associate for the Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP), I train and support human rights advocates who use Benetech’s free and open source Martus program to securely document human rights violations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Invest in Open Source. Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. It's also trusted by institutions like Greenpeace, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Red Cross, and the White House. How Can Nonprofits Make the Shift?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I was planning to write a post today about the use of story in museums. A lot of museums--and web, radio, etc--are pursuing projects in which visitors share their personal stories around a topic, whether that be broad and profound ( storycorps.net ) or light and specific ( map mashup of Overheard in NY ). It was interesting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

There is also a $50,000 bounty program for OpenID integration in major open source distribution. XRI and I-names are part of the OpenID ecology that is gaining traction on lots of grassroots sites along with big sites Technorati and Wikipedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2007

October 22-23 Computer History Museum. Our goal is to create an open space forum for women in tech to come together to. Our goal is to create an open space forum for women in tech to come together to. Sheesgeeky will include women working in: Open Source. A Women's Tech (un)Conference. Hardware companies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

Or build an open-source PCR machine for copying DNA. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. Brooklyn Museum implemented a crowdsourced photography exhibit experiment called “ Click! Using a hybrid approach, there was an open call for photographs that attracted 389 entries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

context: How are museums encouraging stickiness and user investment in their proposed and in some cases, already developed, post 2.0 situation unless museums can get the ???stickiness??? ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

CiviCRM – Best open-source nonprofit event management software Overview: CiviCRM offers an open-source CRM for nonprofits. Add goals and report on progress with automatic updates. Price: Asana offers a free plan, and paid plans start at $10.99 per user per month.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

This week, for example, NTEN members like Johanna Bates , Peter Campbell , Dean Matsueda , David Geilhufe , and many more debated the topic of privacy issues on social networks (a la Facebook recently) and whether that would drive more nonprofits to customized open source options for their communities. > DC 501 Tech Club.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

posted by Karla Lant Lead Writer, Museum of Science and Sustainability. Join the open source culture. The open source culture allows many organizations to use the innovations and labor of others and in turn contribute your own organizational strengths and capabilities. The great news is that you don't need to.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2008

Ideum, the company that brought you ExhibitFiles (with ASTC), is conducting a survey on museums' needs in support of an NSF grant proposal (Open Exhibits) to build open source templates for simple interactive exhibits (timelines, digital collections, news kiosks). What does that mean in simple terms? Check them out here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

But the aspect that most excited me were the discussions about active participation in museums. From closed content to open-source forums. But the concepts behind them are powerful and useful in the discussion about the future of museums. No museum is as flexible or participatory as the Web has become.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

A partnership project between The Tech Museum , local technology companies like Intel , Applied Materials , and Nokia , and Santa Clara University's Center for Science Technology and Society , the Tech Awards itself is a testament to collaborative innovation and achievement.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

The thing that excites me about this is not the opportunity to use all the weird-colored cardstock hanging around the supply cabinets of most museums. question and allowed open response, it would not be as good. Maybe they'll open source the platform at some point so that anyone could use the system to play out their own what ifs.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2008

The exhibition I'm curating for The Tech Museum of Innovation is opening and we are hosting a summit on June 4 (in real life and in Second Life ) for museum professionals to discuss the process by which it was created. Museum folks often sit in rooms and talk about how we can serve our communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! While Forum One points out that Michael Edson of the Smithsonian American Art Museum will give a talk called " By The Time You Need A Blog, It's Too Late " at next week's seminar on blogging. Freecharity.org.uk Can cell phones ensure a free vote?

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

We decided in 2016 to pivot toward open source content management systems as the foundation of our technology platforms. We also work with animal shelters and animal-related causes, as well as with the arts, whether it’s museums, education, or other types of art institutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Again, shows me the power of open content and open source thinking. Tagging in Art Museums. (It was even favorited by this guy I don't know named Joshua ) I've also had many requests from folks to use in their tagging presentations. Here's the script from the screencast written back in October. Introduction.

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