Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. But when we started hosting formal community visioning workshops in 2013 with the Project for Public Spaces, we heard other opinions of downtown.

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Community Build Arts History 34

Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2013

I''m heading to the American Alliance of Museums'' annual conference this weekend, and I''m psyched to reconnect with friends and mentors and meet new people who can inspire and stimulate fresh ideas. Developing transparent formats for exhibition proposals from outside. Small-scale evaluation for non-professionals. Let me know.

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Baltimore Museum New York Mentoring 33

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. Specific comments on the proposed Clearinghouse. Specific comments on the proposed Chairman’s Awards. I'm much rather post something in a blog than go through a formal sending of a snail mail letter! The FCC should embrace a more Web 2.0

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Accessibility Award Proposal Phase 100

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

It started as a handout for a session that Stacey and I are doing at the California Association of Museums, and then I realized it was so darn useful that it was worth sharing with all of you. The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations.

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Collaboration Community Tools Museum 55

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

This guest post was written by Ruben Huele and describes the scenario-based strategic process used at the Dutch Natural History Museum, Naturalis , to innovate the redevelopment of their permanent collection. The new building of Naturalis, the Dutch National Natural History Museum, opened in 1998.

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Museum Process Wiki Netherlands 20

Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2016

Kathryn will help you ensure that your funding proposals have a greater chance of rising to the top!

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Arts Culture Organization Tucson 20

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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Museum Conversation Columbus Local 20

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Let’s say you wanted to find a model museum using Web 2.0 A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. It’s the Brooklyn Museum. to support programs and exhibits.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." hour at the Museum. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Last week, Jim Richardson and I hosted MuseumNext , a 24-hour workshop for museum professionals focused on bringing new, wild museum projects into the world. We also ended the entire event with one of my favorite exercises, the Exquisite Corpse game, in which participants co-created comics of their craziest museum dreams.

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Facilitation Reflection Museum Participatory 32

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? But for museum and art wonks, it could be. Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

public information??? 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. For me, the web and 2.0 For others, the concept of ???public

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Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Greater Giving

APRIL 22, 2021

Because this group oftentimes brings in the largest amount of funding, creating good fundraising strategies around these activities is an effective way to open up the pipeline to more contributions. percent of the total revenue for public charities in the form of tuition, membership fees, paid services and sales, etc. Federated Funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. So how do we propose to pay for it? NpTech Community. The media here IS the service.

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Netsquared Nptech Summary Project 50

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 Diane is both visionary and no-nonsense about deconstructing the barriers that many low-income and non-white teenagers and families face when entering a museum. Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. blog posts from the past.

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St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Public Insight Network in Minnesota is a network of 75,000 people who help make Minnesota Public Radio News by sharing their observations, insights, and experiences with reporters and editors who may share these insights through a story or on the web site. Hybrids include a mix of openness and curated decision-making by experts.

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Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Collaboration in the community-driven model doesn’t just mean you invite the public to meetings about what you’re doing, it means they are invited in, invested in, and share responsibility for the work you’re doing together. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Library Model Adopt Community 241

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Diane is both visionary and no-nonsense about deconstructing the barriers that many low-income and non-white teenagers and families face when entering a museum. Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. Most of the walls are clear, so the space feels open, welcoming, and safely overseen.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

You may want to open a window with the ScratchR homepage so you can refer to it throughout this post. All inter-user communication happens in public comment boards connected to projects and galleries. There are four sections to this post: An overview of ScratchR user types and related statistics. Why people participate.

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Education Generation Remix Community 20

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

But when you see it flying, unfettered in the open sky, you’ll undoubtedly think it is one of the most beautiful sights you’ll ever witness. After a contentious and much-publicized debate, the decision was made to capture all remaining wild condors and bring them to the San Diego and Los Angeles Zoos for captive breeding.

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California San Diego Impact Story 95

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

Next Tuesday, we'll experiment with an "open thread" post, in which you are encouraged to share your own experiences (positive and negative) with innovation in organizations. The longer I consult with museums and cultural institutions, the more time I spend peering into people's eyes, wondering: do folks here feel able to innovate?

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Discussion Minnesota Phoenix Structure 39

Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

In the HEROES Act, changes are proposed for PPP that further expands its scope, especially for nonprofit organizations. Here are a few of the amendments proposed by the HEROES Act –. The cap of 500 employees is lifted, opening the program up to nonprofit organizations of all sizes. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2009

In the last few years, the Smithsonian American Art Museum. has been looking at our museum’s online information in the same way. A few weeks ago, American Art’s director, Elizabeth Broun, continued the discussion by holding an unprecedented all-day staff retreat to discuss the use of social media within the museum. • • •.

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Museum Arts Artist Conservancy 82

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School. In contrast, The Public School has a democratic framework--anyone can use their website to propose a class she'd like to take or teach. But it's far more typical to focus on just one.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries?

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Museum Projects COSI has done a lovely job aggregating all of their social media efforts into one "Share" tab on their website. The Brooklyn Museum is offering a new "socially networked" membership called 1stfans starting Jan 3. Let me know if you end up using it for a museum event or exhibit! Keep 'em coming, and enjoy!

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Project Job Tools San Francisco 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

Traditional exhibition design, in which the museum has a specific story or message to tell, doesn't easily accommodate visitor co-creation. This realization--that a single museum voice was not the best way to tell a particular story--formed the basis for MN150 , the exhibition explored in this post.

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Interview Minnesota Museum History 21