Futurism

APRIL 13, 2025

As detailed in a new paper that 's yet to be peer-reviewed and will be presented at the CHI 2025 conference this month in Japan, the device works with intuitive hand gestures that most people are familiar with from using touchscreens, such as a pinching motion to zoom in and out, or tapping and swiping.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Bickel As gerontologists social scientists who study aging populations we envision a future in which older people leave a doctors visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something. In addition, their blood pressure is lower , and they appear to be aging more slowly than other people of the same age. AP Photo/Joshua A.

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Volunteer Hub

JULY 26, 2021

Holocaust Museum Houston needed a volunteer management solution to help them recruit, engage, and manage volunteers, following expansion. Opened in 1996, Holocaust Museum Houston has become a valuable resource for community residents and people around the world. Expansion led to an increased need for volunteers and software.

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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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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2023

Museums are magical places, where history, culture, art, and science seem to come to life. Our work with museums and cultural intuitions goes way beyond websites with easy-to-find visitor information (though that’s important too!) Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. They have been produced by people putting energy into telling their stories. These are places to which people and society entrust their most treasured items.

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Forum One

MARCH 30, 2021

We are very excited to connect with the amazing people who work hard to amplify the online museum experience at this year’s virtual MuseWeb 2021 conference in April. Conversational Marketing: Can Chatbots Increase Engagement with Your Museum? Speaker : Christine Perlick , Senior Account Manager, Forum One.

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Singularity Hub

MARCH 18, 2025

Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? These waves travel through the air like normal sound waves but are inaudible to people. This means you can deliver audio to a specific location or person without disturbing other people as the sound travels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2021

It’s ideal for museums, zoos, and any place that accepts point-of-sale donations. Virtual Quiz Events allows nonprofits to host online quiz event fundraisers for large groups of people. TipTap are small contactless devices that accept donations with one swipe. Virtual Quiz Events :: virtualquizevents.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 5, 2012

Brooklyn Museum :: web.stagram.com/n/brooklynmuseum. National Association for the Advanced of Colored People (NAACP) :: web.stagram.com/n/naacp. Greenpeace Australia :: web.stagram.com/n/greenpeaceaustp. Heal the Bay :: web.stagram.com/n/healthebay. Keep A Breast Foundation :: web.stagram.com/n/keepabreast.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In its infancy, texting was how people communicated with close friends and family members, not businesses and organizations. Often used at fundraising events, both in-person and virtual, people text in a keyword like “DONATE” to a unique short code and make a credit card donation through their phone. But times are changing.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

What if museums were curated and funded by the internet, and allowed pieces to stay close to their cultural roots, displayed in a context that made sense? Native art in native museums, religious artifacts shown in temples, mosques and churches, and so on? This idea evolved into having an on-chain Museum,” says McLeod.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 11: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD21. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay. 9: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD20. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 9: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay. 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 11: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD21. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay. 9: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 9: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD23. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day — #WOCD23. 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay. About the Author.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

At it’s retrospective museum exhibit to celebrate its 125th anniversary, it displayed the well-worn suitcases of celebrities like Patti Smith to Roger Federer to Spike Lee. “Some people like to buy these vintage pieces because they come across as connoisseurs, who have known the brand for a long time,” De Vitis says.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

18: International Museum Day — #IntMuseumDay or #MuseumDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPWD. 1: International Workers’ Day — #IntWorkersDay , #MayDay or #LaborDay.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This month, we're thinking about the way we do work in museums. As someone texted me recently, Art History grad school didn't teach us anything about working with others in museums. Sharing articles that work is a great reason to stay on Museum Twitter by the way. This week has turned out to be the hardest post I've written yet.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. Research libraries have been facing daunting challenges in the digital world, but not everything is digital in research and the library really wants to connect people with the curators and staff that can help them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

18: International Museum Day || #IntMuseumDay. August: 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples || #IndigenousPeoplesDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities. May: 1: International Workers’ Day || #IntWorkersDay , #MayDay or #LaborDay. 11: World Fair Trade Day * || #WorldFairTradeDa y.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD15. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay and #LabourDay. 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Field Museum :: fieldmuseum.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) :: peta.org. Amnesty International :: amnestyusa.org. CARE :: care.org. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) :: glaad.org. London Symphony Orchestra :: lso.co.uk. Media Matters :: mediamatters.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising. Many people love to eat, but many of us aren’t as close to being culinary experts as we would like to be. Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

People either start ignoring your updates because you’re always in their news feed, or they “hide&# you altogether. People are much more likely to follow you if they think you will follow them in return, and the more people you follow, the more your nonprofit’s avatar gets spread throughout the Twitterverse.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People :: @ NAACP. National Museum of American History :: @ AMHistoryMuseum. Maplight :: @ MapLight. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless. National Council of La Raza :: @ NCLR.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A directory of quotes by famous people, this websites list thousands of inspirational quotes useful for Tweeting and Facebook Status Updates. Part-website, part-smartphone app, this tool enables free group texting between small groups of people. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 3, 2014

One of the joys of my role is meeting other social sector leaders: people with a powerful passion for good. Last year, I was able to meet Jamila in person in Marrakesh, while I was there for the negotiations on the Treaty for People who are Blind or Print Disabled. We learn from each other, and try to help each other when we can.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2019

Or maybe hello museum world! Previously, I had worked at the same museum for 17 years.) So, when you visit more than 300 museums, parks, and historic sites, what do you learn? This week, I wanted to start with us, museum and cultural workers. We are a field of people who truly care about our work. Hello World!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

In the most basic terms, I see Historypin as the interface between people (you can be in the exact spot you’re looking at on the map, or around the world), places (the geography, the buildings), and things (the events, small and large, that change those people and places over time).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Once upon a time, there was a beloved children’s museum in the middle of a thriving city. The brilliant team at the museum set out to find a bigger space and ran a successful capital campaign to expand to a much larger location. Like the set of the movie Night at the Museum , these guests had the whole museum to themselves.

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TechImpact

MARCH 31, 2014

The National History Museum of Los Angeles does a great job of highlighting their staff in their Instagram posts. Encourage interaction on your feed by running contests, asking questions, ask for a #regram, and encourage people to share your message. Here are a few tips to help your nonprofit get up to speed with Instagram!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD19. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2022

On the other hand, most nonprofits are eager to expand their donor base and reach new people. If your goal is to activate your current donor base , choose a prize that appeals specifically to that group of people. Think about the type of people who are attracted to your nonprofit. Are they outdoorsy types? Do they love animals?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

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. That said, Instagram did recently expand to Live Rooms which allow up to four people to go live simultaneously. Verified Badges. Write Good Captions.

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