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Mimicry for Professional Capacity
by David Grabitske
on October 13, 2010
· 2 Comments
· in Local History Standards, PastPerfect, Social Media
In their book, “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives,” Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler examine a number of behaviors exhibited by networks. Local historical organizations in Minnesota, and really across the country, are an example of a network. Those who volunteer and work in the field tend [...]
Updated Website for Otter Tail County Historical Society
by David Grabitske
on August 4, 2010
· 1 Comment
· in Fundraising, Information Technology, Marketing, Museum Store
We registered our domain name otchs.org in 2003. We had a previous website developed by a volunteer but wanted to have more control over the site and an ability to update it ourselves. I used Adobe® GoLive® to create our 2003 site. Adobe® Dreamweaver® replaced GoLive® in 2008. Since that time I have nursed our [...]
New Website for Edina Historical Society
by David Grabitske
on April 15, 2010
· 5 Comments
· in Fundraising, Information Technology, Marketing, Museum Store
About a year ago, I sat at a Minnesota Historical Society workshop in Northfield to learn about web design standards from Shana Crosson, trying to create a website for our little city historical society with little time, almost no money and no web design skills. It took almost a year, but we finally launched [...]
Heritage Tourists visit Facebook
by David Grabitske
on December 7, 2009
· 3 Comments
· in Information Technology, Marketing, Visitation
In “A New Study Reveals Popularity of U.S. Cultural and Heritage Travel” on Gozaic a summary of new findings is provided. What caught my attention was that 42% of heritage travelers use Facebook. It would be interesting to know if there is any kind of a trend, or which of the many social media outlets [...]
Many Minnesota historical organizations participated in an online/social media-fueled fundraising event dubbed “Give to the Max” through GiveMN.org on Tuesday November 17, 2009, which raised approximately $14 million for charities across the state. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports on Washington County Historical Society, which then prompts the question of how well did others do? Any [...]
Going for Social Media
by David Grabitske
on November 16, 2009
· 4 Comments
· in Information Technology, Marketing, Publications
Alison Circle, a librarian who writes the “Bubble Room” blog for Library Journal, recently had a posting on “Top Ten Things for Marketers to Try.” Number 5 is Learn a New Technology: “Last Friday I had a conversation with a friend about social media. I loved what she had to say: the people who are [...]
Dear Colleagues: http://bit.ly/MuseumSurvey I’m interested in learning how other museums and cultural institutions are engaging their communities through social media technologies. Are you? Help me gather benchmark data by completing this survey about what types of social media are being used by museums, how much time is spent on it and who in the organization [...]
Dollars from Social Media
by David Grabitske
on August 26, 2009
· No Comments
· in Fundraising, Information Technology, Marketing
The August 17 issue of The Daily Tell documents the efforts of a mid-size nonprofit with four employees in the Washington DC area in fundraising through a method dubbed “crowdsourcing.” The nonprofit, Critical Exposure, used Social Media applications to raise $15,669 from 614 people. Through Social Media, Critical Exposure targeted a large, undefined group rather than [...]
On February 17, 2009, Randal Rust, a consultant with R Squared Communications, stated on the Small Museums listserv: ”Right now, I am putting money into research and development that will hopefully result in low-cost options for small museums and historical societies to better make use of the web.” How much are small museums willing to spend [...]
I spend a fair amount of time, mostly personal, online and while there, I am continually looking for museum people hanging out within various social media networks. I’m not having much luck with this. There appears to be a dearth of museum professionals using social media (and other Web 2.0 tools). I’m more than willing [...]
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