[MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014
Hello all, I will presenting: Big, Small, Create--Maybe It's Even More Fun if It's Crowd-funded (Thurs 330) at the MCN 2014 Conference next Thursday afternoon. I look forward to discussing many aspects of museum crowd-funding, and presenting many examples. I would really like to highlight (give a shout out to), briefly, examples from museums which will be present at the conference, or those who are present on this list and would like to be acknowledged for their. If interested, please just respond to this list or email me at lensteinb...@gmail.com and if you have some comment or something you learned that you would like to share, let me know that, too (full acknowledgment or anonymity, as preferred promised if I cite your contribution). Finally, let me know if you are planning to attend the session, so that I can reach out to engage you in the conversation. thanks Len ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
Re: [MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014
Len and all, A recent one that springs to mind is Portland's Newspace Center for Photography--not strictly a museum, but maybe close enough here as a nonprofit focused on art education and exhibition in a public gallery. They just ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to launch a curatorial position: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/376884822/newspace-curatorial-program I don't know of anyone there being connected to MCN, by the way; but crowdfunding to actually bootstrap a new position at an exhibiting organization may still make it of interest. Caught my eye, anyway! all best, Rob Rob Lancefield Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 On 11/10/14 2:38 PM, Leonard Steinbach wrote: Hello all, I will presenting: Big, Small, Create--Maybe It's Even More Fun if It's Crowd-funded (Thurs 330) at the MCN 2014 Conference next Thursday afternoon. I look forward to discussing many aspects of museum crowd-funding, and presenting many examples. I would really like to highlight (give a shout out to), briefly, examples from museums which will be present at the conference, or those who are present on this list and would like to be acknowledged for their. If interested, please just respond to this list or email me at lensteinb...@gmail.com and if you have some comment or something you learned that you would like to share, let me know that, too (full acknowledgment or anonymity, as preferred promised if I cite your contribution). Finally, let me know if you are planning to attend the session, so that I can reach out to engage you in the conversation. thanks Len ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
Re: [MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014
On 11/10/14 3:01 PM, "Rob Lancefield on lists" wrote: >Len and all, > >A recent one that springs to mind is Portland's Newspace Center for >Photography--not strictly a museum, but maybe close enough here as a >nonprofit focused on art education and exhibition in a public gallery. >They just ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to launch a curatorial >position: > >https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/376884822/newspace-curatorial-program > >I don't know of anyone there being connected to MCN, by the way; but >crowdfunding to actually bootstrap a new position at an exhibiting >organization may still make it of interest. Caught my eye, anyway! > >all best, >Rob > >Rob Lancefield >Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections >Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University >301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA >rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 > >On 11/10/14 2:38 PM, Leonard Steinbach wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I will presenting: >> >> Big, Small, Create--Maybe It's Even More Fun if It's Crowd-funded (Thurs >> 330) >> >> at the MCN 2014 Conference next Thursday afternoon. I look forward to >> discussing many aspects of museum crowd-funding, and presenting many >> examples. >> >> I would really like to highlight (give a shout out to), briefly, >>examples >> from museums which will be present at the conference, or those who are >> present on this list and would like to be acknowledged for their. >> >> If interested, please just respond to this list or email me at >> lensteinb...@gmail.com and if you have some comment or something you >> learned that you would like to share, let me know that, too (full >> acknowledgment or anonymity, as preferred promised if I cite your >> contribution). >> >> Finally, let me know if you are planning to attend the session, so that >>I >> can reach out to engage you in the conversation. >> >> thanks >> >> Len >___ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: >http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/ ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
Re: [MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014
Hello Len, I am looking forward to your presentation and to meeting you at my first MCN conference. There is a relatively recent successful Kickstarter that might interest you. I am not affiliated with this project but I did have an unofficial hand in seeing it make it "over the top." That is the Museum-Ed.org's "The Docent Educator On-line" campaign which can be found here: http://goo.gl/Xgaxa7. The Museum-Ed.org group who posted the campaign did virtually no marketing as far as I can tell, other than a mention or two within their membership. And their Kickstarter was heading for non-funding. My wife and project-partner, Timlynn Babitsky, noticed this and thought it would be a loss if this didn't get funded. We were thinking that we would like to do a Kickstarter someday to fund our own independent Citizen Science/History projects, so we saw this as an opportunity "to practice our craft." We wanted to see what it would take to get folks to pledge to The Docent Educator On-line campaign as its campaign funding clock ticked down. Over several days during the waning days of the campaign, we did an "unusually large number" of Docent Educator On-line funding promotion tweets. Perhaps folks on this list will remember the barrage we sent to the MCN's @MuseumCN Twitter account. We used photo-tweets with a countdown clock and rising dollar pledge amount to help grab folks attention. (Here's a sample: http://goo.gl/1NQ6fT) We felt very uncomfortable about being obnoxious with so many similar-themed tweets and, yes, we did lose some not-too-tightly-connected followers because of it. But the more we worried about bothering folks with our tweets, the more the numbers climbed until funding success was in sight. And, like us, others saw it too and picked up the pace and, WHAMO! The magic number was hit, the campaign was funded, and we could relax. So we now know what it feels like to be an NPR Pledge Week announcer, and we appreciate what Jerry Lewis does during his legendary Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethons. While we may not feel comfortable doing it, persistent reminder messages chip away at the natural tendency of potential backers to just let something slide with an eye toward doing it later. We never heard a word from the Museum-Ed.org folks. Hopefully we'll meet somebody at the #MCN2014 conference who can tell us how it is going. When The Docent Educator archive is on-line, FactMiners.org has pledged to do a Fact Cloud companion for it once our LAM-based social game platform is available. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple ---current focus--- www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) mailto:jim.salm...@factminers.org Direct/cell Jim USA: 319-431-0981 ===see also (mostly dated, pre-cancer treatment)=== www.Sohodojo.biz (Services) www.Sohodojo.com (R&D) -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Leonard Steinbach Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 1:38 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014 Hello all, I will presenting: Big, Small, Create--Maybe It's Even More Fun if It's Crowd-funded (Thurs 330) at the MCN 2014 Conference next Thursday afternoon. I look forward to discussing many aspects of museum crowd-funding, and presenting many examples. I would really like to highlight (give a shout out to), briefly, examples from museums which will be present at the conference, or those who are present on this list and would like to be acknowledged for their. If interested, please just respond to this list or email me at lensteinb...@gmail.com and if you have some comment or something you learned that you would like to share, let me know that, too (full acknowledgment or anonymity, as preferred promised if I cite your contribution). Finally, let me know if you are planning to attend the session, so that I can reach out to engage you in the conversation. thanks Len ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
