When your museum is seeking a vendor for a project, you may choose to create a formal Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP contains detailed requirements and asks the right questions to ensure that you have all the relevant information your museum needs to select a vendor. To create a high quality museum RFP, it’s …
Cultural organizations are facing unprecedented challenges as extended closures and restricted reopening have caused a precipitous decline in revenue. At the same time, a mostly homebound public seeks greater engagement with history, arts and the outdoors that museums, zoos and public gardens are uniquely able to provide. Nonprofits are meeting the increased demand for engagement …
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Museums are eager to bring back staff, open their doors, serve their communities, and generate much-needed revenue as soon as shelter-in-place and other restrictions are lifted. To protect visitors and staff, the decision to reopen must be backed with procedures and policies that comply with social distancing and other health-related guidelines. This article discusses ticketing …
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Doubleknot now supports digital mobile membership cards on Android devices. With our existing support for digital membership cards on iOS, you can now automatically issue digital membership cards that can be saved and displayed on any smartphone. Best of all, the Google Pay and Apple Wallet apps are included by default on all Android and …
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Many museums seeking to increase attendance by underserved communities begin with free and pay-what-you-want admission policies and programs. While these programs are easy to implement and easy to explain to funders and donors, multiple studies show that free- and reduced-cost admission programs alone do not successfully attract lower-income visitors. For example, research by IMPACTS indicates …
To foster productivity and meet ever-increasing customer expectations, it’s critical that museums stay up-to-date on technology that visitors, members, and donors interact with. One of the most important pieces of the puzzle? Museum ticketing software. Forward-thinking museums use top ticketing software to optimize every interaction—from buying admission tickets and entering the museum quickly to checking …
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We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of support for mobile membership cards in the Google Pay app on Android devices. With our existing support for Apple Wallet on iPhones, you can now automatically issue mobile membership cards that can be saved and displayed on any smartphone. Best of all, the Google Pay and …
Doubleknot’s education solutions help eliminate paperwork, improve communications and speed checkin for camps, group visits and classes. Watch our short explainer video to learn more! Elissa K. MillerElissa Miller, M.Ed. is Communications Director for Doubleknot and ClearView CRM. As the former development director for a regional nonprofit, she’s passionate about helping nonprofits and youth-serving organizations effectively …
We are pleased to announce a new report that will be released soon for organizations that use Doubleknot’s integrated membership management solution. The Member Attendance report will display the number of times each member visited during any time period you specify. As with other Doubleknot reports, you can save a custom query of the report …
Because memberships deliver crucial financial and mission support, recruiting, rewarding and retaining members should be a primary and collaborative goal across all visitor-serving departments at museums and similar cultural attractions. Forward-thinking museums are developing data-based strategies that empower staff to fine-tune membership price, benefits and positioning to build thriving membership programs. This white paper discusses: …
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