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SXSW 2013 – Social by Global: Failure Is Not An F-Word!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week I was in Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive Festival where I presented or facilitated at several social good sessions or events. What did we learn from the experience? The failure bow is what trapeze artists, acrobats, and other athletics do after a fall so they let got the fear of making a mistake. Was it anticipated?

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. I invited her to share her experience in crowd funding. In 2008, I raised money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana.

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Lead or Follow: Arts Administrators Hash it Out

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Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Making Museum Tours Participatory: A Model from the Wing Luke Asian Museum

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I've long admired this museum for its all-encompassing commitment to community co-creation , and the visit was a kind of pilgrimage to their new site (opened in 2008). It incorporates work by local artists, old and new construction, and is completely gorgeous. The guide, Vi Mar, was an incredible facilitator. I avoid them.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

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For me, it means spending a lot more time facilitating idea generation and communicating with others than being an independent creative agent. The result is a focus on designing spaces, workshops, and social experiences that facilitate creative sharing. Now, on to the lessons thus far. First, let's talk process.

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What is Jumo? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

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But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. She brings experience from working in and around the nonprofit sector. “We saw on the Obama campaign you’ve got to combine content and technology to facilitate action.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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They shared stories from their experience there, and talked about how they are trying to do development and social change work differently. One of the women that stands out is actually someone who participated in our 2008 training, which took place in Kenya. Literally, relationships were formed that will last a lifetime.