Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator. hour at the Museum.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

"I think about how many times I didn't like the color of my skin, because I didn't see myself in any art. I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out.

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Artist Digital Arts San Francisco 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started contributing to Global Voices where I did blogging roundups from Cambodia. In 2007, I raised money to help sponsor the first Cambodian Bloggers conference and raised a lot of the money via Twitter as Shel Israel noted in his book, Twitterville. All in all, it was a exciting evening.

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Cambodia Blogger Camera 95

NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

In the ancient times, pharaohs had scribes that shadowed them, recording what they said. There was once a time when people used to record their lives and thoughts in leather-bound diaries. At one time, I would have referred to this as being nomadic. And somewhere on the internet this information is quietly collecting.

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Storytelling Story Mobile North Korea 87

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

He was talking poetry, but over time I’ve found it to be one of the most useful, challenging ways to approach a range of situations. So now, after almost a year of Game Fridays, it’s time for a change. One of my mentors, Michael Brown, told me, “The only way to get better is to change.” This is happening very, very quickly.

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Open Source Museum Game Open 22

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

AD: You know, for a lot of the women that came to the training, this was the first time they'd met women who lived in neighboring communities. One of the women that stands out is actually someone who participated in our 2008 training, which took place in Kenya. The work can be slow at times, but it's something that's important to us.

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Director Ghana Africa North America 40

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (February 6, 2008) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 5. Favianna Rodriguez Activist printmaker and digital artist. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (December 22, 2008) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 6. Naomi Natale Founding Artist, One Million Bones.

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Change Podcast Sudan Interview 111

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

I thought, "What would happen if we began the process of aligning our heartfelt intentions, our energy, our time, and also our money to be able to benefit some particular causes?" But every time I would leave a workshop, I would leave with this haunting feeling of, "Now what?" For example, we put together the 2008 Seva Challenge.

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Interview Cambodia Children Uganda 46

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Want to earn some money in your spare time by ferrying food or riders around town? Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Want to share your extra room with a traveler and make a few bucks?

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Platform Technology United States New York 140