Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

We are so focused on getting things done, checking it off the to do list and the forward momentum that it requires, that we miss an important opportunity to hit the pause button, reflect, and improve process. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Knowledge Process Share Organization 100

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

We thought so, so we put together a short list of items we felt could trigger meaningful conversations just in time for end-of-year reflection and 2019 planning. . Have you taken the time to clearly articulate your desired impact , and the outcomes or indicators you’ll need to monitor to see your progress toward that goal?

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Organization Disaster Boston Blackbaud 26

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. Articulate what you can do for your organization, not what you can do generally. Thanks for reading, discussing, cheerleading, arguing, and being part of this exploration for four great years.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. The YES program helps teens not only learn science but learn how to articulate their interests and pursue new passions.

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St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don't come in with confidence about their own abilities. The YES program helps teens not only learn science but learn how to articulate their interests and pursue new passions.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. Let us discuss, my friends. And so their job is a reflection of that.

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Management Work Video Slides 90

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

You can view (and download ) the slides and audio here, which feature our provocations and the discussion that followed. Our desire to "protect kids"--which reflects twenty years of clamping down (at least in the U.S.) Few were able to articulate a response policy that wasn't based entirely on the volume of the ire raised.

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Museum Professional Teen Map 20