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Let's Stop Talking about What People Need

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I''ve spent a lot of time reading and engaging in visitor research, and I don''t feel like I have a grasp on what visitors need. It''s really important to be able to articulate what we need to achieve our institutional missions. I don''t hear this phrase accompanied by evidence-based articulation of "needs" of audiences.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® began to be replicated across the nation, the need to capture learning in a more sophisticated way grew right along with the growth of replication. To alleviate any concerns or tension, explicitly articulate to your team that their jobs are not at stake.

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Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil

Museum 2.0

Former museum start-up queen, Jen is taking a small organization whose goal is to promote girls’ involvement in math and science through research and programming to new, innovative, exciting places. Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. Coming in to research that says that—where do you go from there?

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One-Man Bands and Museum Labor as an Access Barrier

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I hope to hear you articulate your thoughts in comments or on social. If you have a teen program running, there are no second teen programs person out drumming up business. But as a field, we don’t always articulate our work norms to each other. There are plenty. Today, I’d like to call out a huge one.

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How I Got Here

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At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. In my first six months, I got to help research and install a temporary exhibition, manage youth and adult programs, start a podcasting program, and learn how to run department budgets.

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

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Few were able to articulate a response policy that wasn't based entirely on the volume of the ire raised. The science of capital punishment from DNA to execution Religion Teen suicide, teen cutting – I wanted to include these in my museum’s “Hall of Human Life” teen area. Do they have a valid claim or not?

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

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Lupus Research Alliance. Every nonprofit site should include the organization’s mission statement somewhere, and Mustard Seed’s Mission and Vision page does a great job of articulating their purpose using short paragraphs and to-the-point language. Top Nonprofit Website: Lupus Research Alliance. North Shore Animal League.