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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In my book, Your Network Is Your Net Worth , I share several stories that demonstrate the potential impact of mentoring. She shared, “The experience with the teens was amazing. It’s so great to see all these kids focused on education and with well-articulated goals for where they want to be someday. Guest Post Networks'

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. My story is more a case of "Getting Hired: It's What You Want, How Aggressive You Are, and What Ideas You Can Offer." At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES students defy expectations.

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One-Man Bands and Museum Labor as an Access Barrier

Museum 2.0

I tell the story of the one-man band because I think many museum professionals feel like him. 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. Of course, I was four when I saw the guy.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES students defy expectations.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

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. Do y’all know what that is? What is the mack daddy of summer jobs for young people?

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

Museum 2.0

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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