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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

Museum 2.0

Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009. It started with a request from a group of New York Wikimedians to the Brooklyn Museum. Wikipedia Loves Art, Take Two In June of 2009, Dutch Wikimedians tried again. Image verification was a Herculean effort.

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Nancy Schwartz, Guest Post: Don't Even THINK about Social Media until Your Web Site and E-news Are Working Well

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We have a family membership at an upstate New York sculpture center featuring outside exhibitions. Even though we can assume every org has a range of target audiences, members have to be a priority for every arts and culture organization. Courtesy of Nancy Schwartz, publisher of Getting Attention.

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Love to Learn Tech Tips in Person? NetSquared Is for You!

Tech Soup

New York, New York. Hamra, Lebanon: ARTECHA: Art and Technology Hackathon. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Orlando, Florida: Ways to Digitally Say Thank You. San Francisco, California. Civic Tech: A Presentation and Hack Night Collaboration Evening. Thursday, November 12, 2015.

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A Tour of Free Geek in Portland

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Creative Commons Licensed Music from CCmixter. The space reminded of the many artist-run spaces and community centers I've visited when I worked with the New York Foundation of the Arts. Skeleton Dance by jpmercury. There was warmth, kindness, and acceptance.

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Blogging for Writers

Have Fun - Do Good

Birdie's blogs and stories have been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Positive Thinking Magazine , and the Wall Street Journal as well as many other news outlets. Corante , and other topics for The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Worthwhile , and The New York Times.

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Generic license ). ANN CURRY | Today Show News Anchor | @AnnCurry. Crowdsourcing killed punk rock…Crowdsourcing kills art…It’s bullshit. Doing good isn’t our job, it’s everyone’s. And as long as changing the world is relegated to a sector, it will never happen. On empathy & telling stories that matter. starts around 7:01).

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Visit to Qatar

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

that makes Bookshare possible) and open licensing terms, so that people who the market will fail to address get the benefits of our incredibly rich and expanding knowledge base. James Moody, also from Australia, presented a concept for a Global Social Responsibility license focused on humanitarian applications of patents and technology.

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