Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. FoodWhat empowers teens to change their lives through farming and food justice.

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Teen Arts Classroom Student 25

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

If your goal is to invite visitors to share their own experience in a way that celebrates and respects their unique contribution to the institution, you need to design more constraints, not fewer, on visitor self-expression. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.” Consider a mural.

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Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

We started designing ways to make Abbott Square a desirable “first landing place” in downtown—especially for families with children. Whenever possible, we held public presentations/celebrations of the project. And then we encouraged them to keep and share the coasters.

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Community Build Arts History 34

Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

If your goal is to invite visitors to share their own experience in a way that celebrates and respects their unique contribution to the institution, you need to design more constraints, not fewer, on visitor self-expression. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.” Consider a mural.

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Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 44

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. My focus is on how children learn science. Learning Science by Design.

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Game Culture Museum Change 140

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

TikTok Videos: Not Just for Dancing Teens. Oreo promised to make a donation to Save the Children when at least 1 million TikTok videos were uploaded with the hashtag. These videos have grown the nonprofit’s audience to over 156,000 followers and established many of the animals as TikTok celebrities. The majority of U.S.

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Guide United States Social Media Video 355

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

The group was mostly young (teens to thirties) and nerd-diverse: a little bit punk, a little bit hacker, a little bit craft grrl. Even though for many of the participants, Ze is a celebrity of epic proportions, he did everything he could to make the event about them and their engagement and not about him.

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Reflection Community Museum Participatory 43

Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. Those funds will help so many orphaned children have the surgeries and other care they need. Oh the hours!!

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Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. Those funds will help so many orphaned children have the surgeries and other care they need. Oh the hours!!

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Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is currently selling a t-shirt with the names of 3,400 children and teens who have fought or are still fighting childhood cancer. With $300 million in annual revenues, CustomInk is eager to extend its reach into the charity apparel space. Co-Disruptor: Pear.

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Platform Giving Fundraising Game 50

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

They launched an annual fundraiser and gift-collecting drive for the children's hospital in their community (in WA). It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. Free Books for Kids! Thanks to Musings of a Social Architect for this link.

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Hurricane Haiti Music Children 40

Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

While clearly a massive day for giving to local church parishes, in 1934 an enterprising group called the National Society For Crippled Children launched a campaign called Easterseals. Have a local celebrity or staff member record messages of love for people that donate to the cause. Ladies celebrating ladies. Premium e-Cards.

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Ideas Fundraising Strategy Gift 98

Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2010

Every display, from the ladies’ church hats to a prize-winning quilt to former Miss Teen Texas photos to artwork brought back from Africa, seemed to be filled with the stories and the lives of the people who had created, contributed, or were featured in them. Jesus” to help them deliver fourteen children.

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Museum Experiment Community Texas 23

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We know that creativity and freedom of expression go a long way in educating children to be tolerant and open minded. Our grassroots campaign involves all ages from teens to seniors. We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. My focus is on how children learn science.

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Game Culture Change Museum 52

Cloud 4 Good

MAY 23, 2022

HGF creates opportunities for Jewish people across 40 countries to celebrate their culture, traditions, and values through engaging and educational programs. You May Also Enjoy: Success Story: Empowering the Jewish Teen Movement with BBYO + Salesforce.

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Foundation Jordan Create Phase 59

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It was exhilarating to see them inspired to create their own meanings in response: lovers whispering together in alcoves, people of all ages writing and drawing on walls and post-its, children painting, everyone sitting rapt before screens. This installation is the only one that cost more than $30--about $2,000 for the parts.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

And I wrote two books which are also like my other two children. Now, and I can even speak from my own experience, the majority of the time I spend on social media is connecting with brands, and celebrities, and causes that I’ve never met. If you have a tween or a teen, I’m sure you’re familiar with TikTok.

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Social Media Trend Video Marketing 77