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#ThankYouWednesday After A Successful #GivingTuesday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, because those of work in the social good sector know that giving is to become a habit or part of culture, it can’t be transactional. I gave the gift of girls education. The money will be channeled into the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative , a newly formed group that will initially focus on education and health.

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Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on Ferguson and Related Events

Museum 2.0

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relevance problem. The recent series of events, from Ferguson to Cleveland and New York, have created a watershed moment. Museums are a part of this educational and cultural network.

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Flickr As Mechanism To Reconnect With Professional Colleagues

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met her like ten years ago when I leading training workshops for arts educators, artists, and arts organizations throughout New York State on how to use the Internet. These projects were done nearly ten years ago, but they presage what the social web, participatory media. Meet Susan Silverman. I was teaching Web1.0

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / Less than $200. NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $385. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance. Leadership. Accounting / @nysscpa.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. These programs involved cultural, educational and training efforts that used interactive theater and storytelling. Congratulations on completing your PH.D!

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

Have Fun - Do Good

David is a journalist turned entrepreneur who has written for Wired , Seed , Columbia Journalism Review and The New York Times. Now, it's almost not even breaking news to say that newspapers are facing, to be quite frank, an economic death spiral. It is traditionally very guarded. But I also think that it has some limitations.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Fast Company / New York, NY / $1,999. INBOUND 2016.