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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

Museum 2.0

At one point in the first half of the article, Kate writes: Across the country, you can see a burst of creative approaches within these cultural institutions, all designed to draw in new audiences: yoga classes, pop-ups, custom beer, cat film festivals, nighttime parties with signature cocktails and DJs, dog-friendly days, scavenger hunts and more.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). You can download and read the full version of my thesis here.

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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

From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork. These courses are designed for adult learners, using a " scholar-practitioner " model.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

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If we don't focus on designing for bridging, it won't happen. As we developed new 3rd Friday community festivals , we were careful to design them as intergenerational experiences. Decades of research have shown that one of the primary reasons people go to museums is to bond with friends and family. Bridging is another story.

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe. Center People Directly Impacted by Poverty.