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4 Reasons to Embrace Gen-Mix Volunteerism

VQ Strategies

This manifestation of the “generation gap” presents a new challenge for the voluntary sector post-pandemic. Simply put, co-generational teamwork will not only strengthen the outcomes of the program in the communities it serves but also foster greater intergenerational respect among volunteers. Program Stability.

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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

Museum 2.0

This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums. We confirmed what other label studies have previously found: that adults were more likely to read labels than kids.

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My First Intergenerational Social Media: Learning from Gen Z's and Value of Different Points of View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How can we use all this technology View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Then have the group work on coming up with those. (2) 2) Walking the Line - Ready/Not Ready : I used the spectragram ribbon and asked people to line up according to whether they felt ready or their organization's were ready to implement social media or not.

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

Museum 2.0

Audiences of all backgrounds found ways to connect with museums as it presented exhibitions with the help of foster youth, migrant farmers, roller-derby girls, mushroom hunters, surfers and incarcerated artists, among others. The impact was dramatic. Within three years, attendance tripled.

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America's Giving Challenge Official Results: We Came In First! Thank You Everyone!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My 86 Year Old Dad's Birthday Present. Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation Eugene Chan's New Year's Resolution. Adam Nicolson and Mark Grimes Send An Early Birthday Present! Ed Schipul's Conference Presentation Features the Campaign. Darlene Found Us Through Fllickr The Bora Connection. Social Fundraising.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. E-Metrics Panel Presentation. ROI and Nonprofit Technology Presentation. Beth's 51st Birthday Challenge. Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Harry's Fundraising Video. How Do Social Networks Incorporate the Ladder of Engagement. Spell my Twitter Name Correctly.

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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. I frequently give presentations using online conferencing??? I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project.

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