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Becoming Generous Thieves: Notes from the Museums in Conversation Keynote

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On Monday, I gave the keynote at the Museums in Conversation conference in Tarrytown, NY. I learned to cultivate creative greed while working on Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum, where I was lucky to be working on a project that was so new to us that we didn't have any pre-established models or structures for doing it.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

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This week marks one month of live activity for the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop , a collaborative, online platform for exhibit development. I've been working for The Tech on this project since November of 2007, and it has been an intense and exciting three months. A month ago, I invited you to join this project.

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

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The nonprofit creates books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Orangutan Outreach is a New York-based organization whose mission is to save critically endangered orangutans and protect their rainforest home. Cary Creative Center — Third-Place Winner. The Finalists.

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10 Holiday Gifts That Give Back

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percent from last year, according to NRF's 2007 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey." The Jackson Street Book blog recently reported that the New York Times and NPR have added BookSense.com as an online book purchasing option, in addition to Amazon.com. on holiday gifts, which includes $106.67 This is up a moderate 3.7

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Trust Me, Know Me, Love Me: Trust in the Participatory Age

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Museums (and libraries) are trusted sources of information. In February 2001, AAM commissioned a study about the trustworthiness of museums and found that "Almost 9 out of 10 Americans (87%) find museums to be one of the most trustworthy or a trustworthy source of information among a wide range of choices.

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What is Jumo? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

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By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Where Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. and “On Sunday, are you most likely to be: at brunch, at church, at a museum, or watching the big game?&# Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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