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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. Young, old, poor, rich, conservative, liberal, urban, rural, black, white, brown, red, yellow, gay, straight, preps, goths, rappers, artists, hippies, yuppies… you name it.

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Guest Post: Weaving Community Collaborations into Permanent Installations at the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

This summer’s Museum-wide celebration of textiles, Spun , consists of fourteen exhibitions and “moments” (most temporary, some permanent). Community artists gave their honest feedback, and we crafted a display based on these discussions and their contributions. Some community artists even helped install the space.

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Steal these 42 Creative Pinterest Ideas for Nonprofits

Care2

Create categories that reflect what users are looking for. Hold a Santa-Con celebration to get in the Christmas spirit, get pictures of people's paint-smeared faces at Holi, take advantage of when neighborhood kids show up to trick-or-treat at your door. Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes.

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Memo from the Revolution: Six Things I've Learned from our Institutional Transformation

Museum 2.0

When we work with diverse collaborators, from opera singers and ukelele players to knitters and graffiti artists, we catalyze new partnerships and relationships that make our community stronger and more cohesive. Over time, we are getting more attractive couches that reflect a unified design aesthetic. We started with couches.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. Leave a comment and I'll summarize in the next NpTech Summary. It is authentic, it is caring, and it is beautiful.

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The Tate Tastes 2.0: The Turner Prize Exhibition

Museum 2.0

The Turner Prize was launched in 1984 by the Tate Britain to reward young British artists, and has had controversial effects on both public perception of contemporary art--and the artists themselves. British artists under 50 can be nominated by, well, anyone (even you). First, the competition's structure.

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The Great Good Place Book Discussion Part 2: Small Rural Museums as Third Places

Museum 2.0

You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 Reading The Great Good Place provides an opportunity as museum professionals to identify third places in our community, reflect upon our relationship to them, and consider the ways our museum could be a third place for members in the community.

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