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Populism, Commercialism, and Jeffrey Deitch: The Shifting Debate about LA MOCA

Museum 2.0

Here's what happened: In 2010, amidst severe financial woes and declining audiences, the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA (MOCA), hired Jeffrey Deitch, a NYC gallery owner, to be their new director. It's wild to see so many bloggers and museum directors and critics weigh in. Is it good value to pay a museum director $650,000 per year?

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Interviews with 69 Changemakers: 6th Anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast

Have Fun - Do Good

If you're an iTunes user, one of the ways you can help me celebrate this anniversary is by finding the Big Vision Podcast in the iTunes Store and giving it a star rating (hopefully a good one!), You can view all of the interviews, and subscribe to the show, on iTunes , or on the Big Vision Podcast's landing page.

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Can Public Art Increase Civic Participation?

Connection Cafe

In 2015, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act, yet voter participation rates in the U.S. Instead of being an exuberant celebration of civil rights, the experience of voting is often frustrating , bureaucratic and dreary. The artists came from more than 20 different Philadelphia neighborhoods.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch From Scarcity to Abundance Mindsets When It Comes To Self-Care?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve also heard stories from smaller nonprofits where a donor has donated gift certificates for massages for staff, especially during stressful work times. This concept also included having a communications campaign which included a #selfcare hashtag that people used to celebrate selfcare. Scarcity captures the mind.

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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. You want to have an artist collective sleepover at the museum? We believe in fearless experimentation.

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My Dad: Allen Stamm Humanitarian of the Year

Have Fun - Do Good

I spent the weekend in New Mexico celebrating two important days with my parents: Mother's Day and my dad's receiving the Allen Stamm Humanitarian of the Year award from the United Way of Santa Fe County.

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists. Film Screening Screen a thought-provoking documentary related to your mission, an independent film from an up-and-coming director, or a cinema classic that both parents and kids can enjoy. Celebrate the joys of gardening and sustainable living.

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