Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

When I think of story telling, I think of books. The Little Golden books from my childhood, non-fiction books that revolutionized my perspective of the world and novels that I rarely take the luxury of reading. I am a documentary filmmaker and video journalist, and I think of my work as a form of story telling and documenting.

Wisconsin 99

Wisconsin Platform Fund Ghana 99

Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements. Special Plan for Nonprofits: No.

Platform 79

Platform Organization Childhood Badge 79

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements. Special Plan for Nonprofits: No.

Platform 65

Platform Organization Childhood Badge 65

Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

That's how I felt when artist Ze Frank got in touch to talk about a potential museum exhibition to explore a physical site/substantiation for his current online video project, A Show (s ee minute 2:20, above). He is an authoritative artist of the social web with a slew of accolades and a suite of diverse projects under his belt.

Museum 45

Museum Participatory Artist History 45

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

The common museum knowledge on this issue is that adults are timid, that we have lost some of the wonder, impulsiveness, and active creativity of childhood days. They're playing video games. Share your story with other visitors. But I don't think that theory holds up. They're going to trivia night.

Interaction 47

Interaction Design Museum Participatory 47

NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Now we have smartphones, whose data, when strung together forms the story of our lives. I can’t remember when I first heard, our identity is the story we repeat to ourselves. Our Stories. Today we have a wild abundance to the ways we collect our stories. What emerges is a story – your story.

Storytelling 87

Storytelling Story Mobile North Korea 87

Museum 2.0

JULY 18, 2017

This month, we opened a new exhibition at the MAH, Lost Childhoods: Voices of Santa Cruz County Foster Youth and Foster Youth Museum (brief video clip from opening night here ). it uses art, history, artifacts, and storytelling to illuminate a big human story and an urgent social issue. What's your take on this approach?

Action 44

Action Childhood Artist Info 44