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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. Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool. They are all on MySpace.

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Sustaining Innovation Part 3: Interview With Sarah Schultz of the Walker Art Center

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Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. The Walker is also a place where everyone is committed to supporting artists and new work, so every time we bring in an artist, staff are enthusiastic about the idea of coming together to create something. It's inherent in what we do.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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This list is by no means exhaustive: please add your favorites (especially non-American ones) in the comments. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. As Streb explains, "SLAM is an open-access venue that models a new kind of artist-driven community institution.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

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One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. My answer: neither. Subjects to Change was born.

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Guest Post by Nina Simon -- Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allowing visitors to select their favorite exhibits in a gallery or comment on the content of the labels isn’t seen as valuable a participatory learning experience as producing their own content. It takes a special kind of cook, artist, or scientist to want to support the contributions of novices. This is a problem for two reasons.

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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

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Over the past three years, we''ve tripled our attendance, doubled our budget, and, most importantly, established deep and diverse relationships with community members, artists, and organizations across Santa Cruz County. I''m open to any questions you want to share in the comments. In the meantime, here are some.

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How Do You Define "Community?"

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Or Santa Cruz County teens who want to make social change. If you are reading this via email and would like to share a comment or question, you can join the conversation here. But you might also feel part of a geographic community related to the place you grew up, or a place you used to live, or a place you often visit.