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A Guide to bbcon 2021 Virtual for Arts & Cultural Organizations

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bbcon 2021 Virtual , happening October 13–15, will bring together thousands of arts & cultural professionals from zoos, museums, aquaria, performing arts organizations, gardens, and beyond for three days of cutting-edge thought leadership, virtual peer networking and unforgettable experiences.

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The Marriage of Art and Technology - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

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The Marriage of Art and Technology - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "Suitable Technologies recently partnered with eight U.S. The storytelling, history, and objects translate beautifully to a Beam visit,” explained Ch" 'via Blog this' museums to create virtual experiences for visitors. Museums are the perfect space for Beam experiences.

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Balancing Engagement: Adventures in Participatory Exhibit Labels

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The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum recently loaned us some fabulous surfboards that tell the co-mingled history of surfing and redwood trees in Santa Cruz. We blatantly borrowed the brilliant technique the San Diego Museum of Natural History used to write labels based on visitors’ questions. how did they ride the plank?”

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Brief History of Hash Tags Chris Messina ( @chrismessina) is credited with starting hashtags and has written about how to make them most useful. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag. engaging in conversation, finding it more useful as a social media tool).

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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First woman selected to be President & CEO of Veterans Village of San Diego, and is a 2019 George W. San Francisco Ballet. Her career has been dedicated to connecting people and places through performing arts . Bush Presidential Center Stand-To Veterans Leadership Program Scholar . Nonprofit Leaders. Abby Maxman.

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Launching the First Wave of the OF/BY/FOR ALL Change Network

Museum 2.0

The First Wave includes 6 museums, 5 performing arts organizations, 3 public libraries, 3 parks, and 3 community centers. We selected a First Wave that reflects diversity of geography, size, and sector, so we can see who this works best for and why. Half are led by people of color or indigenous people.

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Carrie Karnos, recipient of the 2006 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award.

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Working for an organization with a long, illustrious history, I am always curious about how other organizations got their start. I found Bookshare's interesting history on its Web site's About Us section: "Benetech, a new kind of nonprofit enterprise, is sponsoring the Bookshare initiative.

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