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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

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Beth Dunn wrote a great piece called " We're The Young Generation " reflecting on an article in the New York Times about the growing use of social networks by young people for social good. Some advice from the report: Find your Wired Fundraisers: Find the people that are passionate about your cause and reaching your target audience.

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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

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One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. She says that the museum made changes in hiring and board recruitment practices, and invited the community in to help reshape the facility into a place that reflected and represented its people and their interests. The impact was dramatic.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

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I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Guest Post by Katherine Hutt: A Small Nonprofit's Strategy for Pepsi Refresh Contest

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GOH developed Hope Meadows, an intergenerational neighborhood that supports families adopting children out of foster care. He employed similar tactics to promote his Pepsi Refresh entry, which would pair creative seniors with at-risk youth to create fine art and dramatic storytelling. Kyla thinks everyone has a chance at a prize. “An

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

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These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. It is a group of people connected by something shared.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

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Each blog post is given a score from 1 to 10, representing how interesting and relevant people have found your content. Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. Fighting for the Arts With Social Media. Where Are The Gen-Y Bloggers Who Write About Nonprofits and Social Change? Twitter Demographics.

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