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Means and Ends: Who does What

BoardAssist

Now this is a big enough problem during board meetings, but when unclear boundary issues leak into day-to-day operations (as they eventually will) the agency may be headed for some PR, employee/staff attitude, and operational problems. So can the local community. Board trouble arises when there is no clarity in who does what.

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When in Your Life Were You Most Afraid to Talk to Strangers?

Museum 2.0

Yesterday, I did a workshop with some local teenage girls in an after school program. For me, the experience changed my perspective on what teens want from social environments and encounters. It's easy to forget that teens are most comfortable being social with those they already know, not people who are unknown to them.

Life 21
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Book Club Part 6: Getting People in the Door

Museum 2.0

The New York Hall of Science’s Career Ladder successfully recruits and advances neighborhood teens as floor explainers, and their full-time staff includes many people who have come “up through the ranks.” The Brooklyn Museum of Art found that skateboarders were using their entrance plaza and invited them to continue. How do we get there?

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Building Community Bridges: A "So What" Behind Social Participation

Museum 2.0

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. At the adjacent table, my colleague Stacey Garcia was meeting with a local artist, Kyle Lane-McKinley, to talk about an upcoming project. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking.

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

DNL OmniMedia

With seasonal exhibits, summer camps, and daily classes and programs featuring their diverse array of live animals, Darien Nature Center is a vibrant part of the local community, and their website illustrates that perfectly! These include: Local events calendar. Check out their homepage: Why This Nonprofit Website Stands Out.