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Human-Centered Design & AI: Google AI Impact Summit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Google’s challenge was not about cold hard cash, although they did award sizable grants and funding. The panel session about innovation shared lessons learned from both Google employees who were working with projects as well the nonprofits. The guide book stresses the importance of aligning your AI project with users needs.

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Foundation giving and payout: what changed in 2021?

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Of continued interest is whether projected giving this year will continue to increase, given current inflation and market fears. . If the market is the strongest indicator of how much foundations give, the current market volatility dampens these optimistic projections. . Three named anticipated market declines or decreased assets.

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Vote for Carpets for Communities Project: Help free children in Cambodia from exploitation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To help please vote for the Carpets for Communities project in an online charity competition by going to www.votechildren.org (it will redirect to our main website) and following the instructions to register and vote. We understand that we are very close to winning the award and desperately need your help voting for us! vote NOW!!!

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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

Museum 2.0

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? You join the Brooklyn Museum’s posse.

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Feelings and Participation

Museum 2.0

Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. Awards can be incredibly gratifying. Awards can show higher-ups the value of our work and they can be important tools for showing funders results. And, I have been known to give out an award or two.

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A Revolution in Documentary Film

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008. With a project like Granito, the film is only the beginning and serves as an invitation for everyone to share their story.

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Voting on Art and its Surprising Consequences

Museum 2.0

Let's look at the statistics from three big participatory projects that wrapped up recently. Each of these invited members of the public to vote on art in a way that had substantive consequences--big cash prizes awarded, prestige granted, exhibitions offered. Fascinating (and long) article about the Mohn Award here.

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