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The Fine Line Between Personal and Personality: Is Being A Human Unprofessional?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This seems to be the theme that is happening the comment thread over at Sean's Tactical Philanthropy blog in the comments about his Learning From Foundation Tweets post. Kivi Leroux Miller, in the comments, thinks that being human engenders trust. "If You don't just want to blog about your pets and children all the time.

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ASTC Recap: Questions, Colors, and Reflective Research

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Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content. The REFLECTS project blends practical institutional demands with deep research.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

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If you like the post, please check out the thoughtful and complicated comments on the original post. The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children''s job prospects as adults. This is the root of the Youth Exploring Science (YES) program.

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

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It was exhilarating to see them inspired to create their own meanings in response: lovers whispering together in alcoves, people of all ages writing and drawing on walls and post-its, children painting, everyone sitting rapt before screens. This installation is the only one that cost more than $30--about $2,000 for the parts.

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Advice: An Exhibition about Talking to Strangers

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Facilitated/Unfacilitated Blend When we started this course, I really pushed the students to think about ways to induce unfacilitated interactions among strangers. It's like following blog comments. Not everyone comes back to read the evolving comment stream, but the aggregate is always valuable to the next visitor.

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[VIDEO] How to Tap Into Gen Y & Z Donors

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But most importantly, please feel free to chat in any questions or comments you have along the way. And now we’re talking back the second bullet here where according to Blackbaud’s Next Generation report, 30% of Gen Z, including children under 18 are already supporting charities. So don’t be shy. Absolutely.

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The Great Good Place Book Discussion Part 5: Oldenburg on the LAM

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You can join the conversation in the blog comments and add your own voice to the debate. There's a nice overlap to be found here blending the traits of Oldenburg’s third place with the mission of the institution. Suzanne: There's no room for women, first of all, and he acknowledges that the third places he idealizes are male spaces.

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