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How grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients can do great things together with data and evaluation

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

However, it is a favorite photo from another recent Tech Networks of Boston event. Making “I don’t know” an acceptable response to a question. Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __. Talking about and planning the evaluation process well before the grant begins.

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Great Conversationalists: Reflections on Being a Dial-a-Stranger

Museum 2.0

Other people submit questions they'd like to have answered by strangers. Mercedes and Zachary pick people randomly out of the database, call them, and ask a contributed question. And they made me appreciate them as superb facilitators as a particular kind of participatory experience: conversation with strangers.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

I went to two science centers, one huge (Museum of Science Boston) and one tiny (Acton Science Discovery Museum), and told them: "I'll work for you for free for three months, and then let's talk about whether you are going to pay me." By the spring of 2003 I felt I'd learned what I could in Boston and tried to figure out where to go next.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized. Bob argues that giving kids laptops enables more participatory, engaged learning.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. An excellent question posed by Beth Dunn of Small Dots. A couple of major symphony orchestras, like the Chicago Symphony with 1336 fans and the Boston Symphony. Another theme of web2.o

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

AFP / Boston, MA / Price varies. During the 2016 AICPA Not-for-Profit Industry Conference, you'll not only get the year's most comprehensive update but also have the opportunity to get your questions answered by the industry's top experts. EverTrue / Boston, MA / $300. HubSpot / Boston, MA / Less than $1,000. Mar 20 - 22.

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An ARG at the Smithsonian: Games, Collections, and Ghosts

Museum 2.0

While today is the official launch, Ghosts of a Chance had its "trailhead" (ARG-speak for a first entry point or teaser) at July's ARGFest in Boston, when a heavily-hennaed clue (see image ) crashed the conference and gave a whole new meaning to the term "marketing exposure" as applied to the Smithsonian. are frigging cool indeed.

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