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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

First up is Beck Tench, a "simplifier, illustrator, story teller, and technologist" working at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham, NC. Beck is the brain behind the risk-taker/space-maker paradigm I''ve shared here in the past. game guestpost participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences'

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Guest Post by Geoff Livingston: Creating Movements

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her post was based off of the Brains of Fire Manifesto, “ 10 Lessons Learned in Igniting Word of Mouth Movements.” See, a movement compels someone to make your cause a part of their life, not just their Facebook profile. I began our talk today with my personal nonprofit history. Both posts influenced this speech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I don't really have commercial aims for my blog so it is more a playground and archive for my brain, which I hope will be useful to whoever happens by. Robert Newman: On the History of Oil (Robert if you are listening - I want to adopt ten babies to help run our idyllic post apocalyptic farmstead. A girl can dream can't she?)

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

Museum 2.0

Kathleen McLean (Independent Exhibitions), Dan Spock (Minnesota History Center), and Kris Morrissey (University of Washington) all shared thought-provoking and useful insights on visitor participation in museums, but Mark Allen and Emily Lacy brought down the house with their bluegrass rendering of the Machine Project and its engaging, quirky work.

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With #IceBucketChallenge in the Rear View, Where Does Fundraising Go from Here?

Connection Cafe

It was faster and greater than any such social fundraising campaign in the number of donors, from all walks of life—from President Bush, Bill Gates, media personalities and CEOs to teachers, students and more. More than any other event in the history, this campaign gave food for thought to many who were critics of slacktivism and clicktivism.