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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. This chapter, from the last section of the book, is very personal to me. FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored.

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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together

Tech Soup

We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Orlando, Florida: Creating a Tech-Centric Culture in Your Nonprofit. Beyrouth, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens. There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities.

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Meet Cynthia Derosier who Surfs for Good Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  In partnership with Girls Court and The Surfrider Foundation's O'ahu Chapter , Derosier started The Spirit Sessions, a six-week program aimed to help at-risk teens redirect their lives in a positive way through surfing and other ocean-related activities. So there is also cultural healing as well.

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Book Club Part 6: Getting People in the Door

Museum 2.0

This week, thoughts on Chapter 12 of Elaine Gurian’s book Civilizing the Museum , "Threshold Fear: Architecture program planning." Cultural icons serve many important purposes, but these, I have reluctantly begun to realize, may be quite different from, and perhaps mutually exclusive with, museums focused on community well-being.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

Museum 2.0

Next Tuesday, we'll look at chapters 16 and 17, on the merits and limitations of the team approach to exhibition design.) In Ireland, a children’s museum dealt with what to do about colonialism in a multi-cultural place using a theater-based exhibit format. Outside the U.S.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. Do y’all know what that is? What is the mack daddy of summer jobs for young people?

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[VIDEO] Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing

Bloomerang

Now, type in the chat if you know this reference, if you know this pop culture reference. If you have a tween or a teen, I’m sure you’re familiar with TikTok. Same with Instagram Stories, just to kind of learn the culture and learn what works and see what you like and what you don’t. Okay, so AI and chatbots.