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How to Apply Service Design to the Social Sector

Forum One

For example, the Chicago Public Library system created new children’s spaces in their libraries based on extensive visitor research and observed how families and children move through the new spaces and then iterate based on what they find. This is just one example of how the Chicago Public Library incorporates service design into its work.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. We have neighborhood newspapers, internationally-renowned magazines of political commentary, and three View-Master reels of Chicago hot dog stands, neon signs, and motor inns, respectively.

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What strategies should nonprofits implement for high-performing cross-sector collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

There are six strategic recommendations as noted in La Piana ’s consultation map to ensure your nonprofit’s cross-sector collaboration efforts get a strong start. Karyn is a Chicago native but has called Los Angeles home since hair bands ruled The Sunset Strip. Recommendations. The key ingredient throughout is undoubtedly trust.

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Mapping Social Media Strategy to Metrics: Listen, Learn, Adapt #09NTC

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mapping Metrics to Strategy View more presentations from kanter. Yesterday, I facilitated a session called Mapping Social Media to Strategy. It gave me an opportunity to think about how to retierate the content for a full-day workshop I'm doing in Chicago in June. The discussion was fantastic.

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Fundraising on the Blockchain: What Nonprofits Need to Know

Top Nonprofits

Michael serves on the board of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago where he lives. Additionally, Rebecca is a digital mapper for the Tanzania Development Trust mapping rural Tanzania to aid the work of local anti-FGM activists. michael.sullivan@thegivingblock.com [link].

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[UPCOMING WEBINAR] Fundraising on the Blockchain: What Nonprofits Need to Know

Top Nonprofits

Michael serves on the board of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago where he lives. Additionally, Rebecca is a digital mapper for the Tanzania Development Trust mapping rural Tanzania to aid the work of local anti-FGM activists. michael.sullivan@thegivingblock.com [link].

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A Guide to bbcon 2021 Virtual for Arts & Cultural Organizations

sgEngage

Dan Sullivan, Head of Growth & Partnerships at Cuseum, will host a panel discussion with Adrian Hill at Chicago Children’s Museum, Amanda Tadajewski at Tellus Science Museum, and Elizabeth Bowers at Anne Springs Close Greenway to discuss the future of virtual membership. This will help you pick your sessions.

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