Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The 17th Annual Davey Awards received nearly 3,000 entries from ad agencies, digital agencies, production firms, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, design firms, and public relations firms. GOLD – Community Website. The Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. AARP Livability Index.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Consistent publication of fresh content to a blog or website. A good social media manager understands this and evolves with their communities and quickly adapts as the tools themselves change – and it’s clear when you study the nonprofits below that their social media managers not only understand this, but embrace it.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. When we first started talking about redeveloping Abbott Square as a community plaza for downtown Santa Cruz, we ran into some basic questions.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

As a follow-up to Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits and 22 Must-Circle Nonprofit Bloggers and Resources on Google+ , below are 22 nonprofits that are regularly using Google+ effectively to engage and inspire the Google+ community. Children’s National Medical Center. The Field Museum. National Public Radio.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

Talking to Monica, we found that we have a lot in common in trying to transform how our respective institutions serve and interface with the community. I'm trying to reposition our museum as a cultural hub supporting creative and intellectual community growth. These museums work differently.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. Oregon Community Foundation. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The newest addition to the Smithsonian cadre, its collections feature powerful moments in African American history, culture, and community and is a must-see. National Museum of American History (The National Mall). The National Zoo.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. Pacific Science Center.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities. Pacific Science Center.

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Award Colorado Washington Children 46

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth.

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DipJar

JANUARY 28, 2022

Managed by the Pinellas County Parks and Conservation Resources Department, the Gardens are free and open to the public year-round. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to create an environment at the Gardens that allows the community to come together for education, inspiration, and enjoyment.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

My public policy colleagues at Independent Sector and National Council of Nonprofits have crafted summaries of this bill and I have included links to their summaries here: National Council of Nonprofits and Independent Sector. Community Services Block Grant – $1 Billion. Children and Family Services Programs – $1.9

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Recently we announced the launch of our 2013 Communities of Impact program. In addition to the case studies NTEN has compiled , here are some more examples the Communities of Impact and I have spotted: Children’s museum data informs health policy. The nonprofit Splash has developed an entire site called Proving.It

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2020

Take this opportunity to be a source of truth and point your community to the guidance provided by Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). . During this unprecedented time, many p eople are scared – both your community and your staff. Leaders, find your voice .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. When, on the other hand, amateurs had the opportunity to help design scientific questions or disseminate research results, they often felt more ownership of the project and greater interest in using scientific methods to address their own community needs.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2017

We benefit from the resources, brainpower, and strength of organizations and individuals to help us support NGOs and public libraries worldwide. We were introduced to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through our common interest in libraries. We invite you to do the same. spanhidden.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Purim is a Jewish holiday that brings a community together — and gives everyone an excuse to dress up on a day that isn’t Halloween. It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Easter Egg hunt (varies; usually late March/early April).

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Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

Non-fungible tokens or NFTs are reaching an all-time high in public interest and dollars spent. Another fundraiser NFT is looking to sell Non-fungible Doge art with 10% of profits going to Save the Children, with TheGivingBlock.com supporting the transaction (source: [link] ). Embed from Getty Images.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Revenue Streams: Museums want to maintain control of sales of "officially sanctioned" images of objects via catalogues and postcards.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. Children are easy to applaud, and easy to ignore. Here's a synopsis: Participation 1.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Rather than asking people to donate material items directly to your organization, you can create a public wish list on an e-commerce site like Amazon where your donors can buy items you need directly online. Virtual tours for museums. Matching gifts drive. Emergency campaigns. Online tutoring. Virtual college + career prep workshop.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

By a strange and lucky coincidence, I was at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM) in Seattle for a two-day workshop. EMPSFM is one of a handful of museums worldwide for which the death of the King of Pop is a very big deal. Are museums only relevant when they can serve our most pressing needs?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Even as demographics change and public participation in the arts shifts away from these Euro-traditional formats, the money still flows down the old pathways. There's the barrier of the concern that this work is "social work" and not art--and therefore doesn't belong in a museum or a theater.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Volunteers help nonprofits connect with the community. There are likely a number of interested parties in your community that want to make the world a better place.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

We’re constantly exploring new and improved ways to mobilize communities; here are three sites that ask users to do more than simply hit share, but instead to take an action and to be part of something real. Within days, inspired by Dan’s message, members of the public began to post their own videos. It Gets Better. Remember Me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2010

Less than two hours ago, Chase Community Giving made the much anticipated announcement of the lucky winner of $1 million dollars and five finalists each receiving $100,000 on its contest Fan Page. Invisible Children has also been accused of fraud during the duration of the contest. and Sdfj Dfsjlfkddjf. Change.org reported.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

The mom has a job at a museum cafe, the older kids are in school, and the youngest attends a wonderful daycare center we are so fortunate to partner with. These jobs can be accessed via public transportation. School is starting in just a few weeks, and children will be more successful in school if they are in stable housing!” .

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

For years, I'd give talks about community participation in museums and cultural institutions, and I'd always get the inevitable question: "but what value does this really have when it comes to dollars and cents?" We're hearing on a daily basis that the museum has a new role in peoples' lives and in the identity of the county.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2016

Let's say your organization has a mission to increase X (art, healthy kids, clean water, community cohesiveness, etc.). The more my organization has become focused on community engagement, the more we've balanced being experience producers with being experience co-creators/facilitators. I feel great about this approach.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 14, 2015

There are plenty of great arguments out there for WHY to make museums free. It''s much easier for art and history museums than for those museums that rely on admissions for a majority of their income (science, children''s). Nationally, admissions income generates only 1-4% of most art museums'' annual revenue.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2020

There were many, covering the personal and the professional (which, as this community knows well, is also personal), but I kept looking for some elusive grand unified theory to tie them all together. It’s been informative to see the range of museum responses to a world in which people cannot physically visit our campuses.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Between high-altitude hijinks, run-ins with wildlife, and very long days of hiking, I finished John Falk's new book, Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience. In other words, if you are a curious person, you will go to museums to learn new things.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

A woman walks into your museum. They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum. No information about who she is, why she's here, what she's looking for, and what she gets out of her connection to the museum.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2013

I''m heading to the American Alliance of Museums'' annual conference this weekend, and I''m psyched to reconnect with friends and mentors and meet new people who can inspire and stimulate fresh ideas. How can small museums with limited resources do some meaningful research with our staff and volunteers? Let me know.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. By calling ourselves a museum, we respond to those cultural institutions that have separated practice from production, exhibition from process, and work from play.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

A panel of community advisors reviewed the submissions, and chose 25 finalists – all of whom won significant grants. Google then invited the public to vote for the top winners. Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children.

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