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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Global Fund For Children. They work with colleges, universities, and other organizations that embrace equity in higher learning, with a focus on historically underserved populations, including nontraditional and incarcerated students. . Global Fund For Children. Funding Priority: Education. Mellon Foundation.

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4 Ways Museums Can Engage Millennials

Achieve

For me, a partnership with my university landed me free admission to several local museums with my student ID, which led me to visit two museums this year that I hadn’t been to in over five years. Think of ways to create an interactive and engaging atmosphere for their young children while not breaking the bank. He’s right.

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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

They are called "next gen major donors," and according to a recent report issued by the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University and 21/64 , they will "have tremendous influence on the direction of and support for efforts to improve local communities and solve global problems over the next several decades.". Bjorhovde, P.O.

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Challenges, Rules, and Epic Wins: Using Game Design to Build Visitor Loyalty

Museum 2.0

While the phrase "gamification" has been overexposed and can lead to inane design choices, the underlying elements that make games powerful--narrative, a sense of purpose, opportunity to attain mastery--are universal. Ending the experience can be particularly painful for children, who may have to be dragged from the museum sobbing.

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A Tribute To Simone Joyaux

Bloomerang

Those of you who have watched Simone mesmerize a large audience should see her work with a small crowd of energetic and knowledge seeking children. As our trip wound up we decided that the first week of August would be our annual Extended Family Reunion for all of us at our home in Indianapolis. She soon adored them and vice versa.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

Museum 2.0

Our proto-users are artists, architects, university professors, mathematicians, engineers who have already been experimenting with creating interactive environments and objects within the virtual world. Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life.

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