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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards

Forum One

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood, and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists.

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What's Your Vision?

Museum 2.0

It's 8am in the classroom; 5am in my body. A cheerful curly-haired deli owner stands in front of 30 of us and shares a quote he loves: "Artists live in the present and write detailed histories of the future." A vision is a detailed history of the future. This is a detailed history from the future. WHAT IS A VISION?

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

A Community-Based Approach to Collecting and Cataloging CUL is a replicable model for community archives that accepts every piece of print media from a certain area without making quality or importance judgments, going back as far in history as possible. Geography is fluid, though. One lives a double life as a soul music collector and DJ.

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Celebrating Mission-Driven Success in 2023!

Forum One

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. It also won the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a Silver Vega Award!

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Celebrating Client Success in 2023!

Forum One

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. It also won the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a Silver Vega Award!

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Warning: Museum Graduate Programs Spawn Legions of Zombies!

Museum 2.0

Sure, it’s great to learn museum theory and history. But should they happen in a classroom? I want access and discussion around conference sessions, journal articles, exhibit critiques, and workshops. The value proposition of museum grad programs is cloudy in my mind. Is it a credential that serves as a gateway to better jobs?

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Fun and Public Humiliation As A Social Fundraising Strategy: A Brief History

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2006, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. Her efforts were chronicled in a recent Wall Street Journal article.

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