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Museum Verbs and Defining Who are We.

Museum 2.0

After the International Committee on Museums spent some time debating the definition of museums, many folks took up the charge on social media to give their own definitions. I know I’m missing early innovators of interaction in museums; feel free to tell me who in the comments.) We need new #MuseumVerbs.

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Guest Post: A Shared Ethics for Museum Internships

Museum 2.0

Is your museum running on interns? It is a strong, museum-focused complement to an excellent three-parter on Createquity about the ethics and future of unpaid arts internships. I got my first real job in a museum (at the Guggenheim) after a life-changing internship. It''s probably a path you had to navigate too.

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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up. www.enteef.com.

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Warning: Museum Graduate Programs Spawn Legions of Zombies!

Museum 2.0

and with it flocks of museum studies / education / exhibit planning graduate interns. I’m always curious when I meet these folks, who are about my age, choosing a different entry path into the museum world. The value proposition of museum grad programs is cloudy in my mind. Sure, it’s great to learn museum theory and history.

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The Great Good Place Book Discussion Part 2: Small Rural Museums as Third Places

Museum 2.0

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. "We know very little about the learning that is happening outside of classrooms."

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. For added suspense, you may send out a mystery box with a variety of beverages to sample. 5) Online classes.

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