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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Bryan Stevenson (BS): It’s important that we have a new consciousness about the problems created by our history. So while it was an extraordinary moment, there is so much about our history that we’ve got to change. When we teach history in the United States, we often skip the parts that are not so wonderful.

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Foundations That Tweet: Profile Patterns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I threw the urls into a google spreadsheet and started to browse the Twitter streams to get a better understanding of the content shared. (It In an earlier post , I found the following types of patterns related to content shared on Twitter. . Share history ( Detroit Foundation ). It wasn't useless babble !).

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

However, the second Monday in October is still celebrated by 14 states and about 130 local governments as Columbus Day. For many Native Americans and Indigenous peoples, Columbus Day is a painful reminder of colonization, violence, and exploitation. Columbus vs Indigenous Peoples’ Day Holiday Timeline History.

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Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

Museum 2.0

Merilee Mostov and the Columbus Museum of Art. If you are interested in innovation in in-gallery experiences, get thee to Columbus. In particular, we had a great group of 15 talking about participatory history experiences on Sunday. History and science museums. Viability of meetups. time to step it up.

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Can you use social media to spread thought leadership? Yes you can!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sharing Insight: This is educating through sharing ideas, research, trends, best practices, and other content with colleagues , grantees, and the field. Share history ( Detroit Foundation ). Reveal field insights ( Columbus Foundation ) ( Case Foundation ). Why not have those items shared more broadly? Why keep them locked up?

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

This event continues and builds on the legacy of the COOL National Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 32+ year history. Social Capital 2019 is a content-rich, invitation-only conference bringing together the brightest nonprofit and corporate minds for a candid exchange on growing strategic partnerships.

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Becoming Generous Thieves: Notes from the Museums in Conversation Keynote

Museum 2.0

revolution came along, and the Web became a social environment where people could share their own content with others, discuss it, and redistribute it. Because we’re all about niche content! There’s a technology thinker named Cory Doctorow who once said: "Content is just something to have a conversation about."

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