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Guest Post by Jasper Visser: Storytelling for Social Cohesion at Story House Belvédère

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This small, startup cultural project in Rotterdam works directly and intimately with community members to share their stories. It is a platform for social bridging and cultural exchange. Story House Belvédère in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a magical place. The place surpassed them. But they were wrong.

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How Investing In Ongoing Nonprofit Professional Development Keeps Fundraisers On The Ball And Ahead Of The Game

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An organization in London raised five times its original fundraising goal on a particular project. British children’s rights nonprofit AfriKids sent two of its staff members to a recent International Fundraising Congress in the Netherlands. Note: This project was partially sponsored by Bloomerang.

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Launching the First Wave of the OF/BY/FOR ALL Change Network

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Our goal is to help civic and cultural institutions become more representative OF, co-created BY, and welcoming FOR their diverse communities. We've see this model succeed at the MAH and at other community-centered organizations around the world. We see OF/BY/FOR ALL as an adaptable playbook for community change.

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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

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The staff was fired, the digital projects divvied out to other institutions, the plans for the physical museum shelved. The root of my frustration with the book is not that the project never came to fruition. It's that the project, which was pitched as a whole new approach to museum-making, seems inconsistent. Immersive design.

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Anyone Who Says this isn't a Business is Nuts.

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It's a rough week for cultural practitioners. I feel as much pride about having a month in the black as I do about some of the great programmatic projects we're launching. In Minnesota, the state budget standoff has closed the Minnesota History Center and the many other arms of the MN Historical Society.

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Six Museum-Related Blogs You Might Not Know About That Are Really Good

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While this blog started by focusing on audience research, topics include subjectivity, participation, innovation, and culture shifts. One last new blog, this time from Jaime Kopke, the smart cookie behind the Denver Community Museum. Peter is a fabulous writer, and this blog has become one of my favorites. The Museum of the Future.

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

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It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). Some of these challenges were about mission fit.