Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

Last week I hosted a little contest to win a copy of Darius Graham's book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World. After 34 years in the Navy, Rick Koca "retired" - and started StandUp For Kids (S4K) , a nonprofit that works with homeless and street kids.

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Difference Free San Diego Mentoring 40

Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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San Francisco Las Vegas Project Tech 36

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

When I think back on my time with ASU Lodestar Center's Public Allies Arizona program, many different memories and candid moments pop into my mind. We take pay cuts, put ourselves out there, and take risks — all to make a difference. We're all drawn to this work because we care about our communities and our country.

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Reflection Service Arizona Student 82

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary. We''re seen as a trusted and desirable partner to diverse cultural practitioners in our community. In the meantime, here are some.

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Museum Director History Teen 49

DipJar

JULY 26, 2022

Founded in 1991, Utah Pride’s mission is to unite, empower, and celebrate Utah’s diverse LGBTQ+ community by providing a safe and welcoming space for education, partnership, service, and events that advance everyone’s collective health, wellness, and success. Members of the LGBTQ community can often feel really isolated and alone.

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Utah Celebrate Teen Homeless 98

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

Last month, the Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, "Museums' new mantra: Connect with community." It took me a couple weeks (and various museum blog responses ) to realize what bugs me about this article--it treats "connecting with community" as a marketing ploy, a "mantra" rather than a mission. Which community?

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Community Museum San Diego San Francisco 22

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I''ve long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. These kids are different from the mostly middle or upper-class white kids who volunteer at many science centers.

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St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Next time, everyone was talking.

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Community Teen Build Social 42

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I've long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. These kids are different from the mostly middle or upper-class white kids who volunteer at many science centers.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

You see, the end of the year is when people think about how they can make a difference, especially through causes they love. You need stories that show the impact your organization makes in the community. They’re more likely to give because you are gently and frequently reminding how they can make a difference. It’s THAT big!

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Strategy Business Fundraising Campaign 119

Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

Like a lot of organizations, my museum struggles with two conflicting goals: The museum should be for everyone in our community. We''re more successful when we target particular communities or audiences and design experiences for them. It''s impossible for any organization or business to do a great job being for everyone. Why fight it?

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Museum Social Arts History 55

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It was fascinating to see people--across social differences--responding to representations of love in the paintings, images, objects and narratives that were part of the installation. It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Museum 2.0

JUNE 3, 2015

We should identify a few key community health indicators to focus on." Here are three reasons to find and connect with community-wide sources of data instead of doing it yourself: The data already exists. Want to know how many kids ate fruits and vegetables, or how many teens graduated high school, or how many people are homeless?

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Local Data Learning Childhood 20

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Some want to make their community a better place. For instance, they may give to the homeless shelter because they feel bad for people who don’t have homes or because it feels good to help someone in need or because their favorite uncle was homeless for a while or because of all those reasons! People actually want a challenge.

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Hints People Giving Donation 132

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Here are a few things I learned from this session: Self-censorship is different in different museum types. Why do homeless people smell bad?” The science of capital punishment from DNA to execution Religion Teen suicide, teen cutting – I wanted to include these in my museum’s “Hall of Human Life” teen area.

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Museum Professional Teen Map 20

DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This means that web design projects (and even smaller, iterative updates) are important investments for nonprofits, and they can involve any number of different strategies and techniques. Mustard Seed Communities. Top Nonprofit Website: Mustard Seed Communities. North Shore Animal League. Gooley Hemophilia Center. Ontario SPCA.

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Websites Organization Nonprofit Site 52