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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Dunn wrote a great piece called " We're The Young Generation " reflecting on an article in the New York Times about the growing use of social networks by young people for social good. Now we have a team of intergenerational wired fundraisers. Nhuong Son , Wired Fundraiser for Cambodian Children!

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

It has the potential not only to help build or rebuild much-needed community support systems ravaged by this pandemic, but also — if designed intentionally — to be an integral part of the nation’s intergenerational poverty-interruption arsenal. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges.

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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

Museum 2.0

The whole second half of the article was dedicated to our work: Smaller museums can be especially scrappy in finding ways to connect with the community. We changed our museum by reorienting on our community and really saying we exist to be of, by and for you, and to help build a stronger community.” The impact was dramatic.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. They talked about community building. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. WHO (slides 3-23) "Community” is not an abstraction.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project. From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. I designed the course to reflect lessons learned from my doctoral research.

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Ocean and Beach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The combination of physical exercise and the hyponetic breaking of waves is wonderful for thinking and reflecting. I've also started a second "intergenerational" or rather in interdecade blog mentoring with Juanita. for world cafe community and global conversations. for world cafe community and global conversations.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

When I reflected on our museum, I realized we have some inconsistencies in how we calculate attendance. It does not include facility rentals, nor people who might see us at a community event but not directly engage. Even if you consider some of these counting strategies to be egregious, the basic question is still relevant: who counts?