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The Next Generation of Major Donors to Museums: Interview with David Gelles

Museum 2.0

Last week''s New York Times special section on museums featured a lead article by David Gelles on Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons. Smaller, less marquee institutions may face problems going forward. In New York, it’s deeply woven into the fabric of the social scene. I’ve known Bob for 15 years now.

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Visitor Voices Book Club: Talking Back

Museum 2.0

One such example was at the New York Historical Society's exhibition Slavery in New York. Chris Lawrence writes about one group of teens who addressed the Society directly as a "you" embodying white privilege. An early talk-back in that conservation-minded exhibition asked, 'What can you do to help the environment?'

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes? Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Writer and author of New York Times best seller "Bad Feminist," modern-day feminist icon Roxane Gay is a force of nature.

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Guest Post by Heather McLeod Grant: Reflections on the Personal Democracy Forum

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the Personal Democracy Forum in New York – a conference about all things digital and democracy – now in its sixth year. He also talked about the modern day problems of alienation, narcissism, and anomie, embodied in the ever-popular flippant phrase of adolescents everywhere: “ Whatever.”

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