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

Museum 2.0

Executive Director Nina Simon, who was hired in 2011, says that in the years following the global financial crisis, the facility was struggling. “At I'm also always interested in how the national media portrays changes in the cultural sector. One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.

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America's Giving Challenge Official Results: We Came In First! Thank You Everyone!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The final, official results have arrived for America's Giving Challenge and I'm happy say that we came in first place for global causes ! Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation Eugene Chan's New Year's Resolution. Cultural Influences of Online Giving: Dr. Mani's Thoughts. Sharing Foundation Calendar Project.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. We focus on people who are culturally curious, actively creative… but may not see a traditional arts institution as a place for them. culturally curious but maybe not inclined to walk into a museum. They talked about community building.

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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

These programs involved cultural, educational and training efforts that used interactive theater and storytelling. From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. From my view, this is what the web should help us do: become a global learning community. Maybe we'd need fewer bombs?)

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

Founded in 1990, the Women of Color Resource Center promotes the political, economic, social and cultural well-being of women and girls of color. military policies globally, not just what's happening with women domestically. Anisha Desai is the Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center.

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe. Established in 2015, CRUS is an independent global grantmaking sister organization to UK-based Comic Relief, which was founded in 1985.

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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

Bloomerang

And I think that it’s important if you already have a group or if you’re starting to recruit a group to really let them help co-create that expectation so that it’s something that’s going to work for the culture of the folks coming in, and they’re able to really decide what feels realistic for them. I like that.