Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea of ”data literacy” lately. It isn’t just about collecting data or the tools to collect the data – it’s also the sense-making and having it be embedded in the nonprofit’s culture.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. When we first started babycastles, we had no idea there was any kind of community in NY for it. Questions and Discussion Tracy : When we speak about cultureal spaces, we are really talking about caging and preserving culture.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

How many times have you heard this phrase in the context of cultural institutions? It''s presumptuous to suggest that we know what people "need" in a cultural context. It is incredibly valuable for cultural institutions to present experiences that might be surprising, unexpected, or outside participants'' comfort zones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

We’ve pledged to award more than $20 million to support innovative ideas that move communities forward. million to the winning ideas across six categories, including: Health, Arts & Culture, Food & Shelter, The Planet, Neighborhoods and Education. Anyone can apply for a grant and the public decides who wins.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres. Second, teens today are incredibly aware of "stranger danger." More so than teens in the past, teens today have grown up in a culture of fear around engagement with strangers. This is true for two reasons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

I believe that, too, and I love working for an organization — Common Sense Media , an independent nonprofit — that’s dedicated to preparing kids to make the most of the incredible opportunities this networked culture provides us, while overcoming its potential pitfalls. Can your community be a hub for this kind of dialog?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Once we've identified assets and needs, we seek out collaborators and project ideas. We never start with the project idea and parachute in. Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. The program works because it is teen-centered, not museum-centered.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

One key idea that Paul Light talks about is the notion of slack. You need the headspace and the free time to think of ideas, and the resources to make them happen--whether that's $30 or $300,000. In the 1990s, we decided we wanted to engage a teen audience. And the guards were watching them; they didn't trust teens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I just received my copy of Henry Jenkin's Convergence Culture which has been on my list ever since I heard him speak at the launch of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Learning and Media Initiative. ve created something that has some impact in the culture. I'm hoping to get a chance to finish during some much needed down time.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Orlando, Florida: Creating a Tech-Centric Culture in Your Nonprofit. Houston, Texas: "Truth and Dare": Ideas and Insights from TED 2015. Wellington, New Zealand: Learn to Sketch Your Ideas. Beyrouth, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Thursday, March 26, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

The 100 organizations are now participating in the next round , "The Big Idea" where the 100 charities share their big idea for changing the world and get votes. Explaining the "big idea" succinctly in a few sentences. The winner gets $1 million and five finalists will receive $100,000 each.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

They were nervous but ready for the challenge, and when I explained the idea of social objects (external objects that can be the basis for conversation) they got pretty engaged in the activity. For me, the experience changed my perspective on what teens want from social environments and encounters. This is a cultural thing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

offers personal insights in opening up to new ideas and letting go of information, hierarchy and "proprietary" thinking. Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century."

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

And from my perspective, it was this diversity that made the event unique--and made me rethink the way that cultural professionals typically approach audience development. Performances just for teens. As Elaine Heumann Gurian has often noted, the magic comes when cultural institutions bring together people who don't typically mix.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

First, you have to connect your idea to the institutional mission. I’ve written about this before, and it’s particularly relevant if your idea falls outside the traditional products or services of your organization. Second, you need to find the right tool to implement your idea. It takes six steps. That’s fine.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

After jumping in, you swam across the short length of the hole (about 10 yards), and emerge, wet and freezing, only to get to race through temps in the teens to try to warm up in a lukewarm hot tub. Here are 3 arts and cultural organizations that have given crowd fundraising a go for compelling causes: National Air & Space Museum.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I wrote The Participatory Museum for two reasons: to explore the "how" of participatory design in museums, cultural centers, libraries, and science centers to create a version of this blog that was more "shareable" with organizational leaders and trustees By many measures, the book has been a success. and "why?" to "how?".

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So I do not let my daughter on Instagram, but that’s my own personal choice and do something that org, they are an organization dedicated to combating suicide and self-harm and addiction and all of these things in, in teens. And also in the way that we’re talking about the use of the platforms. Amy DeVita, TopNonprofits : Yeah.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

DG: The initial idea really came from me trying to bridge my current beat – finance, Wall Street, mergers and acquisitions -- and thinking about how that can apply to the museum world. DG: There is a culture of young philanthropy in NYC, perhaps in contrast with Silicon Valley. NS: Why did you want to write this story?

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. The inclusion of tough, thoughtful challenges would better promote the ideas the game is looking to express. JURY FEEDBACK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

These blogs - many of which launched in the past year, although a few are older - have become places where people of color gather to refine ideas or form thoughts about race relations, racial inequities, and the role pop culture has in exacerbating stereotypes. Pew Study on Social Media and Teens: (See page 33).

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Looking closer, I saw that each seat had its own handwritten label, telling the story of the Philadelphia cultural institution from which it originated. Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

By slowing down and making a piece of art for someone, we provide a personal connection to the issues and to individuals and create opportunities to see our commonalities despite geographic or cultural borders. We have directions and guidelines on the website , and lots of good ideas about art materials and how to get started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

" Roxana Gheorghe suggests the PSA Partnership and agrees, "It is an interesting subject because generosity is a characteristic typical to all cultures, ages, races and people. The idea is basically giving rather than receiving wrapped in a party theme. That was one of the best holidays traditions we had. or someone else???s

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web. The Walker Art Center is turning its teen website over to the teens.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

That’s why every culture uses storytelling to pass down vital traditions and values. The news values that professional journalists use to choose the best story ideas can help. Once you have a winning story idea in hand, it’s now time to develop that story fully. Why You Need a Great Story. What Are the 7 Basic Story Elements?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

As cultural anthropology has swung away from a vision of authoritative history and toward the embrace of multiple perspectives, there is potential for those stories to come from all over the place, including visitors themselves. History Museums OPPORTUNITIES - History museums are in many ways the best-suited for visitor participation.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

She said it can happen in one of two ways—either the organization is small enough that no one will notice, or has a director with such strong vision they can charm and fund the pants off of a new idea. Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. The content starts with the teen team. I get forwards daily from teens.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

Cultural icons serve many important purposes, but these, I have reluctantly begun to realize, may be quite different from, and perhaps mutually exclusive with, museums focused on community well-being. There are lots of examples out there of spaces that are designed for people, not for objects or ideas. Perhaps new words will help us.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Through his superb ability to convey big ideas into a shared vision, Jim forged a cultural identity for SFGMC, and their social media efforts would not be where it is today if not for Jim leading the way. Jim is a passionate trend starter, and knows the social media scene like the back of his hand.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

In Ireland, a children’s museum dealt with what to do about colonialism in a multi-cultural place using a theater-based exhibit format. So while there is the cookie-cutter, there are also chances for museums to take the basic idea and run somewhere else. If you get diagnosed with cancer you’re going home to look it up.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

Single-speaker lectures languish while lightning talks featuring teen photographers, phD anthropologists, and professional dancers are packed. I''m still chewing on the idea of "bonded-bridging" and the limitations and possibilities of a bridging strategy in a diverse community.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2014

It may make more sense for arts and cultural organizations to register as a #BCorp versus a 501(c)(3). This generation of philanthropic teens love to learn from their peers and their own discovery. Interactive donor retention fundraising ideas fundraising tips sxsw' The number of B Corps will rise. .

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. I ask these questions because I think there's a pretty big gulf between the one-time or occasional arts experience and the idea of art and institutions as part of your life.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It made me think in ways that I haven't before about the relation of art--as expressive culture--to democracy. We stole the idea from the Pittsburgh Children's Museum and worked with a fabulous local volunteer engineer to make it happen. Rejected ideas included a paper towel dispenser for vows.) Hearts to Hearts card game.

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