Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. Emily started by honing in on local teens' assets: creativity, activist energy, desire to make a difference, desire to be heard, free time in the afternoon. She surveyed existing local programs.

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Teen Museum Voice Collaboration 20

Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Orlando, Florida: Creating a Tech-Centric Culture in Your Nonprofit. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Beyrouth, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens.

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San Francisco North Carolina Burkina Faso South America 36

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

It was a local history urban scavenger hunt that sent teams of 2-5 people out into the city to track down as many historic checkpoints as they could over the course of an evening. Performances just for teens. Last Friday night, my museum hosted a fabulous (in my biased opinion) event called Race Through Time.

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Audience Develop Museum History 52

Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

Within 24 hours of the news, the EMPSFM staff hosted a tribute event at a local music venue and mounted an exhibit of Jackson's iconic glove/jacket along with archival concert video in a free public area (appropriately called the Sky Church). Do these teens need EMPSFM to survive? Probably not.

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Museum Teen Learning Music 34

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Foster a data culture, and a testing culture . The program relies on multiple partners including the city of Boston, Boston University, local nonprofits, EVERFI , Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment , and others. Know your audience . Align with the goals of the organization and people you serve .

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Organization Disaster Boston Blackbaud 26

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

In the 1990s, we decided we wanted to engage a teen audience. We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming. We discovered that teens felt uncomfortable in the galleries because they had to check their backpacks and they felt the guards were watching them.

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Arts Interview Teen Artist 46

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Yesterday, I did a workshop with some local teenage girls in an after school program. For me, the experience changed my perspective on what teens want from social environments and encounters. It's easy to forget that teens are most comfortable being social with those they already know, not people who are unknown to them.

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Life Teen Culture Attitude 21

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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Arts Wisconsin Los Angeles Denver 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. Our programs end up being the hub of the local science learning ecosystem--especially in communities where there isn''t a science center for miles in any direction.

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Green Interview Share Community 20

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

There are many dimensions to the digital divide, including income, gender, age, geographic location, culture and race. Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. In the business world, using these new technologies is a matter of survival.

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Generation Digital Internet Iraq 87

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. Temple Contemporary’s mission is to creatively re-imagine the social function of art through questions of local relevance and international significance.

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Process Share Philadelphia Arts 20

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. Amy says that now that her daughter has entered her teen years, they segued to more complex themes.

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Teach Causes Philanthropy Giving 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

local time). Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. Jenkins from MIT described something called "convergence culture." NMC Consortium Summary.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. There are expectations around what people wear, what they can and can''t do, and how they relate to each other that may be comfortable for whites while feeling alien for people who don''t grow up in a white culture. YES students defy expectations.

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St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

That’s why every culture uses storytelling to pass down vital traditions and values. Because the letter didn’t include an inspiring story that touched donor’s hearts. Why You Need a Great Story. Humans are hardwired to respond to stories. Neuroscientists would tell you that the brain processes facts and stories differently.

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Story Brain Interview Iraq 118

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. What does this “not sufficient by itself’ bit mean?

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People Museum San Jose Chapter 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The article suggests that museums have previously served one community--"traditional" museum patrons who are white and elderly--and must now be relevant to several other communities that are diverse in cultural, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds. Be free, nearly free, often free, or free for locals.

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Community Museum San Diego San Francisco 22

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. There are expectations around what people wear, what they can and can't do, and how they relate to each other that may be comfortable for whites while feeling alien for people who don't grow up in a white culture. YES students defy expectations.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

They were a rich collection museum with some local history—they had many dolls, a famous toy collection. In Ireland, a children’s museum dealt with what to do about colonialism in a multi-cultural place using a theater-based exhibit format. How can you change or adopt aspects of other types without losing your focus or mission?

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Museum Puerto Rico Change Boston 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 6, 2011

Let's say you spend a year working with a group of teens to co-create an exhibition, or you invite members and local artists to help redesign the lobby. Last week I saw a powerful example of this at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg in their exhibition for children under five.

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Participatory Process Museum Children 48

NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The Teen Party. In a culture where it may be taboo to discuss something openly, young people could read about with the privacy of their phone. The point is not whether we agree with this practice of always on, constant chatter; it's whether we have noticed that this is the way future business people communicate. The Wired Beneficiary.

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Mobile Phone PPT Green 81

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. Going to MAH and seeing the LOVE exhibition on First Friday was a wonderful experience.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

How much do we value bringing global cultures and opinions into our institution? How much do we value brand awareness outside of local markets? Many museums run outreach programs at a variety of levels of local to global reach. Does your museum take in traveling exhibitions that feature worldwide cultures?

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Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. Do y’all know what that is? What is the mack daddy of summer jobs for young people?

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Management Work Video Slides 89

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

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. Use expert-only vocabulary – stop making entry points for general public, students, families Social science of war. and displayed in the museum.

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Museum Professional Teen Map 20

DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. These include: Local events calendar. iThrive Games is a nonprofit devoted to developing educational games and resources to help teens reach their full potential.

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Websites Organization Nonprofit Site 52

Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2016

We invite diverse locals to share their creative and cultural talents with our greater community at the museum. Teens advocating for all-gender bathrooms. Does community participation work for big cultural destinations too? Local community centers and destination attractions are different beasts.

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Community Museum Local Participatory 20

Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Now, type in the chat if you know this reference, if you know this pop culture reference. If you have a tween or a teen, I’m sure you’re familiar with TikTok. Same with Instagram Stories, just to kind of learn the culture and learn what works and see what you like and what you don’t. Okay, so AI and chatbots.

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Social Media Trend Video Marketing 78

DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2022

It was the programming, culture, and vision of the library that attracted her, and the challenge that has kept her engaged and excited ever since. This is demonstrated by the library’s efforts to collect important local archives. Providence Public Library first opened to the public in 1878.

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