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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

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I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you?

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some participants got frustrated along the way, but part of the learning was to make time and space for reflection to get to deeper insights and improve practice. Opera San Jose Case Study. Posters: Wall of Reflection and Gratitude. This helped encourage reflection. View more presentations.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

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This post summarizes the content I shared in my presentation and offers some reflection on the conversational keynote. The principles cover strategy, learning, capacity, and organizational culture. Examples: San Jose Opera use of #Operaplot Twitter Hashtag. Connecting With Colleagues.

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What's More Inclusive: Food or Art? Introducing Abbott Square, Part 10

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Staff members wanted to protect the MAH’s focus on reflecting the diversity of our community. Success for us looks like MAH participants reflecting the age, ethnic, and economic diversity of our county. So our whole staff went to visit another public market the developer had started: San Pedro Square Market in San Jose.

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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

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We created and ran the web site for the Liberal Arts College in an atmosphere which, upon reflection is a lot like Linden Lab. When I graduated in 2003, I moved out here to California and worked with the San Jose Museum of Art before getting a job with Linden Labs. I learned a lot from San Jose Art Museum.

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Case Study: A Participatory Road Trip takes the SJMA on a Wild Ride

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Reason #258 I'm glad to live in California: Cultural Connections. Cultural Connections is a group of museum professionals who meet up a few times a year and host excellent programs on a variety of topics. I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA).

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Book Club Part 6: Getting People in the Door

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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. Which reflects a more basic question: who are museums serving, and how does their design support that customer?

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