Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. She worried that without security in the testing centers, the tests would be disrupted, causing a very serious problem. Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This is one of those important problems we were talking about last week. Even as demographics change and public participation in the arts shifts away from these Euro-traditional formats, the money still flows down the old pathways. You should read this report.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

By the time my mom was at the Bay Area Discovery Museum, I was in my late teens/twenties, and I started to know the board socially, including Bob Fisher, who is now very involved with SFMOMA. Smaller, less marquee institutions may face problems going forward. There are a couple of key demographic trends that impact this.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The problem--one which is not addressed in the article--is that museums have not been willing to cater to new target audiences to the exclusion of their traditional patrons. We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2015

million teen activists who had opted in to giving the organization their cell phone numbers and emails. The message was intended for Jewish teens who volunteering to collect canned goods during Thanksgiving for a Jewish organization. And what steps could it take to make sure the problem didn’t happen again?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

These themes of race and class were not lost on ethnographer danah boyd , who gave one of the most provocative presentations of the conference – quoting both Habermas and inner-city teens! She talked about how online social networks mirror off-line social dynamics, and described the phenomenon of “white flight” from MySpace to Facebook.

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