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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Headquarters in: Denver, CO. Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens. Their goal is to cut teen suicide rates in half by 2028. Impacting: Mental health. How To Support Colorado Mental Wellness Network. Learn more about Colorado Mental Wellness Network. Laughs for the Troops.

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Ultimate Guide + 7 Examples

Bloomerang

The Denver Foundation’s 2021 Strategic Framework The Denver Foundation is a community nonprofit foundation committed to strengthening the Metro Denver area. 7 Nonprofit Strategic Plan Examples Here are links to some strategic plans from other nonprofit organizations for you to analyze and consider while you plan your own: 1.

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Take a Side Trip to the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. I saw teens and adults who sat and did this activity for 45 minutes and wasn’t surprised to hear that some people spend over an hour on it.

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Crowd Fundraising for the Arts: No Running, Walking, or Freezing Plunges Required

Connection Cafe

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. Denver Zoo. As a Texas girl, I am not exaggerating when I say I thought I literally might freeze to death. But here I am, still alive.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. I haven't found a centralized resource that is presenting information about these institutions, so I'm going to start writing more about them.

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Designing Talkback Platforms for Different Dialogic Goals

Museum 2.0

There was a wonderful example at the Ontario Science Center in their Hot Zone area, which features several voting and commenting kiosks popular with teens. There was one kiosk in particular that was drawing several inappropriate comments, until it was moved from a corner into an open space close to the entrance to the women's bathroom.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Museum 2.0

Adam Lerner shared the story of Superheroes , a storefront in downtown Denver operated by a web designer who wanted to invite people to use his space to hang out, read magazines, and make things via letterpress. She made the clear point that teens use social networks to connect with people they already know, not to meet strangers.

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